January 31, 2015

Palliative care is meant to make the patient more comfortable. To palliate is to make a disease or its symptoms less severe or unpleasant...

September 30, 2014

Sundowning is basically a group of symptoms that may come with or without a disease. By itself, it is not a disease; however, it...

June 30, 2014

Nobody wants to think about a defenseless loved one being wronged in anyway, but unfortunately, elder abuse is a significant problem. It is estimated...

April 29, 2014

In January, in the settlement to a class-action lawsuit filed in 2011 against the secretary of health and human services, Medicare officials updated the agency’s policy...

April 29, 2014

In December 2013, Mrs. M., 99, was found on the floor in her assisted-living apartment. She was sent to the hospital and treated for...

March 29, 2014

Making the decision to provide care at home for your spouse is a huge decision that affects both spouses, and all others in the...

March 29, 2014

Estate planning means much more than preparing a Last Will and Testament or tax planning for the disposition of your assets upon your death;...

January 31, 2014

In California a labor backed bill ‘AB 241’ was signed into law by Governor Brown effective January 1, 2014. The original bill included overtime for...

January 31, 2014

When offering legal advice, one of the first things we recommend to our clients is that they must have a well-drafted power of attorney. A...

November 30, 2013

Elder Caring is a referral agency that provides families and residents of the Palm Springs area an alternative to nursing, assisted living and other...

June 30, 2013

Have you ever witnessed the distress of dignity being stripped from a person simply due to a physical disability that prevents the person from entering...

June 3, 2013

Her name was Anne. She was 80 years old and the caregiver for her 82 year old husband. Her journey started 3 years ago,...

May 1, 2013

Congress and the Obama administration continue to discuss the budget deficit, and cuts to Medicare are a part of the discussion. The Medicare sustainable...

December 29, 2012

As the President and Congress inched closer to a “grand bargain,” NAELA and its elder law attorney clients remain concerned with the uncertainty of the estate...

November 3, 2012

Many people do their own estate planning with the use of inexpensive self-help computer programs and downloads from the internet. While many of those...