April 20, 2020

Estate Planning in the Midst of the Corona Virus

The novel coronavirus pandemic and resulting social distancing and self-quarantining has caused obvious anxiety, fear and concern over our health, family and financial matters. It has left many of us feeling that so much is beyond our control. However, this is not the time to […]
May 5, 2017
Nursing Home Costs

Paying for Nursing Home Care

In Massachusetts, nursing home care can cost as much as $15,000 a month and the average nursing home stay is two years.  Unfortunately, there are not very many options for covering nursing home costs.  There are typically four options for paying for nursing homes: Private […]
April 4, 2017

Massachusetts Medical Orders For Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)

A MOLST is a clinical form and standard of care which describes your wishes for certain medically appropriate life-sustaining treatments in a medical emergency.   It is a medical professional’s order that helps you keep control over medical care at the end of life.  Similar to […]
February 16, 2017

Appointing a Health Care Agent

If you were to become incapacitated and unable to make your medical decisions, who would make those decisions for you?  If you haven’t executed a formal Health Care Proxy, in which you’ve named a trusted person to make health decisions on your behalf, then you […]