Senior Living

Although voting is the hallmark of a democracy, it isn't easy if you are in a long-term care facility. Nursing home and other long-term care facility residents face several challenges to voting, from registering to vote to actually casting a...

Become familiar with the federal government's rules regarding minimum wage and overtime protections for home health care workers.

In many states, seniors have the right to decline jury duty based on their age. But the age limits and rules vary by state and by type of court, so if you are summoned for jury duty, check with the...

Almost all state Medicaid programs will cover some assisted living costs, although there may be a waiting list.

Medicaid 101

Increased dependency due to illness, disability or cognitive impairments can make seniors susceptible to financial abuse.  Here are some steps seniors or their loved ones can take to prevent financial abuse.

Planning for retirement and deciding whether to buy long-term care insurance would be a lot easier if you knew your odds of needing long-term care, as well as at what age and for how long.

Most long-term care involves assisting with basic personal needs rather than providing medical care.

Medicaid 101

Although depression was initially given as the cause of actor Robin Williams’ suicide in 2014, his widow says autopsy results lay the blame on Lewy body dementia, a fairly common but hard-to-diagnose form of dementia. ...

ElderLawAnswers member attorney Kimberly Harris has won the State Bar of Georgia’s annual fiction writing contest. ...