Health Care Decisions

The point of buying long-term care insurance is so you don't have to worry how to pay for a nursing home (or other types of long-term care). . .

Advances in medicine are allowing Americans to live longer than ever, but The Best Care Possible argues that we are doing a poor job of helping people with what can be the burden of a longer life, and that this is...

A California jury has found that a doctor has no responsibility for a fatal car crash caused by an 85-year-old patient whom . . . ...

Assisted suicide is a controversial topic, but what exactly does the law say?...

Living longer is supposed to be better, but that's not the reality in most cases argues the author of this thought-provoking book that examines the way the media portrays aging in America -- and how that portrayal is lulling us into complacency.

A New York court has suspended the accountant and attorney who were acting as executors for the huge estate of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark. . .

A power of attorney and a health care proxy are two of the most important estate planning documents you can have, but in some instances they may be useless if they don't comply with the federal privacy law.

A new study finds that when medical personnel know what kind of care a patient wants at the end of life, Medicare can be spared . . . ...

Making decisions about elderly parents can cause conflict even in the best of families. In this book, three experienced elder mediators provide advice and tools for managing disputes with siblings.