Don’t Fall for These Medicaid and Estate Myths
Since estate issues, one way or another, affect everyone over time (since death does) and since Medicaid planning has for many years been a topic of popular conversation—and popular misconceptions in the U.S., it is not unusual that both subjects have generated misunderstandings and, in some cases, folklore that has persisted.
What Is Elder Law?
Elder Law is made up of three major categories, which can be broken down further into deeper topics.
Medicaid Care Planning with an Elder Law Attorney
Learn how an elder care attorney can help you create a strategy to provide asset protection and access to long-term care with Medicaid planning.
What Does an Elder Law Attorney Do?
Estate Planning may not be something you necessarily WANT to think about, but it could protect your interests and wishes long after you are gone.
How Do Special Needs Trusts Work?
Protect your adult children with disabilities using a special needs trust.
Navigating Long-term Care Challenges: A Useful Guide for Women
Women face unique challenges as they age. According to the Population Reference Bureau, a Washington-based think tank, women live about seven years more than men. Living longer means planning for a longer retirement.
Supplemental Needs Trust Preserves Essential Government Benefits
For disabled persons receiving financially based government benefits, supplemental needs trusts (‘SNTs’) can safeguard benefits and serve as an effective estate planning tool.
Should I Spend Assets, so Spouse’s Nursing Home Stay Is Covered by Medicaid?
My spouse is going to have to move to a nursing home. When spending down assets for the sick spouse to qualify for Medicaid, does it have to be done before sick spouse is sent to a nursing home or can it be done even after the sick spouse is admitted to a nursing home?
What are Medicaid Spousal Impoverishment Numbers in 2023?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2023 federal guidelines for how much money the spouses of institutionalized Medicaid recipients may keep.
When Might I Need an Elder Law Attorney?
Experienced Elder Law attorneys provide comprehensive legal planning based on the needs and wishes of their clients.
