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Thanksgiving Holiday Provides Opportunity for Family Members to Spot Signs of Incapacity in Aging Parents

Spotting signs of incapacity and early detection of cognitive decline enables professional advisors to more effectively address financial, legal and care-giving concerns.

More than 40 million Americans are expected to take to the roadways, railways and airways as they head home for the Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving – one of the few occasions when multiple generations gather under one roof – is an opportune time for adult children to observe signs of incapacity or cognitive decline in aging loved ones.

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10
JAN
2017

Aging Parents, Durable Power of Attorney, End of Life Planning, Guardianship, Revocable Living Trust, Uncategorized

Alzheimers, cognitive decline, Durable Power of Attorney, family holidays, Revocable Living Trust

Estate Planning is Still Relevant: Three Key Documents Every Adult Should Have

Posted by: Merrell Bailey

The federal estate tax exemption, which is the maximum amount of wealth an individual can have when they die but not pay any federal estate tax, used to be $600,000. The families of the deceased who exceeded this limit were often people who did not consider themselves rich—maybe a farming family with a small working farm for example. Unfortunately, they often discovered that all it took was a little bit of real estate, combined with the death benefit payout from ...

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10
OCT
2016

Estate Planning, Young Adults

Durable Power of Attorney, estate planning documents for young adults, health care surrogate, Living Will