This may be a bit off-topic for estate planning, but I think it’s important to address.  This article in the Harvard Business Review is worth the time to read. That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief

Teepa offers insight and the Positive Approach and Beth and Corrie demonstrate how things could be different for all involved. TEEPA’S CARE-TIP VIDEO

This article is courtesy of the Oregon Community Foundation.  If you would like more information about this article, or the Oregon Community Foundation itself, please go to their site! As you have almost certainly heard by now, the SECURE (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement)...

The signs of a good nursing home include treating the underlying medical problems, relieving pain, and doing everything possible for the residents to feel comfortable and at peace.  Psychoactive drugs should always be the last resort for treating the symptoms of dementia and there are many steps a...

A new study finds when young healthy men had a full, uninterrupted night of rest, their blood levels showed a reduced level of tau, the biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease. The level was higher when they lost just one night of sleep. Read more here at Alzheimer’s & Dementia Weekly

I am often asked the difference between an Advance Directive for Health Care (ADHC) and a Portable Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST).  While both address end-of-life decisions, they do so in different ways. An ADHC is a legal document in which a person states what health care measures they...