Activities of Daily Living Measure the Need for Long-Term Care Assistance
Most long-term care involves assisting with basic personal needs rather than providing medical care.
Medicare Announces Parts A and B Premiums and Deductibles for 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has announced the 2016 Medicare premiums, deductibles, and coinsurances . . .
How to Choose a Trustee
If you create a trust, you will need a separate person or institution, called a "trustee," to manage the trust either now or in the future, depending on the type of trust.
Robin Williams' Death Laid to Underdiagnosed Form of Dementia
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 [...]
Budget Deal Blunts Medicare Premium Spike, At Least for Now
As a result of the recently passed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, Medicare Part B premiums will [...]
New Federal Budget Ends Two Spousal Social Security Claiming Strategies
The federal budget agreement that President Obama signed into law November 2, 2015, contains changes to how spouses can claim Social Security benefits, ending two strategies previously [...]