What’s the best charitable giving strategy to pursue while awaiting the outcome of proposed tax law changes in Washington? The methods, charities, and assets you choose can affect your tax deduction.

While you may need to quickly adjust your financial “sails” occasionally to respond to unexpected life changes, there are many other events that you can prepare for in advance to make future course corrections much easier. Here’s a review of six major life events that can alter your financial plans – plus some actions you can take now to make sure you’re prepared for the future.

For aging adults, maintaining their independence is a highly-valued goal. Families most often take the lead in helping their parents with day to day, health and financial matters, but sometimes a more specialized expert is needed – especially when navigating health care concerns. Enter the Geriatric Care Manager. Want to learn more about who this is and how they can help?

Caring for someone with special needs can be physically, emotionally, and financially challenging – especially if your loved one is not capable of make rational decisions about money. A Special Needs Trust administered by a trustee with experience in navigating SSI and Medicare, can relieve some of your stress, assure the financial well-being of your loved one, and preserve family harmony.

Building a trusted team of advisors to help with legal, financial and healthcare decisions will help by filling gaps in knowledge where they exist to better create a holistic plan.

The midpoint of the year can be a good time to step back and assess your financial goals to make sure you're still on track and given any changes in the economy and markets as well as your personal situation.

You’ve scheduled the meeting, drawn up the agenda and invited the relevant family members. Now what?

Even the best financial plan can’t overcome the effects aging have on a person’s ability to make financial decisions. Though people are living healthier for longer, there is already evidence that a person’s financial decision making peaks in their 50s and by age 60, the ability to process...