How to Plan for Nursing Home Care for Parents
The cost of a nursing home can quickly erode everything you worked for your whole life, and leave your family with nothing, industry insiders warn.
Ethan Huizenga
April 9, 2020
Need to Knows Before A Parent Moves In
Young adult children sometimes boomerang back to the safety of a parent’s home when money is tight, the going is tough or difficult times loom. Decades later, middle-aged children often become the safety net for their parents. For some aging parents, the right move is into their adult child’s home.
Ethan Huizenga
April 8, 2020
COVID-19 UPDATE: Staying Safe
If you’re caring for an older loved one, you might be worried. Here is what you need to know to keep elderly people safer, and what to do if they do show symptoms of COVID-19.
Ethan Huizenga
April 8, 2020
Loss of Stretch IRA is Not Such a Big Deal
The stretch IRA is dead and everyone (including me) is writing about how this is the apocalypse for IRA planning. Well, it isn’t. Let’s all take a deep breath.
Ethan Huizenga
April 7, 2020
COVID-19 UPDATE: IRS Deadline Now July 15
The Internal Revenue Service is postponing the date for filing gift tax and generation-skipping transfer tax returns and making payments until July 15, 2020, because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Ethan Huizenga
April 7, 2020
COVID-19 UPDATE: Payroll
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed on March 27, 2020, allows employers (and self-employed individuals) to delay paying their portion of that social security payroll tax. However, employers who receive Small Business Act loans that are forgiven under the CARES Act are not eligible for this payroll tax deferral.
Ethan Huizenga
April 6, 2020
Fraudulent Social Security Calls Target Seniors
You’ve probably received one: A recorded call warns of a problem with your Social Security number. To fix it and avoid legal action, you’re told, you must call back immediately—and pay up.
Ethan Huizenga
April 6, 2020
Can an Elder Law Attorney Help My Family?
Elder Law, a relatively new development thanks to prolonged life expectancy, is a branch of the law that serves the needs of the elderly and the disabled as well as their family. As many of you who are caregivers may already know, Elder Law covers an impressive range of client issues, both legal and financial.
Ethan Huizenga
April 3, 2020
COVID-19 UPDATE: CDC’s Business Guidance
C19 UPDATE: CDC Updates Coronavirus Guidance for Businesses As we learn more about the coronavirus the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is updating the guidance they give to business owners and employers. They issued updates on Friday, March 21st to include Updated cleaning and disinfection guidance Updated best practices for conducting social distancing Updated strategies…
Ethan Huizenga
April 3, 2020
Blood Test Makes Alzheimer Diagnosis Easier
A simple blood test may soon be able to diagnose patients with two common forms of dementia – Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) – and tell the two apart.
Ethan Huizenga
April 2, 2020