She Just Wants to Help: The Right Way to Let a Loved One Make Your Medical Appointments One of my octogenarian clients recently reached out with a thoughtful question: “My granddaughter is a nurse and knows my schedule better than I do. Can she just make my medical appointments for me, even if I’m not…
Medi-Cal Asset Limits Are Coming Back in 2026: Here’s What That Means After a brief period without them, asset limits for certain Medi-Cal programs in California are scheduled to return beginning January 1, 2026. This change may affect older adults and individuals with disabilities who rely on Medi-Cal—or plan to in the future. What’s Changing? Medi-Cal…
Planning Ahead for a Mental Health Crisis: A New Tool for California Families Imagine your loved one is having a mental health crisis. They’re scared, confused, and unable to explain what they need. Doctors and first responders want to help—but no one knows which medications have worked before, which treatments they don’t want, or who…
Early-Onset Alzheimer’s: What It Is and Why Planning Ahead Is So Important When we think of Alzheimer’s disease, we often imagine someone in their late 70s or 80s. But Alzheimer’s doesn’t always wait until old age. In fact, a rare form of the disease—called early-onset Alzheimer’s—can affect people in their 40s or 50s, sometimes even…
