Health Care Decisions

Two mental health professionals offer strategies for resolving the common dilemmas that plague the adult children of parents who, while perfectly competent, don't seem to be listening to reason on a particular issue.

A Florida jury has found that in trying to keep a 92-year-old Alzheimer's patient alive, a nursing home failed to ho...

If you become incapacitated, who will make your medical decisions? Health care proxies and medical power of attorneys allow you to appoint someone else to act as your agent to make medical decisions on your behalf.

Although many people are willing to voluntarily care for a parent or loved one without any promise of compensation, entering into a caregiver contract with a family member can have many benefits. ...

Medicaid 101

Two ElderLawAnswers member attorneys have written an easy-to-understand guide to financial planning for Alzheimer's patients.

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.

The long legal battle over the fate of Terri Schiavo cast a much-needed spotlight on the importance of medical directives like living wills for end-of-life planning.

With a storyteller's flair, a journalist presents a detailed portrait of the causes and effects of Alzheimer's disease and movingly captures its impact on victims ranging from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Ronald Reagan.

The average life expectancy for U.S. residents in 2003 increased by nearly four months from an average of 77.3 years...