MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'estate planning'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:59:07 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1868575&cid=t_140766_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FKzjR8lk87gQ%2F Since Charlie had Thursday off from school, I took the train to work so he and Jim could have the car. Almost every seat was taken when I got on and I settled into a windowless row by the door. Neither the air-conditioning nor the lights were working. I put my coffee cup between my feet, pulled my bag (front pockets well-stocked with Kleenex and the other matériel one needs to get through a bad cold) onto my lap, and shut my eyes, and hoped I’d be able to keep my voice going through the day. We three have been passing around this cold like a hot potato—Charlie first, then Jim and now me. Can’t say how grateful I felt that Jim could take care of Charlie on Charlie’s day off and that Jim was well enough to take Charlie on a long bike ride, on a very warm October afte... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1868575 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:05:43 +0100 1868575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1291029&cid=t_140766_158_f&fid=36021&url=http%3A%2F%2F3genfamily.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F03%2F10%2Fdoes-your-parent-want-to-sell-her-life-insurance-to-speculators%2F My father only had a couple thousand dollars of life insurance in force by the time he turned 83. He outlived the term of one policy, so the insurance company paid him the cash value and terminated the policy. As someone who was deeply affected by the Depression, Dad would probably have jumped at the chance to sell a life insurance policy for more than the cash value. But, as someone in the early stages of dementia, he was vulnerable to being swindled. We had one close call with his investments. I want to alert you to the booming business in life settlements that is still largely unregulated. Help for the Terminally Ill It started out as a compassionate way to help someone who has large medical bills to pay. It’s called a viatical settlement. It gives a person, typically with less th... 3GenFamily Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1291029 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:06:21 +0100 1291029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1196811&cid=t_140766_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F227897613%2F Okay, maybe that title is a little misleading on a breastfeeding blog. The gift I want you to consider giving your nursling, if you haven’t already, is the gift of writing your will (and possibly a trust), a medical durable power of attorney (that specifies the person(s) who can make medical decisions for you should you not be able) and a financial power of attorney (ditto re financial decisions). It’s not enough for you to tell your family or friends whom you would like to be guardians for your child should both you and your spouse pass away. You need to put it in writing in a legally binding document. Please don’t think of this as morbid. Think of it as insurance against something happening, as peace of mind, as the ultimate gift of love for your nursling. Have you wri... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1196811 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:25:31 +0100 1196811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=939796&cid=t_140766_158_f&fid=36021&url=http%3A%2F%2F3genfamily.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F09%2Fwhen-adult-siblings-fight-6-steps-to-heal-the-hurt%2F The court reporter was readying her equipment while waiting for the next case to begin. The bailiff brought in the defendant. The court reporter glanced up to see the next man on trial. Imagine the her shock to see that the defendant being brought into criminal court was her mother’s court appointed guardian! This man was accused of embezzling from his nephew’s trust account.  Was this the same man who was managing her mother’s affairs through the county’s Public Guardian Office? Yes, it was. This true story made the front page of our local newspaper last week. The woman’s mother has Alzheimer’s Disease. Unfortunately, the mother never completed a power of attorney or health care directive before she became ill and unable to speak for herself. But ... 3GenFamily Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=939796 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:39:57 +0100 939796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=807335&cid=t_140766_158_f&fid=36021&url=http%3A%2F%2F3genfamily.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F05%2Fis-it-time-for-an-estate-planning-checkup-for-your-parents-or-you%2F Is your family like most others? Have your parents (or you) done some estate planning (see below for resources) and then filed the documents away to gather dust and cobwebs until they are needed? Why do I ask? Because if an illness or accident suddenly happened, you just might discover that those documents are out of date and don’t do the job they were supposed to do! In spite of the changes that my Dad made in recent years to his documents, he didn’t update all of them.  Now as his executrix, I am discovering that some of the documents don’t do what he and my mom originally wanted. As you may know from my previous posts, my father was frugal beyond belief. He never understood why attorneys got paid so much and tried to avoid using them whenever he could. But, he didn... 3GenFamily Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=807335 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:34:21 +0100 807335