Elder Law Alzheimer’s Association Focuses on Providing Senior Care Assistance & Support There were 39.6 million individuals in the U.S. over 65 years old in 2009. In roughly twenty years that number … April 5, 2012 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Medicaid Applications, Medicaid Planning Is Medicaid Funding Getting Harder to Come By? A Wall Street Journal article this weekend asked some tough questions about the availability of Medicaid nationwide. Our New York … April 3, 2012 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Mental Capacity Issues in Estate Planning Fights “Lawsuit-proofing” an estate is a common goal in estate planning. Of course this refers to use of strategies and tools … April 2, 2012 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Long Term Care Planning, Medicaid Planning Elder Law is Not Just for the Elderly Some mistakenly dismiss elder law issues as something with which they need not concern themselves until they personally need help … March 30, 2012 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Financial Planning Money for Senior Care Services Fails to Keep Pace with Rising Need Surveys from the AARP suggest that more than ninety percent of seniors would prefer to stay in their own homes … March 28, 2012 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Long Term Care Planning Green House Project: Nursing Homes Shift Away From Institutional Settings Nursing homes can be intimidating places. The traditional model for these facilities is institutional with facility designs and procedures based … March 26, 2012 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Inheritance Trusts Increase in Blended Families Cited For Causing “Uglier” Estate Fights The world is a different place today than it was in 1950. Several decades ago the vast majority of families … March 19, 2012 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Financial Planning, Medicaid Planning Mom Has Dementia and We Don’t Know What to Do There is no easy way for a family to deal with a senior grappling with a cognitive mental disease like … March 14, 2012 2 MIN READ
Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Financial Planning DOMA Developments May Have Implications for Married Same-Sex New York Couples The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is a federal law passed in 1996 that defines marriage for federal purposes as … March 9, 2012 2 MIN READ
Elder Law How Do I Obtain a Death Certificate in New York? When someone dies a death certificate records on paper the time and place where the decedent passed away. While the … February 22, 2018 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Elder law estate planning, Medicaid Applications, Medicaid Eligibility Qualifying for Medicaid to Pay for Long-Term Care Spend-down. Look-back. Penalty Period. Uncompensated Transfer. These are just some of the terms Medicaid uses to determine eligibility for long-term … June 1, 2023 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Wills Understanding the Law – Relocating a Trust Sometimes after setting up a trust circumstances occur that change our goals for that trust. Recently we wrote about how … March 25, 2017 3 MIN READ
