Elder Law, Long Term Care Planning, Senior Health Care Outrage After Seniors Kicked Out of New York Nursing Home Elder care advocates are understandably up in arms following reports about questionable evictions from a Brooklyn facility catering to seniors. … April 1, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Estate Taxes Federal Estate Tax “Portability” – Should It Always Be Used? The idea of “portability” is an important part of many estate plans. Portability is technically an informal word referring to … March 27, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills Don’t Leave Your Planning Up to a Coin Toss A headline-grabbing story last week in the New York Post offers a good reminder of the need to be crystal … March 25, 2014 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Long Term Care Planning, Medicaid Applications, Medicaid Planning, Senior Health Care Good News Following Ulster County Nursing Home Sale? The face of New York nursing home care has been changing in recent years. The traditional model of individual counties … March 21, 2014 2 MIN READ
What if a Beneficiary Dies First? Of the many estate planning lessons pulled for the tragic death of Philip Seymour Hoffman in New York last month … March 12, 2014 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Medicaid Planning, Senior Health Care Do Even “High Ranking” New York Nursing Home Neglect Residents? Nursing home horror stories abound and everyone has likely heard some tale of seniors suffering neglect at a New York … March 11, 2014 2 MIN READ
Elder Law New York Elder Care Planning – When You Have No Children Messages about elder care selecting a nursing home securing Medicaid support and similar matters are often directed not at the … March 5, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Wills Are You Too Young to Have an Estate Plan? A quick Google search reveals about 10 000 articles providing 5 10 15 or more reasons why everyone needs an … March 4, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills Marriage Matters – A Reminder of the Tax Benefit Earlier this week we discussed the tragic death of New York actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. There are many estate planning … February 28, 2014 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
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
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
