The Holidays - A Time to Consider Elderly Loved Ones
Once again the holiday season is upon us, a time of joy but also stress. We often visit family members we haven't seen in some time and that...
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Elder Law Today Podcast
This podcast will help you learn about elder law. Encompassing the legal issues that acutely affect seniors and their families.
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20 of 81 episodesA Pension Crisis Brewing?
Much has been written in recent years about the health of Social Security. As the population ages two things are happening. Fewer people are...
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Another VA Benefit You Never Heard Of
Understanding the maze of laws and benefits that form our long term care system is a full time job. That's why I devoted my practice exclusi...
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How Do You Know if You are Getting Accurate Medicaid Information?
How many times have you contacted a government office to inquire about some benefit or program and told you are not eligible? Have you then...
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Mary's Worst Home Care Nightmare
For many families, keeping their elderly loved one at home will require in home assistance. There are many quality home health care companie...
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How Can the Government Tell Me I Can't Help My Family? (Part 2)
Let's pick up where we left off with Mary. Her son, Jim is unemployed and Mary has been giving him funds totaling $50,000 over the last 6 mo...
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How Can the Government Tell Me I Can't Help My Family?
Mary had been reading my blog posts for some time now about the need to plan ahead for long term care. Something struck a chord with her and...
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I Don't Have an Estate Tax Problem --- Do I?
A few months back I wrote about how estates up to $3,500,000 are not subject to federal estate tax and that the tax will be eliminated in 20...
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New York's New Power of Attorney - What Does it Mean for You?
On September 1, 2009 New York's new power of attorney law became effective. There has been much written about it. The intent of lawmakers wa...
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Should I Take Social Security Early or Not?
One of the more common questions asked of me is "should I take Social Security early?". The questioner is referring to the ability to take S...
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NFL Seat Licenses and Medicaid -- Huh?
I met with a family with the following scenario. Dad needed nursing home care and the family had done no long term planning. We talked about...
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Mom Needs Help But a Guardianship Won't Work - What Now?
I discussed in last week's post how a guardianship may not be possible where Mom needs help but is not necessarily incompetent. So, what oth...
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Mom Needs Help But Won't Accept It - Can We Apply for Guardianship?
The caller gives me the following fact pattern or some variation. Mom's health is deteriorating. Her behavior is becoming extremely erratic,...
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Respite Care - Taking Care of the Caregiver
Long term care for people suffering from Alzheimer's Disease and other progressive, degenerative neurological diseases comes in many forms....
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My Disabled Son is Going to Receive an Inheritance and Lose His Government Benefits – What Can We Do?
Mary calls with the following problem. Her father recently passed away and left a sum of money to each of his grandchildren, including Mary'...
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What Michael Jackson and Yung-Ching Wang can Teach All of Us
The recent deaths of two wealthy men, one very well known, the other not, illustrates yet again the complications and costs of not preparing...
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Is It Effective Medicaid Planning to Add Someone's Name to Your Bank Account
Mrs. Jones came in to see me. Her husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's three years ago and the disease has progressed to the point where h...
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To Gift or Not to Gift
Joe calls me because he wants to understand how Medicaid works. I start to explain how you have to spend down your assets before you can qua...
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I Have a Living Trust So I'm Covered - Right?
In discussing long term care planning with new clients, very often they will tell me that they have everything covered because years earlier...
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The Right Way -- And The Wrong Way -- To Hire a Home Aide
As long term care needs increase and families want to keep their loved ones at home, hiring home health aides often becomes necessary. Payin...
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