Dementia

22 Apr HOW TO STOP UNSAFE SENIORS FROM DRIVING

Posted at 18:04h in Dementia, Guardianship, Katie’s Law, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Seniors safety

It is often difficult to determine when it is unsafe for someone to drive. This is particularly troublesome for many seniors who fear loss of independence when their driving privileges are lost. This may result in loneliness in addition to no longer being able to...

04 Mar Tony Bennett’s Daughters Sue Their Brother Over Trust Mismanagement

Posted at 11:03h in Business, Dementia, Estate Planning, Lawsuits, Medicaid Application, Medicaid Planning, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Probate Administration, Trusts

Antonia and Johanna Bennett have sued their brother, Danny, who has served as trustee of the Tony Bennett Family Trust, for mismanagement. Tony’s daughters claim Danny made “multiple gifts to himself totaling over $200,000 from the trust, $2.6 million in commissions for acting as Tony’s...

30 Jan Success Story of the Month – Rearranging Assets for Government Care Assistance

Posted at 14:05h in 529 plan, Asset Protection, Dementia, Estate Planning, Financial Powers of Attorney, Lady Bird Deed, Long Term Care, Medicaid Application, Medicaid Planning, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Mortgage, Power of Attorney, Probate Administration, Public Benefits Protection, Success Story of the Month, utma

Mom has dementia that has resulted in the need for skilled care. Although mom owns a homestead, she now lives with daughter due to the dementia. Mom has no long-term care insurance. Mom’s only assets are the home (which she purchased for $200,000 – although...

14 Oct Success Story Of The Month – Spotting The Issues In A Medicaid Planning Case

Posted at 13:26h in 401(k), Business, Dementia, Disability Benefits, End of Life Care Planning, Estate Planning, Home Equity, Lady Bird Deed, Long Term Care, Medicaid Application, Medicaid Planning, Medicare, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Probate Administration, Quality of Life, Retirement, Social Security, Success Story of the Month, Taxes, Transfer of Death

Similar to tax planning, where the client often wants to pay as little taxes as possible and plan accordingly, many want to preserve as many resources as possible while obtaining Medicaid assistance so that the government will help pay for the cost of care in...

05 Sep Casey Kasem’s Widow’s Response to His Children – “Over My Dead Body Will You Move Your Father’s Dead Body”

Posted at 16:01h in Dementia, Divorce, Elder Justice, End of Life Care Planning, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Lawsuits, Medicaid Application, Medicaid Planning, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Probate Administration

Casey Kasem, known for radio’s “Top 40 Countdown”, died in 2014, but the war over where he should be buried between the children of his first marriage and his widow is ongoing. After years of legal battles over elder abuse, wrongful death, guardianship and end of...

22 Aug FDA Approves Another Drug That Slows Cognitive Decline

Posted at 09:27h in Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Medicare, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer

In July 2024, the FDA approved Kisunla (formerly called Donanemab) which is anti-amyloid clearing treatment which slows cognitive decline by 35% (up to 60% in a separate analysis). Although the FDA rejected Eli Lilly’s request for accelerated approval of the drug in January 2023 since...

29 Jul Child Promises Elderly Mom A Dream And Delivers A Nightmare Removal Of Power Of Attorney Agent

Posted at 09:38h in Dementia, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Medicaid Application, Medicaid Planning, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Nursing Home, Power of Attorney, Probate Administration, Short Term Care, Social Security

Sometimes abuse can come from those closest to you even if they are named to act in their capacity as a fiduciary. A person acting as a fiduciary (such as an agent under a power of attorney, a trustee of a trust, a guardian or...

04 Jul Two copies of gene found to be underlying cause in Alzheimer’s Disease – are you Destiny’s Child?

Posted at 11:17h in Alzheimer’s, Asset Protection, Beneficiary, Dementia, End of Life Care Planning, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Long Term Care, Medicaid Application, Medicaid Planning, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Nursing Home, Power of Attorney, Probate Administration, Public Benefits Protection

Researchers have found that people with 2 copies of the APOE4 gene is more than a risk factor – it is now considered an underlying cause of Alzheimer’s Disease. Prior to the research’s finding published in May, scientists knew the gene APOE4 increased risk. Although...

04 Apr Free Wendy Williams?

Posted at 15:12h in Dementia, Disability Benefits, End of Life Care Planning, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Medicaid Application, Medicaid Planning, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Power of Attorney, Probate Administration

The recent Lifetime Network documentary series on the famed daytime television talk show host, Wendy Williams, has again put the spotlight on guardianship. A couple of years ago, Britney Spears conservatorship was in the limelight until she was “freed”. The cases are clearly different as...

04 Mar Jay Leno’s Lack Of Estate Planning Results In Seeking Conservatorship Over Wife Will His Car Collection Crash?

Posted at 13:47h in Alzheimer’s, Asset Protection, Charitable Giving, Dementia, Estate Planning, Medicaid Application, Medicaid Planning, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Probate Administration, Public Benefits Protection, Taxes

Jay Leno has filed a petition in a California court to seek conservatorship over his wife, Mavis, who is believed to have Alzheimer’s Disease or some other form of dementia. Leno is seeking conservatorship since Mavis no longer has sufficient mental capacity to do an...

26 Jul FDA Grants Approval for Drug that Slows Memory Loss

Posted at 13:33h in Alzheimer’s, Dementia, End of Life Care Planning, Estate Planning, Medicaid Application, Medicaid Planning, Medicare, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Probate Administration

A milestone event in the fight against Alzheimer’s Disease occurred on July 6 when the FDA gave approval for a drug (Leqembi) that not only slows memory loss for those with Alzheimer’s Disease, but it was granted funding approval by the Centers for Medicare &...

29 May Palliative Care VS Hospice Care – 7 Documents to Prepare for End-Of-Life Planning

Posted at 11:15h in Dementia, End of Life Care Planning, Estate Planning, Financial Powers of Attorney, Guardianship, Long Term Care, Medicaid Application, Medicaid Planning, Medicare, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Nursing Home, Power of Attorney, Probate Administration, Quality of Life, Wills

If you have an illness that is likely to limit your life due to the illness being serious and chronic (such as heart failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, cancer, dementia and Parkinson’s Disease), would you like to improve your quality of life by having: (1)...

08 May Additional Steps For Probating A Copy Of A Lost Will In Texas

Posted at 13:26h in Beneficiary, Dementia, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Medicaid Application, Medicaid Planning, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Probate Administration, Wills

The process for court approval (probate) of an original will is generally not difficult in Texas presuming the will was properly drafted and that there was no contest to its validity. However, if the original of the signed will cannot be located, it is more problematic...

03 May Success Story of the Month – “Where’s The Beef When We Saved Their Bacon?”

Posted at 17:20h in Beneficiary, Business, Dementia, Divorce, End of Life Care Planning, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Medicare, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Nursing Home, Power of Attorney, Probate Administration, Short Term Care, Social Security, Special Needs, Special Needs Trust, Success Story of the Month, Taxes, Transfer of Death, Wills

Who says you can’t save more than the “maximum”? This case illustrates how you can protect more assets than the “maximum” pursuant to long-term care Medicaid rules. FACTS: Wife, 70, has dementia and needs long-term care. She has no long-term care insurance. She receives Social Security of...

17 Jun ALZHEIMER’S DRUG APPROVAL BRINGS HOPE

Posted at 16:25h in Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Estate Planning, Medicaid Planning, Medicare, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Probate Administration

The FDA has recently approved the medication Aducanumab (which is to be given by infusion every four weeks) that studies have shown to slow the decline of cognitive and functional ability of patients (particularly if in the early stages after a diagnosis or those with...

09 Sep ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION CREATES NEW WAY TO WALK THE WALK

Posted at 15:21h in Alzheimer’s, Dementia

Unlike the past, you can be anywhere to participate in this year’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s. COVID-19 may have changed how we walk (in the past, it was mass gatherings at different locations throughout the world), but it hasn’t changed the need to walk to raise...

01 Jun MURDER, SHE WROTE? WOULD “TIGER KING” NEMESIS BE TEXAS TOAST UNDER TEXAS ESTATE LAWS?

Posted at 14:19h in Beneficiary, Business, Dementia, Disability Benefits, Estate Planning, Power of Attorney, Probate Administration, Texas Bar Today Top 10 Blog Posts, Transfer of Death, Wills

The recent Netflix series “Tiger King” focused on the feud between an Oklahoma private zookeeper (of big cats such as tigers and lions) known as “Joe Exotic” (herein “Exotic”) who also called himself the “Tiger King” and big cat animal rights preservationist, Carol Baskin (“Baskin”)....

10 Dec “KNIVES OUT” CUTS TO CORE OF CERTAIN ESTATE PLANNING BASICS

Posted at 15:51h in Beneficiary, Dementia, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Short Term Care, Transfer of Death

The recent popular murder mystery movie “Knives Out” delves into several key estate planning topics (such as Will contests and undue influence) during this whodunnit thriller. In the movie, a wealthy man changes his Will shortly before he was murdered. Since his family members feel jilted,...

28 Oct HOUSE PASSES KEY PROVISIONS OF YOUNGER-ONSET ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE ACT AND PALLIATIVE CARE AND HOSPICE EDUCATION TRAINING ACT

Posted at 09:00h in Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Long Term Care, Quality of Life

The House of Representatives, with bipartisan support, passed two bills on October 28 that are important to those impacted by Alzheimer’s disease. The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) increases the availability and quality of care by creating hospice workforce and palliative...

29 Sep SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE PROPOSED $350 MILLION INCREASE FOR ALZHEIMER’S AND DEMENTIA RESEARCH

Posted at 15:16h in Alzheimer’s, Dementia, End of Life Care Planning, Estate Planning

The Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee has proposed a $350 million increase, raising the total to $2.8 billion annually if passed into law, for research funding on Alzheimer’s and dementia for year 2020. The Senate Subcommittee saw the progress in dementia research being made by researchers...

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