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Dangers in signing a power of attorney

by Dennis Beaver | power of attorney

January 14, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “My daughter wants me to sign a general power of attorney for a house we are buying together back east,” Maggie, a reader in Stratford, explained in an e-mail. “It will be in both of our...

Eight Don’ts to Keep in Mind as You and Your Loved Ones Age

by Dennis Beaver | healthcare, insurance, power of attorney, senior care

October 24, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver Getting older isn’t for sissies, and the more prepared you are for cognitive decline and the issues that come with it, the better your life will be. Do you worry about a friend or family member who is getting on in years? Perhaps...

Families, Business and the Coronavirus- If the Unimaginable Happens

by Dennis Beaver | family law, lawyers, medicine, power of attorney, senior care

March 20, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver The stock market has recently been in a free-fall. America has not experienced this level of fear since the days of the polio epidemic, which, at its peak in the 1940s and 1950s would paralyze or kill over half a million people...

Recognizing the signs of financial elder abuse

by Dennis Beaver | asset protection, power of attorney, retirement

July 28, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver  In addition to all the other issues which revolve around getting older, a significant percentage of America’s aging population have more things to deal with, as the following email from Central California reader “Annie” describes:...

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