Terri Schiavo was the subject of one of the nation’s most famous and divisive end-of-life cases. Bobby Schindler is her brother, and he is the president of the Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network. Schindler recently joined Rebecca A. Hobbs of ElderLawAnsers to tell his sister’s story. Terri Schiavo was only 26… Read More »
When you are a single parent, your children depend on you for everything from their food and shelter to paying for their extracurricular and medical expenses. Additionally, you serve as a primary source of love and emotional stability for your children. While meeting their day-to-day physical and emotional needs is imperative, it is equally important… Read More »
Michigan Power of Attorney for Finances The term power of attorney can be used to describe various legal documents which grant another person authority to act on your behalf. Depending on how a power of attorney is constructed it might be effective immediately or at some point in the future. When a power of attorney only… Read More »
When an individual is no longer able to care for their personal needs or make medical decisions, it may be necessary to have a guardian appointed to take over these responsibilities. Taking on the guardian role is a serious undertaking and the person serving in this capacity will have specific duties to the individual. What… Read More »
As we age, it is inevitable that there will be signs of this process. For some, this will mean experiencing less physical strength and stamina. However, for others, getting older may result in a decline in mental functioning. This could be due to an onset of dementia or the result of another medical condition. In… Read More »
As our parents get older, they may experience the ordinary physical and mental challenges which come with aging. However, in more extreme cases a parent’s functioning may be so severely limited as to make it difficult for them to take care of their daily needs. In this circumstance, adult children may find themselves in the… Read More »
When an individual is no longer able to take care of their basic needs, it may be necessary for a loved one or other concerned party to ask a court to appoint a guardian to make decisions on their behalf. Situations can arise, however, where a proposed ward disagrees and wishes to challenge this appointment. … Read More »
As adults, we value our ability to make our own decisions about where we live, who provides our medical care, and how we want our treatment to be managed by our healthcare providers. However, life circumstances may occur which can interfere with a person being able to make these choices independently. For instance, it may… Read More »
Sometimes as parents age there can be issues with their cognitive functioning which are so pervasive that they are no longer able to fully or adequately care for themselves. This leaves adult children in the unenviable position of having to reverse roles with their parent and take on responsibility for their personal care decisions. In… Read More »
No one is fully prepared to hear that their mental capacity is declining. Depending on when a physician is consulted it may be that the patient is in the early stages of a mentally debilitating condition or their illness may be more advanced. For others, it may be that their mental health is not diminished,… Read More »