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Estate planning, including Will preparation, is important. However, despite the best intentions to have a serious conversation with aging parents about estate planning, including preparation of or updates to their Wills, Pittsburgh residents can get caught up in the...
As you prepare to gather and celebrate with your loved ones this holiday season, it is important to consider having conversations with aging parents about their estate plans. Similar to politics and religion, many people consider topics related to death and money...
We like to think of our parents and older relatives as immortal. We imagine that they will remain physically and mentally active for many years to come. Despite that faith, it often comes as a shock to Pittsburgh residents when a family member begins to show the signs...
Though Americans are working and remaining active for longer than ever before, they are also falling prey to serious illnesses that can affect their ability think clearly. Illnesses such as dementia and Alzheimer's cause people's mental and physical health to decline...
When doing long term care planning, it is important to remember that parents usually want the best for their children. Parents may spend their lives working and saving to provide their children with the best education and lifestyle that they can manage. In...
Probate of a Will may be necessary if a person dies owning assets in his or her name alone and has a Last Will and Testament, which indicates what is to be done with those assets following death. Probate and estate administration is the opening of the estate by a...
The importance of comprehensive estate planning cannot be overstated. In addition to passing wealth on to loved ones and ensuring that your assets and personal belongings are distributed according to your wishes, an estate plan can also be used to plan and account for...
When Pittsburgh residents think of long-term care plans, they may take the meaning literally-still in their forties and fifties, it is difficult to contemplate old age and the concept of being unable to take care of one's finances and health. However, what we don't...
Spend down of assets, part of long term care planning, is a concern of Pennsylvanians who are considering Medicaid or Medical Assistance as an option to pay for nursing home care for a loved one. One of the biggest worries for Medicaid eligibility has to do with...
Medicaid or Medical Assistance planning may help to protect you and your family. Medicaid is funded by the federal government and Pennsylvania as a need-based program, which means that people who apply must demonstrate their eligibility, both medically and...