Elder Law Legislators Pushing to Widen Medicaid Program for Frail Seniors More than one dozen U.S. senators from both sides of the aisle are pushing the Obama administration to broaden the … October 2, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning New Law Allows Owners to be Buried with Pets All across the country there are cemeteries for people and cemeteries for pets. Virginia has become the third state in … September 27, 2014 2 MIN READ
Elder Law Addressing and Preventing Elder Abuse in LGBT Seniors Between two and ten percent of seniors experience some type of elder abuse and LGBT seniors have additional vulnerabilities that … September 23, 2014 4 MIN READ
Elder Law How Resilience Affects Seniors A large scale study recently published by The Gerontologist looked at the effects of the fuzzy concept resilience and how … September 19, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Should You Establish a Trust? There are a lot of benefits to establishing a trust in your estate plan. It can eliminate the need for … September 18, 2014 3 MIN READ
Estate Planning Estate Planning Mistakes in Beneficiary Designations One of the most common estate planning mistakes comes in the handling of beneficiary designations. Many people do not understand … September 14, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Do I Really Need a Will? Yes You Do A lot of people who have not started estate planning often ask if they really need a will or if … September 12, 2014 2 MIN READ
Elder Law A Better Flu Shot for Seniors For the last four years doctors pharmacies and medical clinics have all offered seniors a higher dose version of the … September 11, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Joan Rivers: Big Funeral Big Tax Break Comedian and trailblazer Joan Rivers passed away this week with friends and family saying goodbye at a memorial service in … September 10, 2014 2 MIN READ
Caregiving, Long Term Care Planning, New York Elder Law, NY Elder Law Onondaga County Officially Transfers Ownership of Nursing Home to Private Firm The changing face of New York nursing home care continued this weekend as another county officially got out of the … December 6, 2013 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Wills Will Does Not Revoke Previous Transfer of Property to Trust BEST LAID PLANS DO NOT ALWAYS WORK OUT A case with an interesting factual background came out of Texas recently. … April 25, 2016 2 MIN READ
Elder law estate planning, Estate Planning, Healthcare Decisions, Medicaid Eligibility, Medicaid Planning, Medicaid Trusts The Medicaid Look-Back Period: Proactive Planning vs. Crisis Management Doctors and other professionals may forget to ask caregivers how they are coping with the care of another. Queries such … June 16, 2026 5 MIN READ
