by Julie Hall | Oct 19, 2009 | Dealing with Stuff, The Estate Lady Blog, Vultures
Your parents, especially those who live alone, are vulnerable to scams and schemes for three reasons. First, seniors tend to be trusting. They also may be lonely and sometimes distant from those who can protect them. Senior parents are also vulnerable because they...
by Julie Hall | Oct 12, 2009 | Dealing with Stuff, Plan Ahead, The Estate Lady Blog
Let’s continue to spell out the remedy for the older adult disease of procrastination with a touch of denial. A stands for Anguish. W stands for Will. A stands for Action Plan. Once you have your will in hand, then develop a written plan that lists important...
by Julie Hall | Oct 12, 2009 | Dealing with Stuff, Plan Ahead, The Estate Lady Blog
When it comes to making arrangements for estate distributions upon one’s death, too many older adults are seized with a rather dramatic disease diagnosed as procrastination with a touch of denial. Of course, we will all die — it’s a certainty, but...
by Julie Hall | Oct 5, 2009 | Dealing with Stuff, Donations of stuff, Simplify stuff now, The Estate Lady Blog
You don’t need me to tell you that times are economically challenging right now. This true story of a recent estate I handled may give us all new perspectives on our accumulated stuff. I had to clean out the home of a lady who passed away. The family had...
by Julie Hall | Sep 28, 2009 | Plan Ahead, The Estate Lady, The Estate Lady Blog, Vultures
You may be wondering how I got into this line of work. It happened innocently enough and turned into a real eye-opener! Receiving a phone call from someone in crisis is common at my office, but when the phone rang one afternoon, and it was a colleague claiming an...
