Living trusts have very practical applications, says Connecticut elder law attorney Paul Czepiga, but that doesn't mean they're for everyone. More . . .

Just as federal officials are about to launch a nationwide campaign to persuade the low-income elderly to apply for ...

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has postponed a vote on repeal of the estate tax until September, but la...

Fewer than half of severely ill and terminally ill patients have a living will or other advance medical directive in their medical record, according to a report. And poor communication between patients and their doctors means that even the existence...

An AARP report predicts that the need for long-term care will not grow substantially until after 2030, giving our country a window of opportunity to make needed changes in long-term care services before the baby boomers reach late old age.

In a half-hour radio interview and a new book, the father of the richest man in America makes the moral and political case for retaining the estate tax. More . . .

Massachusetts has enacted a user fee on private-pay nursing home patients that will be used to supplement Medicaid reimbursement. The fee unfairly penalizes those who pay for their own nursing home care, say critics. More . . .

Janury 2003 Seminar Schedule for: FREE "LIVING TRUST" SEMINAR -- FIND OUT HOW TO TRANSFER YOUR ESTATE TO YOUR FAMILY QUICKLY - WITHOUT PROBATE FEES. Seminars held in Hawaii.

AARP has announced its opposition to the Bush administration's Medicaid plan, charging that the plan will reduce or eliminate future care for needy beneficiaries. More . . .