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We are passionate about Georgians completing their advance care plans, and we strongly urge Georgians to complete the Georgia Advance Directive for Healthcare (see our last blog and the downloadable form). The Georgia Advance Directive, however, is not the only advance care planning document available. Five Wishes In 1997, Aging with Dignity wrote “Five…
Read More [tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] The Georgia Advance Directive for Healthcare was adopted by the Georgia legislature and put in place by the Department of Human Resources Division of Aging Services on July 1, 2007. It was created to replace the old living will and power of attorney for healthcare. Prior to 2007, Georgians could…
Read More My mother-in-law is prone to seizures! She lost her husband in 2009 and lives in a big two-story house by herself. Over the past couple of years, she has had more incidents of blacking out and falling. Mine, and my wife’s biggest concern, is that she has no one there to know when an…
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Attorneys, just like many other professionals, can choose to be generalists or specialists. When dealing with elder law matters, it is important for every client to know the difference between an attorney who specialized in elder law and one who dabbles in elder law. “There’s an attorney in my congregation who can help me…
Read More By now, many of us have heard of the term “Elder Orphan.” An elder orphan has no adult children, spouse or companion to rely on for company, assistance or input. This growing issue has captured the attention of the news media in the last 6 months: Kaiser Health News: Without Safety Net Of Kids…
Read More No one likes thinking about their own or their loved one’s potential incapacity. Unfortunately, many of us will likely find ourselves in need of a financial agent, or someone to step into our shoes and act on our behalf for all financial matters. Almost every day I drive on I-285 here in Atlanta (one of…
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I’m sure you saw the headlines in February for the sudden death of QuadrigaCX’s CEO Gerald Cotten. He allegedly died with the business’s passwords, meaning that their 115,000 users couldn’t access their accounts that were valued at over $188 million. The time has come for us all to create a digital estate plan just…
Read More As more and more families are facing the challenges of aging and disability, we are seeing an increase in those seeking the counsel of an elder law attorney. Questions about estate planning, asset protection planning, trust administration, Medicaid planning, and guardianship issues are our specialty. In a response to the growing need of our community,…
Read More Many of our clients reach out to us while they’re in a nursing home receiving rehab services, and many of them say to us something like this, “Mom’s being discharged from rehab next week because she has plateaued,” or, “My husband no longer qualifies for rehab because he’s not improving.” Maybe you’ve been told this…
Read More Many of our clients come into the office toting grocery bags, cardboard boxes or backpacks filled with about fifty years of paperwork. As time goes by and our financial situations change, the amount of paperwork we must keep grows exponentially. That said, by the time a person gets to be 70, 85 or 102 years…
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