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May 7th, 2010 - 2:17 am § in Uncategorized

Time Out Workshop – The Day After

Actually, this is Thursday, 2 days after – but since I was in a post-workshop haze yesterday, that doesn’t count. At any rate, this year’s workshop was fantastic. I say this not because of anything that we did, but because of the following groups of people:

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May 7th, 2010 - 2:16 am § in Uncategorized

Hospice Planning

In a prior blog post, (Life Care Planning – Bridging the Gap), I told part of the story of the journey of Mom’s stroke and ultimate death. In this post, I tell the rest of the story. Even though I had practiced Elder Law for 20 years and had advised many people [...][...]


May 7th, 2010 - 2:14 am § in Uncategorized

Health Care Power of Attorney

Many of you have personal experience with a loved one in a hospital during their final days or months. If this person has not prepared a Health Care Power of Attorney, who will make health care decisions for them if they are not able to make their own decisions? That [...][...]


May 7th, 2010 - 2:13 am § in Uncategorized

Dying Decisions – It’s a Good Thing

This may seem to be a strange blog post title, but we all know that death is part of every life. And making a decision in advance as to how you want to die and what treatments you want to receive is usually a good thing. As Elder Law Attorneys, we often [...][...]


May 7th, 2010 - 2:11 am § in Uncategorized

Time Out Workshop – Pictures

Here they are at last – pictures of the 2009 Time Out Workshop. As you will see by looking at the pictures, fun was had by one and all. It would take more than a little rain to dampen the spirits of participants. [...]


May 7th, 2010 - 2:10 am § in Uncategorized

I’m Thankful for Alzheimer’s Caregivers

Today I visited my brother and his wife in Hot Springs. This was not your typical Thanksgiving holiday type of visit. Johanna is a resident at a nursing home in Hot Springs – she has Alzheimer’s. The facility where she is residing is providing great care. My brother [...][...]


May 7th, 2010 - 2:09 am § in Uncategorized

Home for the Holidays with Alzheimer’s

Home for the Holidays with Alzheimer’s! What kind of blog post is that!? If you visited your parents this holiday season and noticed that something wasn’t quite right with your parents, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Our clients usually have very full lives, complete [...]