Health Care Decisions

The federal government has published new rules that outline the rights of Medicare beneficiaries who have elected the hospice benefit...

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). . .

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 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 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 . . . ...

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.

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

Millions of people are affected by dementia, and unfortunately many of them do not have all their estate planning affairs in order before the symptoms start. ...