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Oct

How do Martial Arts Relate to Elder Law Planning?

Many clients consult with attorneys in our firm in order to make plans to deal with the effects of aging on themselves or their parents. With proper planning we are able to help families preserve assets in the face of daunting long-term care expenses. These long-term care expense...

Oct

North Carolina Increases Attacks Against the Estates of Long Term Care Medicaid Recipients

The Department of Health and Human Services at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved an amendment to North Carolina’s State Medicaid Plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act effective as of June 1, 2017. In these changes North Carolina has formalized a ch...

Oct

Helping Aging Families Qualify For State Assistance Without Going Broke: A Financial Rock And A Hard Place

As the baby boom generation ages at the same time that health care costs are rising, many middle class elderly individuals and their families face the prospect of paying enormous health care costs. Chief among these is the cost of skilled nursing facilities, which range from $5,0...

Oct

How a Testamentary Special Needs Trust Made a World of Difference for a Middle Class Family How a Testamentary Special Needs Trust Made a World of Difference for a Middle Class Family, Medicaid Benefits

The specter of Long Term Care costs haunts many otherwise happy, seemingly, financially secure, middle class families. It's scary to contemplate the possibility that a medical event or end-of-life illness could undo literally decades of mindful saving. What can these famili...

Oct

Medicare Rehabilitation Coverage – There is no “Improvement” Standard

Our clients frequently are faced with a common myth or misconception regarding what nursing home care may be covered by Medicare following a hospitalization when rehabilitation has been prescribed by the patient’s attending physician. Many times providers or insurers erroneously...

Oct

Elder Exploitation and Financial Abuse: Marking the 10th Anniversary of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

June 15th, 2016 marks the 10th anniversary of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Please read below for some important signs of Elder Abuse that can help you detect whether your loved ones or friends may be at risk of becoming a victim. Elder Exploitation and Financial Abuse It is...

Oct

There is No “Improvement Standard” for Continued Medicare Rehabilitation Coverage

Oct

Why Everyone Should Have a Health Care Power of Attorney

A Health Care Power of Attorney is a document that authorizes another person to make medical decisions for you if you are unable to do so. There are many different situations that could result in a person being unable to make or communicate medical decisions and these situations...

Oct

The Many Pieces of Resting in Peace

For many people, end of life planning means having a good will and a better prayer. Some may also think about doing a trust, healthcare power of attorney, living will, long term care planning and even talking things over with family. But many people fail to think about funeral a...

Oct

Disabled Children of Veterans’ Survivor Benefits

Disabled Children of Military Veterans May Now have Survivor Benefits Paid to Special Needs TrustsIn December 2014, Congress finally passed provisions allowing the disabled children of military veterans to have their survivor benefits paid in to Special Needs Trusts! This devel...

Oct

Long Term Care Costs

It is a New Year. Is this the year the family will lose everything due to long term care costs? Virtually every week I am asked to assist families in protecting assets that are at risk of being lost due to the staggering costs of long term nursing care. The most pressing questio...

Oct

An Introduction to Asset Protection Planning

Almost everyone knows someone who had a problem and lost everything. Claims can, for example, allege professional liability, responsibility for a car accident, or unpaid creditors. Whether meritorious or not, defense can be enormously costly. With our litigious society, with limi...

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