I am a 75 yr old woman retired and I will be moving to senior community soon for independent living. My brother and I shared a home and then he died. He did leave me some money from his 401k. Not enough to last to pay all the bills here.
I am youthful .not in bad health. But I have no family but my ex sister in law and she has her own family. She does help a lot though.
I have a friend who has power of attorney only because she helped me get the bank accounts together. I have no trouble making decisions.
She tells me we should see a lawyer to protect my money. But the lawyer wants a letter of competency from a doctor first.
My worry is that I am not good with the word memory recall test. What happens if I fail that word list recall? I know they look for early onset Alzheimer's? My memory is pretty good but I guess it is not perfect. I am so worried.
I am youthful .not in bad health. But I have no family but my ex sister in law and she has her own family. She does help a lot though.
I have a friend who has power of attorney only because she helped me get the bank accounts together. I have no trouble making decisions.
She tells me we should see a lawyer to protect my money. But the lawyer wants a letter of competency from a doctor first.
My worry is that I am not good with the word memory recall test. What happens if I fail that word list recall? I know they look for early onset Alzheimer's? My memory is pretty good but I guess it is not perfect. I am so worried.