US filial support laws could be a potential "sleeping giant." For those with clients who refuse to acknowledge the importance of planning for long-term health care in retirement, read on.
With baby boomers aging and average life expectancies rising, financial advisers need to address elder care in their conversations with clients.
As Baby Boomers age and average life expectancies climb, more and more financial advisers will need to broach an uncomfortable topic: aging and the need to make provisions for growing older and having extended health care issues.
Understanding dementia and its financial implications, as well as a host of other eldercare issues, extends well beyond attorneys: It is something every financial adviser with elderly clients, or clients approaching retirement, should know more about.