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Alive and kicking : legal advice for boomers / Kenney F. Hegland, Robert B. Fleming.

Title
Alive and kicking : legal advice for boomers / Kenney F. Hegland, Robert B. Fleming.
Author
Hegland, Kenney F., 1940-
Publication
Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2007.

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Fleming, Robert B.
Description
xxi, 266 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Right to die > United States > Popular works
  • Advance directives (Medical care) > United States > Popular works
Genre/Form
Popular works
Note
  • Includes index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
pt. 1. Training for ill -- Living wills -- Growing old: what to expect and how to cope -- Identity theft and scams -- pt. 2. Let the good times roll: retirement: money, housing, medical care -- Retirement: an overview -- Social security -- Private pension plans -- Retirement finances -- Housing rich, cash poor -- Retirement housing -- Medicare and health insurance -- Long-term care -- Tax breaks for seniors -- pt. 3. Trouble: getting in and getting out -- Abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation -- Self-abuse: Vegas, booze, and the question of guns -- Sex -- Driving -- Grandchildren -- Family financial dealings -- Divorce and remarriage -- Age and disability discrimination -- Trouble with the bill collector -- pt. 4. In case "something happens" -- Keeping control: living wills, health care power of attorney, joint accounts, and powers of attorney -- Wills and estate planning -- Avoiding probate -- Trusts: legal shmoos -- Living trusts -- Estate and gift taxes -- pt. 5. Disability in the family -- Slings and arrows -- Mental incapacity -- Deciding for others -- Home care -- Nursing homes, geriatric care managers -- pt. 6. Death in the family -- Hospice, dying well, and being there -- Ending life: pulling plugs, euthanasia, and suicide -- Death in the family -- Probate.
ISBN
  • 1594603227 (alk. paper)
  • 9781594603228
LCCN
^^2006038318
OCLC
  • 76262419
  • SCSB-10144938
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library