One of the hardest parts of caring for a loved one who has dementia is watching your shared connection slip through your fingers and feeling...
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My Bottom Line Hat
My husband just had triple heart-bypass surgery. It started when a nuclear stress test indicated a blockage in an artery. An attempt at putting in...
What Keeps Us Happy?
My husband and I recently embarked on an 11-hour drive with my parents to visit my sister in South Carolina. You may be thinking, Why...
Is a Family Limited Partnership Right for You?
Do you think a Family Limited Partnership (FLP) is something that you don’t need to consider? Maybe…maybe not. FLPs—a type of business entity owned by...
When a Loved One Doesn’t Have a Will
A man walked into tax attorney Martin Shenkman’s office some years ago with a problem—he had inherited a large sum of money. Nice problem to...
Couples’ Guide to Keeping Your Heart Healthy
Heart disease is a concern for both men and women, and how you work as a couple to ward it off often predicts how successful...
Considering a Continuing Care Retirement Community?
Most of us want to remain in our homes for as long as possible—but sometimes a move to an assisted-living facility or nursing home becomes...
How to Handle Marriage and Money
Sooner or later, money becomes a point of contention in every marriage. It’s inevitable that two people, no matter how loving, will sometimes differ about...
Rover Rx
What’s one of the strongest prescriptions for better health? According to decades of scientific research, it may be owning a pet. There is a wide...
Preventing Feuds Among Your Heirs
What do Robin Williams, Audrey Hepburn and Lady Diana all have in common? Their deaths triggered family inheritance feuds. Not over money, but over small,...
What Critical Information Will Your Heirs Need?
Your estate-planning documents won’t tell your heirs everything they need to know after you die or become incapacitated. You could save them time, money and...
What’s Your Plan?
We’ve all heard the story. A loved one gets a scary diagnosis and ends up in the hospital, followed by a rehab facility and then...
