Question: My 86-year-old sister has been in a nursing home since November of 2017. The paperwork is still “working” to qualify her for Medicaid (New Mexico). However, just recently, the doctor [...]

Question: My mother is wheelchair bound, has some dementia and is on oxygen. My father just passed away and was her caregiver. We want to move her to an assisted living facility but she refuses. [...]

Question: Is there anything I can be doing now in my working years to help increase my future Social Security benefit? Response: The following response is from Nora Yousif, a financial advisor [...]

Question: I am a nurse who works as a case manager on a geriatric psychiatry unit in Everett, Massachusetts. I frequently have patients who need to go into a nursing home for long-term care from [...]

Question: My mother, who is 93, is in long-term dementia care. She has a reverse mortgage but due to her never receiving monthly payments, she qualified for Medicaid. It is now time to sell the [...]

Question: I’ve heard a QPRT as a good way to protect my home and pass it on to my children tax-free. What is it and should I have one? Response: QPRT stands for qualified personal residence [...]

Question: My grandparents bought a 500 square foot cottage on the southern coast of Massachusetts in the 60s. After my grandfather passed away in the early 90’s, my grandmother transferred [...]