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Newspaper columnist Jim Miller has written a book packed with resources and basic, need-to-know information on a broad range of topics of vital interest to seniors.
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Schiavo Case Underscored Uncertainties in End-of-Life Planning
The long legal battle over the fate of Terri Schiavo cast a much-needed spotlight on the importance of medical direc...
Read moreThe Retirement Nightmare
In this unsettling book, the author explains how calculating heirs or would-be protectors are using outdated state guardianship statutes to wrest control of older persons' property against their will.
Read moreReport Touts Use of Reverse Mortgages to Pay for Home Care
Warning: Older Living Trusts May Need To Be Revised
Due to estate tax law changes, married couples who have created "living" trusts that split into sub-trusts upon the ...
Read moreMedicare Adds New Preventive Care Benefits in 2005
Starting January 1, 2005, Medicare will provide coverage for three new preventive benefits under Part B. The new be...
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Why Plan Your Estate? Your Durable Power of Attorney Your Will Your Medical Directive Trusts Capacity Requirements Estate Taxation Estate Administration Guardianship and Conservatorship Why Plan Your Estate? The knowledge that we will eventually die is one of the things that seems...
Read moreWife Cannot Block Enforcement of Husband's Living Will
A Florida judge has ruled that a wife who holds her husband's health care power of attorney cannot stop a hospital f...
Read moreNew Medicare Drug Benefit Will Help Some More Than Others
A new report on the effects of the upcoming Medicare drug benefit predicts that the low-income Medicare population w...
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