Caring for an aging parent or a loved one with a disability often brings worries about safety. Many Southeast Michigan families feel overwhelmed when a relative can no longer make safe decisions. To choose the right path, you must first understand how Michigan law...
A Lady Bird deed lets you name a beneficiary for your property while maintaining the right to sell, mortgage or lease it during your lifetime. States like Michigan, Florida and Texas allow the use of this tool. Unlike a standard life estate, your beneficiary does not...
The Disability Insurance Benefits program provides disability benefits for regular workers who become disabled from working. Along with additional eligibility requirements, disability benefits are based on a person's work history. Many DIB applicants are initially...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is largely known as an anxiety disorder that comes about after a person has seen or experienced a major traumatic event. Such an event typically involves a severe injury, a criminal event or a possibility of death. Examples of...
Michigan residents seeking disability benefits may have it a little easier with the implementation of a new information network. The South East Michigan Health Information Exchange (SEMHIE) is now operational, and will help in expediting the transmission of health...
These days, many Americans know someone who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, or at least know someone whose elderly relative has been diagnosed with the illness. According to a report recently published in Neurology, those numbers are likely to increase at a...
According to the Social Security Administration, its customer service satisfaction is very high. Others may disagree, especially Social Security Disability benefits applicants who are initially denied benefits and must wait at a minimum several months, and often more...
Republicans call for "rubber stamper" judges to be removed in hopes of reducing the number of Americans receiving disability payments. Republicans in the House are calling for the Social Security Administration to remove administrative law judges who are considered...