Legal

The legal documents that protect an older adult's wishes - durable power of attorney, healthcare proxy, advance directive, will, trust - are most useful when they're already in place before they're needed. Setting them up after a cognitive decline becomes much harder, sometimes impossible. Our legal library covers the documents every family should have on file, the difference between general and durable powers of attorney, the role of elder-law attorneys (and when DIY tools are fine versus when you need one), Medicaid planning, and the often-overlooked digital-asset planning (passwords, social media accounts, online financial logins).

We're not lawyers; we explain the categories so families can have informed conversations with the lawyer they hire.