Help me arrange legal management of my parents' care and finances

• Article - Power of Attorney for Finances: A Step-By-Step Guide

  This guide shows you how to set up a power of attorney, from figuring out if your parent actually needs one to choosing who will act as their agent.

• Article - Power of Attorney for Finances: A Beginner's Guide

  Power of attorney designates who handles financial affairs when your parent is incapacitated. This article covers the basics of power of attorney.

• Checklist - 7 Important Instructions to Include in a Health Care Directive

  Know the 7 crucial medical-care instructions your parents should put in their advance health care directives.

• Checklist - 10 Things to Consider Including in a Will

  10 top issues for your parents to consider before writing their wills, including how to divide their property and who will receive it.

• Checklist - 10 Things You Should Know About Your Parents' Finances

  Know the answers to these 10 elderly parent finance questions. Where do they keep their financial records? Do they have a durable power of attorney?

• Checklist - 8 Things to Look for in a Nursing Home Agreement

  Nursing home agreements affect your parent's care in a nursing home. Here's what to look for in a nursing home agreement.

• Article - Prepare a Personal Care Agreement With Your Parent

  If your parent pays you for the in-home care you provide, it's wise to prepare a simple written agreement detailing your care-giving arrangement.

• Article - What to Expect from Your Trusts and Estates Attorney

  How to help your parent find and work with a trusts and estates attorney on wills, revocable trusts, and estate planning.

• Article - Conservatorship and Adult Guardianship: A Beginner's Guide

  When and how to appoint a conservator, or adult guardian, for your parent if she can't make important health and financial decisions for herself.

• Checklist - 5 Legal Documents You Need for Your Parents

  These documents will ensure that you can assist your...

• Article - Advance Health Care Directives and Living Wills: A Beginner's Guide

  A living will or advance health care directive lets medical providers know a person's preferences when they're unable to do so independently.

Questions & Answers

• Question - Will I have access to my father's health records?

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• Question - How do I set up a conservatorship for my mother?

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• Question - How should my father balance estate planning, tax planning, and Medicaid planning?

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• Question - Is there someone I can hire to handle my father's finances due to his dementia?

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• Question - What do I need to know before I sign a nursing home contract?

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• Question - As trustee for my parents' living trust, can I manage their affairs if they're unable and do I still need power of attorney?

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• Question - What's the emergency procedure for obtaining durable power of attorney for finance or health care?

  What's the emergency procedure for obtaining durable power of attorney for finance or health care? Get answers on obtaining durable power of attorney.

• Question - Can a parent revise or revoke a durable power of attorney for healthcare or finances?

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• Question - What steps are required to get a conservatorship?

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• Question - What rights do I have as a healthcare agent?

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• Question - Can my parent give durable power of attorney for healthcare to one child, and durable power of attorney for finance to another?

  Can my parents give one child durable power of attorney for healthcare and one durable power of attorney for finances? Power of attorney can be split.

• Question - What's the difference between a guardianship and a conservatorship?

  What's the difference between a guardianship and a conservatorship? I want to know because my elderly parent refuses to sign a power of attorney.

• Question - How do I gain access to my parent's health records without a durable power of attorney for health care?

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Tips & Reflections

• Tip - Put It in Writing to Avoid Disputes

  If you and your siblings are squabbling over who should...

• Tip - Tax-Free Annual Gifts to Children

  Tax free gifts to children can help your parent reduce their tax liability. Parents may give a maximum of $12,000 per year to each child without incurring a gift tax.

• Tip - Put It on a Card

  Legal documents, such as an advance healthcare directive...

• Tip - Avoid Binding Arbitration Clauses

  Whether it's a hospital admission agreement, a long...

Links

• External Link - Choosing A Health Care Agent

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