What are your biggest hopes and dreams for your retirement years? That’s how a nationally recognized elder care attorney named Rajiv Nagaich began a ground-breaking article published in the journal of the American Bar Association. The article first appeared four years ago, and it marked the first time many of the ABA’s members would have … Read more
This week, our focus on the Blog involves financial planning and the essential role your financial advisor plays in preparing you for retirement. But your financial advisor shouldn’t operate in a vacuum, isolated from other members of your “retirement team.” For this article, we’re considering the question: what good things can happen when a retiree’s … Read more
There was a time when the name Britney Spears drew almost universal recognition. A wildly popular pop icon who became a music sensation in her teens, Spears soon began to attract unwanted attention for episodes of erratic behavior including drug and alcohol abuse. In 2008, at the age of 26, Spears found herself bound by … Read more
This week here on the Blog, we’re focusing our attention on guardianships, a legal ruling in which an adult deemed by the court to be vulnerable or at risk is placed under the total control of another person. You and your family may never have dealt with a guardianship, but estimates are that over 1.5 … Read more
The words “court-appointed guardian” should send a chill down your spine if you are a vulnerable senior or caring for aging parents. The current American system of placing a court-appointed guardian in absolute control of an older adult’s life is rife with potential for abuse. Unsupervised and operating largely behind closed doors, this legal process … Read more
The practice of appointing a legal guardian to manage the affairs – and sometimes the daily lives – of vulnerable adults has become highly controversial. Stories of greed and abuse of those under the so-called care of court-appointed guardians has drawn fire from legal and political leaders nationwide. Now the American Bar Association has weighed … Read more
Whenever the topic of estate planning comes up, there are two terms you are guaranteed to hear in the discussion: wills and trusts. These two legal documents can rightly be described, correctly or otherwise, as the backbone of an estate plan. But what’s the difference? When is a will preferred over a trust, and vice … Read more
If you want advice on how to choose a financial planner – a topic we’ve covered regularly here on the Blog, most recently just last week – there’s no shortage of recommendations. But if you’re looking for ideas on how to choose an estate planning lawyer, the amount of online advice shrinks considerably. We would strongly suggest … Read more
Most individuals only evaluate the role of an estate executor during two specific moments: while structuring their own estate plans or after being asked to manage someone else’s estate. Regardless of an estate’s size or complexity, serving as an executor carries immense responsibility. Many people remain unclear about what the role actually requires on a … Read more
We’ve written a great deal over the years here on the Blog about making sure your estate plan is complete. That suggestion definitely applies in spades to your will. A Last Will and Testament that is outdated, incomplete, or vague can leave your executor and your heirs scrambling to figure out what it was you … Read more
Will your plan for retirement lead to disaster if your health fails? Will you end up forced into institutional care, go broke paying for care, or become a burden on your family?
For millions of Americans, the answer is yes. This video explains why retirement turns into a nightmare for so many people and how completing this course can keep these nightmares from happening to you.
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Since the AgingOptions Radio Show first began airing in the Pacific Northwest in 2006, elder law attorney Rajiv Nagaich has been helping people answer some of life’s toughest questions. In this comprehensive anthology, drawn from thousands of hours of AgingOptions Radio Show broadcasts, listen to Rajiv Nagaich answer callers’ questions about retirement planning. His answers are packed with important nuggets of information that will help you create your own LifePlan for retirement. It’s a recording you’ll want to listen to again and again.
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As an elder law attorney, Rajiv Nagaich has spent more than two decades helping older adults and their family caregivers cope with retirement plan failure. Despite doing exactly what their trusted advisors had told them to do—enrolling in Medicare, saving plenty of money, buying long-term care insurance, and creating an estate plan—Rajiv's clients found themselves forced into institutional care, assets lost to unplanned care costs, and a burden to their families. In Your Retirement: Dream or Disaster, you will learn the shocking truth about why this happens—and what you can do to avoid it. This book is a must read if you want to avoid the hidden traps in retirement planning advice that turn life into a living nightmare for 70% of Americans.
What does it take to avoid the nursing home, avoid going broke and avoid burdening your family during your retirement years? That’s the question elder law attorney Rajiv Nagaich answers in Master Your Future, the groundbreaking program that has aired more than 1,500 times on public television stations nationwide. The Master Your Future Program DVD is a great a way to watch (and rewatch) Rajiv’s shocking revelations and piercing insights about the state of retirement planning in America. Drawing on his own family’s experience and that of thousands of clients during his 20+ years as an elder law attorney, Rajiv explains why traditional approaches fall short and shows how this failure results in 70% of American retirees being forced into institutional care. Rajiv then offers a surprisingly simple solution to create the retirement of your dreams.
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