If you become incapacitated, who will make your medical decisions? A health care proxy allows you to appoint someone else to act as your agent for medical decisions.

Medicare covers preventative care services, including an annual wellness visit. But confusing a wellness visit with a physical could be very costly. 

Members of the extended family and friends can also make gifts to a special needs trust once it has been set up.

A new proposal is raising fears that the Social Security Administration will start monitoring social media accounts when determining whether people are eligible for SSI and SSDI. 

People wishing to help someone with special needs save for their future without jeopardizing the recipient's public benefits can now do so using a "Gift of Independence" card.