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  Social Security Adds New Online Medicare Application Last Updated: 5/20/2010 8:56:10 AM Time was when Medicare eligibility and one’s full retirement age for Social Security were both 65, but that’s no longer the case. While Medicare’s age of eligibility remains 65, Social Security’s full retirement age is now 66 for those just becoming eligible, Read Full Article

  Getting Medicare While Traveling or Living Overseas Last Updated: 4/26/2010 11:46:14 AM Many retirees look forward to traveling in their retirement, and more and more are actually retiring overseas, in part as a way to stretch savings. But what happens to retirees’ federal benefits while they are out of the country? The short answer Read Full Article

  Circles of Care: How to Set Up Quality Home Care for Our Elders. Last Updated: 4/28/2010 12:02:01 PM Ann Cason. Circles of Care: How to Set Up Quality Home Care for Our Elders. Shambala Publications, Inc. Boston, Mass. 2001. 181 pages. $17.05 at Amazon. Click on book to order. Most seniors, when given a Read Full Article

  Powers of Attorney Come in Different Flavors Last Updated: 4/29/2010 11:01:52 AM A power of attorney is a very important estate planning tool, but in fact there are several different kinds of powers of attorney that can be used for different purposes. Before executing this crucial document, it is important to understand what your Read Full Article

Steps to Take in Advance of Death or Disability Last Updated: 4/29/2010 11:05:37 AM No one wants to face the fact that our loved ones will not be with us forever. Facing our own mortality is frightening as well. Although none of us wants to contemplate a time when we or a loved one might Read Full Article

  Last Updated: 2/23/2010 3:16:29 PM Social Security’s Retirement Estimator is now available for people who have signed up for Medicare but have not yet signed up for Social Security because they are delaying retirement. The popular calculator allows you to project what your monthly Social Security benefit will be based on your actual work Read Full Article

  Last Updated: 3/31/2010 12:05:46 PM A new law makes the purchase of products that combine annuities or insurance policies with long-term care insurance more attractive. As ElderLawAnswers previously reported, these “hybrid” products are gaining in popularity due to a law that went into effect January 1, 2010, making distributions from life insurance and annuities Read Full Article

  Last Updated: 3/29/2010 11:52:44 AM David Shenk. The Forgetting. Alzheimer&#39s: Portrait of an Epidemic . New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 2002. 294 pages. $10.17 from Amazon.com (click on book to order) Alzheimer&#39s is a progressive and ultimately fatal neurological affliction that interferes with and extinguishes brain cells. It kills nearly 100,000 Americans a year, Read Full Article

  Last Updated: 3/31/2010 1:43:53 PM Many Web sites offer customized, do-it-yourself wills and other estate planning documents. These computer-based services appear to offer a cost-effective and convenient alternative to visiting an estate planning or elder law attorney. But is online estate planning worth the convenience and initial savings? How do the documents created compare Read Full Article

  Last Updated: 4/8/2010 2:44:42 PM After a year of legislative wrangling and premature forecasts of death, historic legislation overhauling the nation’s health insurance system has passed the Congress and been signed into law by President Obama. The measure that finally prevailed, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is the same legislation the Senate Read Full Article