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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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- Additional Authors
- Fleming, Robert B.
- Description
- xxi, 266 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- 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