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Can You Borrow on a Life Estate?

One of the principal planning techniques to protect a home from the potential costs of long-term care is to put it into a life estate. Like anything else in the law, life estates have their benefits and consequences.

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Please Help Us Get More Seniors Access to Long Term Care In Their Homes

MassHealth has many programs available to help seniors stay at home with services and supports instead of being forced to move to a skilled nursing facility for support.  This is typically what our seniors prefer and bonus, it also costs the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a lot less money to pay for care at home than for care in a skilled nursing facility.

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Webinar Recording – Addressing Dementia

Jennifer Pilcher Ph.D, head of Clear Guidance Consulting and Care Management. This program will help you learn how to help your clients and their families detect, evaluate, and approach suspected cognitive impairment.

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Caregiver Charged with Murder: A Harbinger of Things to Come?

Karen Wibbeler-Nelson was the primary caregiver for her father-in-law, Andrew Nelson, who died at age 76 in August 2020. By all accounts, the conditions in the house they shared with Karen’s husband and Andrew’s son, Robert Nelson, a friend of theirs, their 16-year-old daughter, and 45 dogs and cats, were deplorable. Andrew died from sepsis resulting from bed sores. Adult protective services had investigated and closed its case four months before Andrew’s death after the house was cleaned of feces left by the animals.

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