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Hospices are supposed to provide humane end of life care.   Most do.  However, one hospice in Texas shows why we should always be vigilant in protecting against abuse of the elderly. Monica Patterson was the...

The federal government has announced six new measurements for its system of comparing the quality of care patients receive at nursing homes. Anyone interested in information about the quality of a nursing home can go to...

The right to refuse life-extending medical care is well-established in the U.S. Millions of Americans have living wills instructing doctors not to give them certain kinds of treatment. In Japan the idea is a novel one and...

Under federal law if a nursing home patient goes to a hospital and the nursing home subsequently refuses to readmit the resident, the resident is entitled to an administrative hearing conducted by state government. However,...

The Department of Labor's pending regulation concerning financial planners who handle retirement accounts has caused some concern that popular media figures like Dave Ramsey might be censored. Elder law advocates have...

Many people are under a false impression that they do not need to make withdrawals from an IRA they have inherited until they have to take withdrawals from an IRA they initiated. To avoid penalties it is important to...

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Social Security is designed to be a pension system that replaces income when people retire.  However, it is not designed to be a full pension that replaces your entire income. It is therefore important to know what...

One of the most important decisions that seniors make is when to start taking Social Security benefits. The full retirement age for most people is 67, but that does not necessarily mean that everyone should wait to...

Many seniors in the U.S. fall victim to living trust scammers who scare and intimidate their victims into purchasing worthless, unnecessary trusts. Seniors need to know what to look out for to avoid being victims. Going...