Medicaid Planning Strategies

To make remaining at home a realistic option for as many elderly as possible, pioneering "aging in place" organizations are starting to spring up in communities around the nation ...

While long-term care insurance can be a good way to pay for a nursing home stay or a home health care worker, it doesn't come cheap. ...

If you are getting remarried, you obviously want to celebrate, but it is also important to focus on less exciting matters like redoing your estate plan.

As second marriages become more and more common, beneficiary designations become more complicated. If you are remarried, choosing a beneficiary ...

While you generally do not have to sell your home in order to qualify for Medicaid for nursing home coverage, it's possible for the state to file a lien against your home after you die. This is known as estate...

A durable power of attorney is one of the most important estate planning documents you can have. You will be authorizing an agent to act on your behalf. A do-it-yourself form will not consider your unique situation.

Finding love later in life may be unexpected and exciting, but should it lead to marriage?...

Many people believe that Medicare covers nursing home stays. In fact, Medicare's coverage of nursing home care is limited to 100 days of skilled nursing care per illness if you meet additional requirements.

Medicaid 101

You may feel that you have given one child more during your life, so he or she should get less in your will. Or you may want to cut out an heir altogether. Whatever the reason, disinheriting a close relative...