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Michigan Continues Fight Against Elder Abuse

Federal law serves as a foundation of protection of older adults but most enforcement is by state law. The definition of elder abuse, protections, and penalties vary dramatically. News Channel...

Planning for Long-Term Care and Taxes

Retirement brings about several risks including longevity, market risk and inflation, paired with two of the most common concerns of later life: the costs of long-term care and how to...

Coping With Terminal Illness: Getting Your Affairs in Order

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, there are many things to deal with. You’ll likely be in shock, processing emotions, and wondering what...

Should You Take Social Security Benefits at Age 62?

Social Security beneficiaries are now receiving an 8.7% boost to benefits, the largest Cost of Living Adjustment, or COLA, in forty years. However, this doesn’t mean everyone eligible for Social...

How Can an Elder Law Attorney Help Me?

Seasons’ recent article entitled “Finding an elder care lawyer” discusses ways in which an experienced elder law attorney can help you. Social Security. Did you know that you’re statistically more...

Can You Believe Aging Parents Grow Stubborn and They Know It?

Studies show that adult children complain that their parents are stubborn and that the parents themselves admit this. Considerable’s recent article entitled “Why are your aging parents so stubborn? Researchers...

Will I Live Longer, if I Babysit the Grandchildren?

There’s a growing body of research that supports the notion that grandparents will live longer if they babysit the grandchildren. Parents with young children can know that their parents and...

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