Research Catalog

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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Additional Authors

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