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How Can I Protect My Children in Estate Planning?

Many of our clients have concerns related to their children when planning estates. Concerns can range from making sure they are taken care of financially, choosing appropriate guardians, and more.

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Some of our clients biggest concerns are:

  1. I don’t want my child to blow all the money they inherit right away. We always tell clients the best way to ruin a great kid is by giving them tons of money. We work with clients to put a plan in place to help their children. One way we do this is to stagger their disbursements from a trust at certain ages. We usually allow the child to ask the trustee for money at any time for certain purposes. For example, if
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Listen to the Latest ‘KHN Health Minute’

February 7, 2023

Feb. 2

The KHN Health Minute this week previews abortion debates in statehouses now that federal protections are gone and looks at what’s driving the closure of nursing homes around the country.

Jan. 26

This week’s “KHN Health Minute” nudges listeners to have an antiviral care plan before covid hits, and looks at how medical emergencies like Damar Hamlin’s heart attack can affect NFL players’ mental health.

Jan. 19

Tune in to the “KHN Health Minute” this week to learn how your smartphone could become your doctor’s newest diagnostic tool and the importance of taking morning sickness symptoms seriously.

Jan. 12

Tune in to the “KHN Health Minute” this week to hear how noise pollution affects our health and why an optimistic outlook can help you live longer.

The KHN Health Minute is available every Thursday on CBS News Radio.


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Nursing home owners drained cash from understaffed facilities, analysis suggests : Shots

New York state records show nearly half the state’s 600-plus nursing homes hired real estate, management and staffing companies run or controlled by their owners, frequently paying them well above the cost of services. Meanwhile, in the pandemic’s height, the federal government was giving the facilities hundreds of millions in fiscal relief.

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New York state records show nearly half the state’s 600-plus nursing homes hired real estate, management and staffing companies run or controlled by their owners, frequently paying them well above the cost of services. Meanwhile, in the pandemic’s height, the federal government was giving the facilities hundreds of millions in fiscal relief.

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After the nursing home where Leann Sample worked was bought by private investors, it started falling apart. Literally.

Part of a ceiling collapsed on a nurse, the air conditioning conked out regularly, and a toilet once

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Do You Worry About Your Parents’ Health?

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Many of our clients worry about their parents. Sometimes, they are concerned for their aging parents in regards to their healthcare.

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We often recommend that concerned clients have a discussion with their parents to make sure that they have all the right documents in place, to protect their wishes.

One incredibly important document that your parents should have in place is a Medical Durable Power of Attorney.

What is a Medical Durable Power of Attorney?

It is a document that instructs healthcare professionals what your wishes are if you become incapacitated. It also names the person you want to make decisions on your behalf.

A Medical Durable Power of Attorney can come in many forms and include a variety of

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13 Best Foods You Should Be Eating for Healthy Kidneys

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Kidneys are often looked over when we think about our overall health. However, their function is crucial to keeping our bodies in tiptop shape. Your kidneys are like filters that get rid of all the things you don’t want in your body. These two bean-shaped organs filter your blood and remove toxins and excess fluids.

Not only that, but they also keep your levels of potassium, sodium and more in check. At the same time, they produce hormones that help regulate everything from your blood pressure to your bone strength.

Long story short: Your kidneys do a lot.

So much, in fact, that they can get overtaxed. Roughly one in seven American adults has chronic kidney disease, which can cause waste and fluid buildup in your body. Worse yet, most people with CKD don’t know they have it.

Poor eating habits heighten your risk for CKD. But when you eat

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Enjoy Healthy Food in the Nusa Dua Area

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BADUNG, KOMPAS TV – Healthy food is becoming a trend nowadays for a number of tourists, especially European tourists who come to Bali for yoga, and tourists from India with a vegetarian diet.

Healthy food dishes are currently packaged into delicious food and have the same taste as non-vegan food. It’s like a steak made from tempeh, but tastes like meat.

One of them is a clay restaurant located in the Nusa Dua area, Bali. Here we provide a plain based concept for healthy food where all the food served in this restaurant is non-meat processed.

Like the Beef Less Steak which is one of the mainstay menus at this restaurant. The dish, taste, and presentation are like any other meat steak in general, but it turns out that the basic ingredients are not meat. But mushrooms, tempeh, eggplant which are molded and then frozen and then grilled so they

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Is the FTC Banning Non-Competes?

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Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule that will ban many non-compete agreements throughout the country if it is enacted.

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Non-compete agreements are agreements that prevent employees from working in certain industries following employment with their current employer. They are often limited by geographical scope and time.

For example, a non-compete clause may prevent a physician from working in the medical field for one year following employment within 25 miles of the employer. States currently have different laws and approaches to dealing with non-compete covenants.

The FTC estimates that one in five workers are subject to a non-compete agreement.

The proposed rule would make it illegal for an employer to:

  • enter into a noncompete,
  • maintain a
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Aretha Franklin’s Wills Dispute – Rickard & Associates

If you have been following the news, you may have seen that there is a dispute regarding Aretha Franklin’s estate plan. Her sons are in court fighting over her estate and multiple wills.

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Aretha Franklin died in 2018, and because she did not have a trust, she wills went through probate court where they are being disputed by her sons.

A Will from 2014 and two Wills from 2010 were found in Ms. Franklin’s home by her niece, following her death. The Wills were not the same and led to a dispute among her family as to which Will should be followed by the probate court.

Both of the 2010 Wills were found in a locked cabinet, however, the 2014

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Healthy Life: Healthy lunchbox ideas | Food

When my daughter started kindergarten it was the first time ever I had to pack her lunch. In daycare, lunch was always provided and that made my life much easier! So I lengthen lunch ideas. My son was very easy and would eat leftovers or sandwiches but my daughter was a bit more particular. Plus she needed three snacks and a lunch for each day of school.

It’s not too difficult to keep kids’ lunches and snacks healthy and fresh. Most of these items are things that you can make in advance and store easily. It’s always a good idea to avoid sugar filled and refined foods. Kids need to be able to focus in school and stay alert. Too many sugary snacks leave them crashing and burning very quickly.

So, along with a water bottle, we figured out my daughter’s favorite healthy lunchbox combination.

Morning snacks

Strawberries and blueberries

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BMI is an ‘imperfect’ way to measure health. But replacing it is complicated

Vishal Gentle isn’t the avid gym-goer he was before his daughter was born a few months ago.

But the new dad said he does what he can to stay active — carrying the baby up and down the stairs to get a bit of a workout, lots of walking and using a stand-up desk.

Gentle said he feels healthy, but according to the body mass index, or BMI, he’s overweight.

“Honestly, I don’t feel overweight. I mean, except a little bit near my waist. But like I’m fully active. I can do anything and everything,” he said during an interview at his Toronto home.

Gentle isn’t alone when it comes to questioning if his BMI is an accurate way of measuring health. The BMI is under growing scrutiny — both for its usefulness as a measure of health and for its problematic origins.

BMI is calculated by dividing weight in

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