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How to Pay for Nursing Home Costs
How do you pay the exorbitant fees for nursing home care? And is it possible to keep life savings from being depleted by nursing home costs? Yes! Read our Nursing Home Crisis Plan Case Study to find out one of the ways we helped a client. Quick Summary Mary recently...
8 Keys to Effective Long-Term Care Planning
Long-term Care Planning is one of the biggest issues facing aging adults today. Experts project that nearly 70% of all individuals will need long-term care at some point in their life. And yet, that care is outrageously expensive at a time in life where one is...
Medicaid Help
When a loved one needs nursing home care, that is one of the most stressful things a family faces. We help families every day deal with this difficult issue. One of the biggest concerns is often “how do we pay for it?” Nursing homes are expensive, often $10,000 per...
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The Top 2 Concerns of Planning
When a loved one is facing long-term care the first concern people have when they come to us for planning is how to get the best care possible. The second concern is how to pay for it. Getting Good Care People come to us worried about an aging family member or...
6 Reasons You Should Never Apply for Medicaid On Your Own
While it may seem like a good idea that things like Medicaid applications and Veterans benefit apps are accessible and do-it-yourself, as with many things relating to government, it's really not that simple. There are many things that can go wrong when people apply...
4 Periods of Planning for a Nursing Home
We got another one of those calls the other day. It went something like this: "Mom has been in the nursing home for 3 years now and her money is gone. Is there anything we can do?" Our hearts sink when we hear this, because for this family, it's too late for a lot of...
3 Ways to Pay for a Nursing Home
It's difficult to face, but statistics show that 70% of people who reach the age of 70 will need some sort of long-term care (like a nursing home). The need for long-term care can arise because of stroke, dementia or any number of health problems. When that happens,...
Aging and Alone: 7 Steps to Protect Yourself
In a previous post, we talked about a growing segment of people who are aging alone without the help of their adult children (either because they don't have children or their children live very far away). These seniors face unique challenges in their 70's and 80's. To...
4 Challenges of Aging Alone
There's a growing segment of people who are aging without the help of their adult children (either because they don't have children or because their children live far away). Read on to learn more about the challenges they face. People are living longer than ever...
Safe Deposit Boxes: Do you need one? What should you put in it?
We frequently get questions about safe deposit boxes from clients. Read on to see our recommendations... Do you need a safe deposit box? Safe deposit boxes are nice to have, mostly because of the problems that at-home safes can cause. If you have a fireproof safe at...
The Checkbook Test: Can your executor or trustee pass it?
Good "helpers" are essential to an effective plan. Could the people you've chosen as executor, trustee, power of attorney, or guardian pass this simple test? Every Estate Plan Needs a Good Helper We talk about good "helpers" a lot, and that's because they are vitally...
Summer of 2015 – Family Fun
The Edwards family had a pretty low key summer, but still made fun memories at baseball games, Six Flags, swimming and going to the Wisconsin Dells. Here are some pictures of the highlights. [gallery link="none" size="medium"...
Kids Leaving the Nest This Fall Need a POA
When your kids get ready to leave the nest, be sure to have a Power of Attorney for them. This past Spring, Tarina, our Client Relationships Coordinator, had a front row seat to some new Edwards Group babies. The baby robins hatched from their beautiful blue shells at...