Estate Planning (Wills, Trusts, and Powers of Attorney)

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Your Advance Directive is Complete, Now It’s Time To Share It

By Hurley Elder Care Law | May 15, 2019

    Congratulations! You have completed your advance directive! Now what? It is important to now share your advance directive with some important people. You will want to make sure that each of the following has a copy of the advance directive: Each healthcare agent listed; Your primary care physician; Any specialists that you see…

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Going Beyond Advance Directives: The POLST

By Hurley Elder Care Law | May 8, 2019

  Our last few blogs and newsletters have been focusing on advance directives. We are passionate about all Georgians completing an advance directive for healthcare. Some may need more than an advance directive. Advance directives can be misinterpreted, misplaced, or disregarded. The advance directive tells healthcare professionals generally what types of treatment you may want…

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Advance Care Planning Tools: Critical Conditions

By Hurley Elder Care Law | May 1, 2019

  We are passionate about Georgians completing their advance care plans, and we strongly urge Georgians to complete the Georgia Advance Directive for Healthcare. The Georgia Advance Directive, however, is not the only advance care planning document available. In previous blogs, we have explored, Five Wishes and PREPARE for Your Care. Today’s blog is all…

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Advance Care Planning Tools: PREPARE for Your Care

By Hurley Elder Care Law | April 24, 2019

  We are passionate about Georgians completing their advance care plans, and we strongly urge Georgians to complete the Georgia Advance Directive for Healthcare. The Georgia Advance Directive, however, is not the only advance care planning document available. In our last blog, we explored Five Wishes. Today we’re exploring PREPARE for Your Care PREPARE for…

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Advance Care Planning Tools: Five Wishes

By Hurley Elder Care Law | April 17, 2019

  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…

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Advance Care Planning Tools: The Georgia Advance Directive

By Hurley Elder Care Law | April 10, 2019

[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…

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The Lives of Elder Orphans

By Hurley Elder Care Law | March 20, 2019

  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…

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Five Things to Know about the Power of Attorney in Georgia

By Hurley Elder Care Law | March 13, 2019

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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Digital Estate Plans

Digital Estate Plans

By Hurley Elder Care Law | March 6, 2019

  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…

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Organizing and Keeping Files

By Hurley Elder Care Law | February 13, 2019

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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