Ensuring that resources will be available to provide day to day caregiving during one’s golden years is one of the main reasons local residents visit a New York elder law attorney. To accomplish that goal we often explain how tools like long-term care insurance and a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust…
Few illness associated with old age are as debilitating–both for the senior and their family–as Alzheimer’s disease. Through the years each New York elder law attorney at our firm has come to appreciate the myriad of ways that these degenerative cognitive conditions impact the lives of community members and affect…
Earlier this year a featured article in Atlanta Magazine offered a uniquely detailed and accurate portrait of what it is really like to help an ailing parent or loved one as their heath deteriorates. Entitled, “The Long Goodbye,” the article shares the author’s own story of heartbreak, worry, stress, financial…
Elder financial abuse is fast becoming a national crisis. That is the message that a New York geriatrician and social scientist is spreading after conducting extensive scientific investigations into the extent of fraud and financial exploitation among local seniors. The doctor is encouraging friends, family members, caregivers, New York elder…
Designating a Health Care Proxy is a vital part of a New York elder law estate plan. Earlier this month The New Old Age, the New York Times blog, discussed efforts by one local family to enact legislation to offer an “enhanced” Health Care Proxy to aid those who are…
Second marriage planning always presents families with unique issues to consider regarding planning for their future. Those concerns are often made more urgent when the marriage occurs late in life. When local residents with children enter into one of these marriages it is particularly important to contact a New York…
The onset of medical conditions that affect brain function like dementia or Alzheimer’s often act as triggers for local residents and their families to visit a New York elder law attorney. As most are aware, these illnesses affect millions of individuals across the country. The brain conditions result in memory-loss,…
Unfortunately current economic hardships may exist more acutely for the LGBT elder community because of a lifetime of federal law discrimination that has affected their financial security and health care options. Of all the so-called financial safety nets, including Social Security and retiree health insurance benefits, the harshest effects on…
Each county in New York State demands a unique set of paperwork when applying for Medicaid assistance to pay for nursing home care. While this is subject to change in April when the New York State Department of Health will institute statewide uniformity application rules, right now the rigid documentation…
by A.K. Lehmann, Paralegal. More and more Americans are caring for an older friend or relative. According to the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, 43.5 million serve as caregivers to their elders, a 28% increase from 2004. Because of the tough economic climate of recent years – including the…