Monthly Archives: July 2009

Parents Of College-Bound Children Need To Plan Wisely

July 29, 2009

Planning your estate, whether young or old, is very important.  Sound advice from your accountant, financial advisor, insurance agent and estate planning attorney can help you plan for whatever bumps in the road you encounter during your lifetime.  Younger couples must establish a financial plan to make sure they provide for their children and can [...]

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New Study Shows Younger Individuals May Be Affected By Alzheimer’s

July 19, 2009

A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that an Alzheimer’s gene may impair middle-aged memory.  According to the study, people with a variant of the APOE gene, which increases the risk of Alzheimer’s in old age, may also show memory impairment earlier than researchers once thought.  Researchers followed 815 people ages 21-97 [...]

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Veterans Aid and Attendance Benefit

July 10, 2009

LITTLE KNOWN PROGRAM CAN PROVIDE HELP FOR VETERANS
One often unclaimed, but very valuable program available to veterans is the VA aid and attendance benefit.  This program was created to help veterans, veterans and spouses or surviving spouses by providing financial assistance to help defray the costs and expenses with assisted living or at home care.  Generally, [...]

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