by Doug Jones | Apr 29, 2021 | crisis planning
Adult Kids Doing Crisis Planning Sometimes it comes in waves. Recently at the law office, we have had several individuals who have found themselves in the unenviable position of being called in at the last minute to care for an elderly parent. Specifically what I mean... 
by Doug Jones | Apr 23, 2021 | caring for elderly parent
Trends We Have Noticed Sunrise, sunset and lunar cycles. Without some divine intervention, some things will never change. But as we know, given time and circumstance, most things in life will change. Trends, it would seem, change like the tides. One big... 
by Doug Jones | Apr 15, 2021 | estate planning, pre-planning
Planning Considerations My wife Cindy & I are attorneys who practice primarily in the areas of elder law and estate planning. I mention this to give credence to our topic of discussion today: The danger of waiting too late to plan. On a regular basis, we see adult... 
by Doug Jones | Apr 9, 2021 | caring for elderly parent, pre-planning
Helping is often a matter of degree. We’ve seen cases where the parent and child may have been estranged for years. Then the parent starts to decline physically or cognitively and has no one to help. In some of these situations, the adult child continues to have no... 
by Doug Jones | Apr 1, 2021 | caring for elderly parent
Planning for Your Second Half. Today we are going to start with a small literary lesson. If you would, join me in learning more about the word advocate. As a noun, an advocate is a person who represents another person’s interests, like a lawyer does. In fact, the word... 