by fawcettlaw | Jun 27, 2013 | From the Desk of Myrna Fawcett
The goal of financial planning is to make sure that your loved one’s money will be managed according to their wishes, if they are unable to manage it themselves, and that their financial resources will cover their medical care and needs as much as possible. Families...
by fawcettlaw | Jun 20, 2013 | From the Desk of Myrna Fawcett
Legal planning for seniors can be divided into two categories: health care planning and financial planning. Let’s begin our discussion with planning for health care decision-making, something that should be completed by all adults, and especially seniors. If an adult...
by fawcettlaw | Jun 14, 2013 | From the Desk of Myrna Fawcett
Bioethics is the branch of ethics, philosophy and social commentary that discusses the life sciences and their potential impact on our society. It is multidisciplinary and blends philosophy, theology, history, and law with medicine, nursing, health policy, and the...
by fawcettlaw | Jun 7, 2013 | From the Desk of Myrna Fawcett
[T]he disorder, poorly understood, is marked by a compulsive accumulation of usually worthless possessions — and a corresponding inability to discard anything — and has catapulted into the public consciousness in the past decade, spawning a burgeoning number of...
by fawcettlaw | May 30, 2013 | From the Desk of Myrna Fawcett
The term itself is self-evident… let’s go through it quickly. [E]lder Law is a legal term coined to cover an area of legal practice that places an emphasis on those issues that affect the growing aging population. There are three major categories that make up...
by fawcettlaw | May 23, 2013 | From the Desk of Myrna Fawcett
A day off? The start of summer? Parades and picnics? The opening of public swimming pools? You can finally start wearing white shoes again? If public opinion surveys are accurate, most Americans don’t know much about Memorial Day’s purpose or history....
