Estate & Asset Protection Attorney, Victoria Collier shares statistics about caregivers and those they care for to show this often-forgotten group that they are not alone and that their efforts are not in vain.

 

DECATUR, GA, June 18, 2020: Victoria L. Collier, founder of The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm, has posted a new blog on her law firm’s website entitled “When You Care Enough To Be A Caregiver.” Ms. Collier has seen her share of caregivers and clearly understands the pressures and pleasures they experience.

 

Collier writes, “Through my work helping families and individuals sort out their legal and financial affairs at varying stages of life, I know that many people take on the role of caregiver to a relative or other loved one without understanding how overwhelming the job can be.” She adds, “Once embarked in the position, caregivers can begin to feel very alone and ignored in the work they do. The truth is though, you are definitely not alone.”

 

According to Collier, “As the Baby Boom generation continues to swell the ranks of the elderly population, not only are those needing care aging, but their caregivers are aging as well.” “In fact,” she adds, “according to some recently compiled statistics, 34% of caregivers are over 65 years of age!”

 

“Caregivers,” explains Collier, “are typically relatives or paid assistants who consistently provide care for the elderly or people with disabilities. Spouses, friends, parents, or other family members usually take on the role of caregivers and many take it on as an unpaid role.” She continues, “You may be surprised to learn that there are currently more than 40 million unpaid caregivers in the U.S.”

 

The entire blog can be read at https://www.elderlawgeorgia.com/blog/when-you-care-enough-to-be-a-caregiver/

 

 

 

About The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm

 

The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm was established to serve the legal needs of retiring citizens. The Firm focuses its entire practice on providing strategies to protect independence, privacy, assets and taxes from the government. Victoria Collier has grown her law practice and financial services practice by providing excellent customer satisfaction with personalized wealth protection plans.

 

About Victoria Collier

 

Victoria L. Collier, CELA founded The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm to serve the legal needs of retiring individuals. Victoria is also Co-Founder of Red Feather Financial. At both firms WE BELIEVE that people should not have to lose everything they’ve worked a lifetime to earn and that every person is an individual who deserves respect and the highest quality of life possible, regardless of age or ability.  We also believe that privacy and protection are the keys to personal peace.

 

Victoria enlisted in the U.S. Air Force during Desert Storm, 1989-1995, and also served in the U.S. Army Reserves, 1Lt. 2001-2004, JAG Corps. Victoria is a national expert on the VA Wartime Pension for veterans and their widows who need additional assistance with activities of daily living and helping them qualify for and receive tax-free income from the VA to pay for it. Victoria graduated from Valdosta State University with a B.A. in Psychology and then University of Nebraska, College of Law. In 2014, Victoria was awarded with the Alumni Master Award from the University of Nebraska.

 

Victoria is a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) through The National Elder Law Foundation and has been named as the only attorney in Georgia as “Fellow” of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). Victoria was appointed by Governor Perdue to the Georgia Council on Aging, 2010 – 2016 and was awarded Dekalb County Veteran of the Year, 2013. She is the author of 47 Secret Veterans Benefits for Seniors; Paying for Long Term Care – Financial Help for Wartime Veterans: The VA Aid & Attendance Benefit. Victoria has co-authored several books: Blooper Episodes in Estate Planning, Don’t Go Broke in a Nursing Home, and Protect Your IRA: Avoid the 5 Common Mistakes. Most notably, Victoria co-authored the National Best Seller, The Road to Success, with Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

 

 

 

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