Category: General Life

Based on the most recent survey, 52% of Americans do not have a Will. Usually, not having a Will also means not having a Power of Attorney or a Health Care Proxy. When I lecture about this issue, I can talk for at least an hour about the need for a Power of...

An incredible book that I read in the past year was “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End” by Dr. Atul Gawande. The book is a discussion of the state of American medicine as it relates to end-of-life care. Mr. Gawande argues that doctors often cause more suffering to patients by...

In a recent case that I saw, a woman lived together with a man for approximately 10 years. She loved him very much and wrote a Will, leaving all of her assets to him. They never married. Eventually, the couple separated. After a couple of years, the woman began dating another man. Yet she...

It's a New Year. People are trying to fulfill their new resolutions about money,  weight loss and projects. I would suggest a resolution about friends. It is well known that seniors who are isolated are more likely to be sick and depressed. We all need companions, if only to complain to about our health and current politics.  Take some steps...