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There's No Law Against Making Stupid Decisions

Howard, 92, loves women.  He has dementia and is legally blind.  He likes to give women checks when they tell him their sob stories about needing money.  He has one daughter, Missy, who is aghast at his conduct. After her mother died, Missy felt obligated to try to keep Dad from…
Mikol Davis
March 18, 2013
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Are You on the Hook for Mom's Nursing-Home Bill?

Are You on the Hook for Mom's Nursing-Home Bill? •    By KELLY GREENE, Wall Street Journal Thought you were immune from your parents' debts? Not so fast. Twenty-nine states have "filial support" laws that could be used to go after patients' adult children for unpaid long-term-care bills. In at least…
Mikol Davis
June 25, 2012
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Has Your Aging Parent Told You to "Mind Your Own Business"?

Getting rebuffed hurts. Have you ever tried to talk to your aging parent about finances and been told to take a hike? "Just mind your own business. I'll be fine". Or has your aging parent ever said, "Let's talk about that some other time" when you bring up the subject…
Mikol Davis
April 19, 2012
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New Fraud Alert for Your Aging Parents

Carolyn and Mikol here. We just got in an alert from the The National Legal Resource Center (NLRC) and we wanted to share it with you. Can you believe this?   Professional criminals are now targeting people with diabetes to scam them for personal information. Here's how it works.  Someone pretending…
Mikol Davis
March 21, 2012
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"My Dad Has Dementia-He's Being Horrible to Me!"

I’m hearing this same painful thing a lot lately. Aging parents who have “early dementia” are refusing help and verbally abusing their adult kids who are trying to help. In all these situations, the aging parent was a controlling type person before dementia developed. It could have been a business…
Mikol Davis
November 5, 2011

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