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The following is an except from this recent Washington Post column, regarding how to plan for the care of your pet after you die: “Dear Dr. Fox: For people like me who are up in age and worried about who…

Why does the Federal Government (OPM, etc.) not accept a durable financial Power of Attorney? Unfortunately the answer is because Federal law refuses to recognize durable financial Powers of Attorney. The Federal agencies claim that their Representative Payee requirements are…

The Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program (QMB), which many older American are enrolled in, prohibits doctors, suppliers and other providers from billing QMB enrollees for Medicare costs when they receive covered services. Yet many older consumers and people with disabilities are…

How does one donate the brain of a deceased person for Alzheimer’s research? For complete information about how to complete such a donation, we recommend that you contact either the National Institutes of Health (888-272-4617) or the Alzheimer’s Association (800-272-3900).…

Medication management can be incredibly difficult, especially for seniors, and many home health aides are not legally allowed to dispense medication. Then there are also seniors who do not need an aide, but could really use some help keeping track…

If you sign documents in Maryland, then you move to another state, are they still OK as-is? Because of the full faith and credit clause of the United States Constitution, documents produced under the laws of one State, are presumed…

Helpful tips and information from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: “If you were one of the thousands of people who incurred fees as a result of an unauthorized Wells Fargo account, the CFPB has ordered Wells Fargo to refund all…

“If you find yourself in contact with someone offering to help you recover lost capital, use these tips to help you avoid suffering additional losses: Proceed with caution. Be extremely skeptical of a purported U.S. firm reaching across the globe…