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Foster and Adoptive Families Needed
Have you ever thought of becoming a foster parent or wanted to adopt a child in need of permanency? Koinonia Family Services is now serving the Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valleys, and is looking for families who want to provide safe, caring, and nurturing homes for children who are in need...
You Donate… then You Shop… and Then What Happens?
Then you become partners with the members/volunteers of Assistance League® Santa Clarita. You join with us in our mission to make a difference in the lives of families and individuals in our community. You make our philanthropic programs successful with your donations and then by shopping....
Financial Considerations Before A Second Marriage
Divorce at any age can cause a blow to your finances, but if you’ve already been married and divorced, there is another level of financial discussions that need to be addressed before you remarry. One of the reasons we offer pre and post nuptial agreements is for this very reason. Having one...
Home and Community Based Services for Married Couples Seeking Nursing Home Alternative Covered by Medi-Cal
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) is a resource any individual wanting to understand Medi-Cal should use. Their Fall-2017 “Advocate” gives information regarding the Impoverishment Protections to Medi-Cal applicants eligible for Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS)....
Families First-Keys to Successful Family Functioning: Communication – Part one of three
Effective communication is an important characteristic of strong, healthy families. Research identifies communication as an essential building block of strong marital, parent-child, and sibling relationships. Family Communication Family communication refers to the way verbal and non-verbal...
The Three Biggest Senior Estate Planning Blunders
It might be shocking to learn, but the truth is that there are a variety of dangers lurking in most seniors’ estate plans. Some potential issues are relatively benign, while others are extremely costly and time consuming to fix - if they can be fixed at all. Unfortunately, the three most...
Aging with a Plan
Aging is a fact of life that we will all face during our lifetimes. However, what is different about aging is that it is not something that we typically study and become proficient in. Rather, aging often creeps up on us and, once apparent, requires immediate attention. The issues of aging are...
Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease: A Promising New Breakthrough
Dr. Dale Bredesen recently published a breakthrough book called “The End of Alzheimer’s: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline.” He outlines a detailed, comprehensive program in his book, referred to as “the Bredesen Protocol,” that targets the multiple underlying causes...
The Living Trust: “What’s In It for Me?”
The benefits of a living trust include carrying out our wishes when we die, avoiding the cost, time, publicity and inconvenience of probate proceedings, and possibly saving our beneficiaries hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal estate taxes. One reader recently observed, “That’s good for...
Divorce Considerations if You’re 55+
The divorce rate has doubled for adults aged 55 to 64 since the 1990’s, according to the National Center for Family & Marriage Research. If you find yourself in the category of middle age to senior divorce, there are some important things to consider: First, if you had children during the...
Be Sure to Get Your ZZZZZ’s
Our sleep patterns are affected by time changes and with daylight savings approaching, it’s generally believed that “losing” an hour in the spring is harder to adjust to than “gaining” an hour in the fall. Seniors often have a particularly difficult time getting a good night’s sleep, which is...
What Does the Medical Diagnosis Really Mean?
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Foster and Adoptive Families Needed
Have you ever thought of becoming a foster parent or wanted to adopt a child in need of permanency? Koinonia Family Services is now serving the Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valleys, and is looking for families who want to provide safe, caring, and nurturing homes for children who are in need...
When a Picture is Worth More Than a Thousand Words
I have two daughters. One is in middle school. The other is in elementary school. When my older daughter started middle school, I attended an orientation session of sorts for new parents. We were warned about the potential hazards of middle school. One such hazard arises when the child takes...
Changes to Spousal Support Deductibility
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New Protections for Nursing Home Residents
Obama-era rules designed to give nursing home residents more control of their care are gradually going into effect. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid finalized rules, which are the first comprehensive update to nursing home regulations since 1991, The rules took effect in November...
Divorce Mediation Depends on Good Communication Tools
“Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. If you’re willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.” – Brian Tracy Communication patterns between spouses affect conflict and the way family members cope with...
What will Happen to your Retirement Plans after You’re Gone?
Few people truly understand what could happen to their retirement plans after they pass away. In theory, leaving retirement plans to your heirs seems pretty simple. All you need is a beneficiary designation form where you can then designate who gets what. In real life though, what happens to...
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