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What Is An Advance Directive?
An Advance Directive enables you to guide your family and physician if you are unable to communicate with them. It allows you to control the extent to which lifesustaining medical measures … more
What Is Conservatorship?
If you suffer from an incurable disease or are involved in a debilitating accident and are unable to manage your own affairs, state law might require someone to go to court to have a conservator … more
What Rights Do Nursing Home Residents Have?
Federal and state regulations provide nursing home residents with various rights. Some of those rights are as follows: (1) Residents have a right to know their medical condition and can participate … more

The Rights of Nursing Home Patients
No one should be afraid to lose his or her autonomy when entering a nursing home. A nursing home is not a jail. Nursing home residents have rights which the nursing home must legally respect. Many of these rights were granted to nursing home residents in the Nursing Home Reform Amendments of OBRA 1987. Those rights include: · … more
How Trusts Can Help You Protect your Adult Children in the Event of Your Death
Parents do not stop worrying about or protecting their children once their children turn 18. While parents are living they can help their children by providing the financial support that they deem appropriate, if they able to do so. But, what happens if a parent passes away and still wants to protect his or her adult children? Is there any legal way to provide financial support … more

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