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“This … is the end … of my life.” These would be my patient’s only words — an economy of phrasing made necessary by an all-consuming air hunger.

Though there may be times when family members become useful support systems, there can be other situations in which they are circling vultures.

In our practice, we use a document called “Funeral Wishes” to help clients state what they want upon their death.

Millions of adult children today serve as financial helpers to their elderly or ill parents or other loved ones.

When financial planner Darcie Guerin’s 20-something daughter informed her she was getting married, Guerin says she replied, “Well, if you want me to come to the wedding, you and your fiancée have to first have your HIPAA and Power of Attorney forms signed for me.”

There is nothing more devastating than the loss of a spouse. No matter how well a couple prepares for this eventuality, losing one’s husband or wife is a terrible shock and often requires years of adjustment.

Dementia is not only robbing the elderly of their mental capacity, it’s putting financial advisers in a bind.

Few things can unravel a client’s estate plan more than familial strife.

In 2001 journalist Katy Butler’s father suffered a stroke at the age of seventy-nine.

This past January, Brittany Maynard received a horrible and terrifying diagnosis. The 29-year-old newlywed was told she had a rare and advanced brain cancer known as a glioblastoma multiforme.