Question: Do you know someone who MIGHT have to consider a nursing home placement within the next 5 years? Next Question: Is that fortunate person able to swing the $9,500 monthly bill? If you … [Read more...]
The Long Ignored Nursing Home Financing Mess
Based on a column first appearing in the Asheboro Courier-Tribune, January 26, 2018 What a mess. Nursing home care now runs around $8,500 monthly. Basically, there are three ways to pay for it: … [Read more...]
Dixie Chicks and the Boycott Boys
A tear rolled down the 80-year-old cheek of Susannah Johnstone as she pulled her shawl tighter and shivered. A squad of armed Redcoats marched past her drafty (and very cold) Boston home. How she’d … [Read more...]
A Family Affair
Originally published Asheboro, North Carolina, Courier-Tribune, Sept. 8, 2017 “Well, she’s some sorta cousin or somethin’.” I’ve spent hours as an attorney, a cousin, and an inlaw explaining how … [Read more...]
Getting Organized
I couldn’t find anything. Stuff was flying at me from every direction. Time to stand-down and get organized. The problem is as old as history. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the … [Read more...]
