Estate Planning

A parent is irreplaceable, but someone will have to fill in if the worst happens.

Have you considered your pet or pets when planning your estate? If not, you should, according to The Humane Society of the United States, the nation's largest animal protection organization.

A prominent personal finance expert helps you find your magic number: how much you need in order to retire.

A book by an elder law attorney covers the human side of aging, tackling issues and problems that similar references often overlook.

Bookstore shelves are bursting with titles to help the elderly and their families cope with the legal decisions that confront them. ElderLawAnswers.com reviews three of the best reference works we've found so far.

More Americans are turning to 'ethical wills' as a way of passing on their hopes and values to succeeding generations.

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...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that Medicare beneficiaries will now be able to receive coverage of positron emission tomography (PET) to diagnose thyroid cancer and potential cardiac diseases. At the same time, CMS will...