{"id":12134,"date":"2024-09-29T15:45:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T19:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laurietrotman.com\/?p=12134"},"modified":"2024-10-01T10:29:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:29:36","slug":"do-i-really-need-all-these","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/laurietrotman.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/29\/do-i-really-need-all-these\/","title":{"rendered":"Wills, Medical Directives, and Other Docs Aging Adults Need"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' width='474' height='267' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GtYQP7HbZ6Y?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;' sandbox='allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation'><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DON&#8217;T DELAY!! Important documents are needed as we age: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Last Will and Testaments <\/li><li>Medical Directives <\/li><li>General and possibly other types of &#8216;Powers of Attorney&#8217; <\/li><li>Real Estate titles\/deeds need to be reviewed <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT things to consider and review:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Long Term Insurance <\/li><li>How does Medicaid work with nursing homes? <\/li><li>Who pays? <\/li><li>What happens to my spouse&#8217;s Social Security <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some helpful links: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How to avoid paying elderly parent&#8217;s nursing home bills: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SJNQOLKIMMM&amp;list=LL&amp;index=84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SJNQOLKIMMM&amp;list=LL&amp;index=84<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is Probate? <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qik2qNFO5rM?si=BOuFN4VnsDwIeHZS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/qik2qNFO5rM?si=BOuFN4VnsDwIeHZS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should I buy Long-Term Care Insurance? <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6evk_eaZm_U\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/6evk_eaZm_U<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DON&#8217;T DELAY!! Important documents are needed as we age: Last Will and Testaments Medical Directives General and possibly other types of &#8216;Powers of Attorney&#8217; Real Estate titles\/deeds need to be reviewed IMPORTANT things to consider and review: Long Term Insurance How does Medicaid work with nursing homes? Who pays? What happens to my spouse&#8217;s Social &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/laurietrotman.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/29\/do-i-really-need-all-these\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wills, Medical Directives, and Other Docs Aging Adults Need<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2167],"tags":[2171,2177,2173,2179,2168,2178,2175,2174,2172,2170,2169,2181,2180,2176],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdfFqG-39I","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/laurietrotman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12134"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/laurietrotman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/laurietrotman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/laurietrotman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/laurietrotman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12134"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/laurietrotman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12140,"href":"http:\/\/laurietrotman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12134\/revisions\/12140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/laurietrotman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/laurietrotman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/laurietrotman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}