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How Much Care Do You Get in a Maryland Nursing Home?

By Tobin O’Connor Concino P.C. |

Building your estate plan means acknowledging the possibility that you may one day require residential care in a nursing home.  Nursing homes are designed to provide care for people who require help with two or more of the activities of daily living, namely eating, mobility, dressing, bathing, using the toilet, and personal care such… Read More »

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Is a Second Act Career Right for You?

By Tobin O’Connor Concino P.C. |

Most jobs do not have a mandatory retirement age, which means that, if you are lucky enough to have enough job stability that you do not lie awake at night and worry about whether your job will still be around next year, you spend your nights doing mental calculations to figure out how your… Read More »

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It Isn’t the End of the World If Your Surviving Family Members Have to Declutter Your House

By Tobin O’Connor Concino P.C. |

Decluttering is a lot of work, even if you are in the mood for it and are keen to receive the reward for doing it, such as a house that looks tidy or having less stuff to pack when you move.  It is very hard to motivate yourself to declutter simply because you have… Read More »

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No, Medicaid Is Not the Only Way You Can Afford Long-Term Care

By Tobin O’Connor Concino P.C. |

It is scary to think about old age and death, but it is even scarier to think about the financial future that most American consumers, including many with salaried jobs, can face.  You might despair of ever saving enough money for retirement to sustain you through 20 or 30 years of retired life, especially… Read More »

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Can You and Your Spouse Write One Will for Both of You?

By Tobin O’Connor Concino P.C. |

You and your spouse act as a team regarding all your property and all your responsibilities.  There is no keeping score or hiding things from each other.  It’s “our” bank account and “our” Christmas bonus, without regard to who contributed what.  When it comes to caring for your elderly parents, the phrase “in-law” is… Read More »

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Why and How to Store Valuable Estate Items

By Tobin O’Connor Concino P.C. |

Call it minimalism or Swedish death cleaning, but some people seem to think that you should get rid of as much stuff as possible now so that you can live and die clutter-free.  By this logic, if your adult children would rather receive money than tangible property as a Christmas gift, then they would… Read More »

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Maryland Escheatment Laws

By Tobin O’Connor Concino P.C. |

You have probably heard stories of estate research firms that try to match cash-strapped people with the estates of long-lost relatives who have recently died, and from whom the clients could inherit.  The whole business sounds sleazy, from the sense of entitlement required to ask perfect strangers for large sums of money, while striking… Read More »

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Ease Your Way Into Retirement With a Manageable Decluttering Goal This Summer

By Tobin O’Connor Concino P.C. |

Now that you are retired, you may never have to make plans or set goals again, and that is a scary thought.  You have been putting off making plans for retirement, and now that you have finished the leftover food from your retirement party, you are at loose ends.  You have already written a… Read More »

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How 50 Somethings Can Unbundle Their Finances From Those Of Their Adult Children

By Tobin O’Connor Concino P.C. |

Family togetherness is a beautiful thing.  If your family stays together through times of prosperity and financial hardship, this is something to celebrate.  Meanwhile, the key to discord is to be in each other’s business about every decision, especially financial decisions.  Some happily married couples will tell you that one reason they get along… Read More »

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When Nursing Home Plans Fall Through

By Tobin O’Connor Concino P.C. |

A career in Washington DC is exciting; you may feel that you are at the center of the universe and your children get to see firsthand what most people only get to read about in news headlines.  You might decide that, even after retirement, you never want to leave D.C.; how dull must the… Read More »

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