Sumner Redstone is a billionaire. At one time he was a pretty high profile billionaire, especially in the tabloids. That he’s in the news again isn’t all that surprising. That his story is a cautionary tale for everyone as they grow older and contemplate planning for...
Elder Planning
It’s Elder Law Month … So Let’s Talk to One Another
You may have seen the article on the Eva Rova Barnes estate – an estate case that was very recently settled by our Supreme Court. The decision was widely reported (you can read the San Francisco Chronicle’s coverage here). Simply put, the Rova family have owned a...
F. Scott Fitzgerald and Elder Planning Beyond the Numbers
It’s hard to believe but prior to the very early 1990’s assisted care facilities were sterile places, often modeled on and run like hospitals, and no one thought much of it. Residents were usually referred to as ‘patients’, with predictable, if not evident at the...
Livia’s House and Elder Care Planning
It’s easy in movies and on TV – a character needs assisted living, other characters are predictably upset, some drama follows, ten minutes later the character is in an assisted living home. From The Simpson’s to Happy Gilmore to Trainwreck and many shows in between,...
ST. PATRICK’S DAY & PLANNING
St. Patrick’s Day reminds me of a story a friend tells. He was in Ireland playing rugby, a team in Dublin gave him and his teammates passes to the All-Ireland Hurling Finals. That’s basically the Irish Super Bowl. Hurling, if you haven’t been exposed, is … Well,...