Health Care Decisions

Pennsylvania prosecutors have charged a 78-year-old dementia patient with assault and are weighing murder charges . . .

Sibling relationships can be difficult even in the best of times, but add in an aging parent and there is bound to be some tension. This book offers insight and strategies to help siblings work together when established family roles...

Many people use the terms Alzheimer's disease and dementia interchangeably, but they have very different meanings. . .

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.

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 . . . ...

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 California insurance agent has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for selling an annuity to an 83-year-old woman who allegedly . . . ...

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

State laws governing "advance directives" erect many barriers that make it difficult or impossible for individuals . . .