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Time’s Running Out For Many Frail, Older People In Puerto Rico Heard on Morning Edition SARAH VARNEY NPR After a lifetime of agricultural...

From The New York Times: One reason for the evictions, legal advocates say, is that the residents’ better-paying Medicare coverage is...

Have bedsores reached epidemic proportions yet? To many it seems so — especially in elders that are in hospitals and nursing homes — and...

Visiting Lawyer Services is extremely helpful for those who need a lawyer but can not leave home. As an elder law firm we take pride...

Below are 19 Free Services that can come in handy. Via AgingCare.com BY TONY ROVERE Most seniors these days are living on limited incomes...

The Medicaid exception refers to a transfer to a special needs trust (also called supplemental needs trust). Even after moving to a nursing

Below, in chronological order, is ElderLawAnswers’ annual roundup of the top 10 elder law decisions for the year just ended, as measured...

For elderly pet owners, who often live alone or in group facilities, pets can help reduce stress, lower blood pressure, increase social...

An Attorney Who Advised Against Life Estate While Conducting Medicaid Planning Is Liable for Legal Malpractice A Massachusetts appeals...

Although their names are confusingly alike, Medicaid and Medicare are quite different programs. Both programs provide health coverage,...

A: The standard under which a person is deemed to require a guardian differs from state to state. And even within some states the...

Marriage Whether it is your first or a later marriage, you will need to update your estate plan after you get married. A spouse does not...

In most states, transferring your house to your children (or someone else) may lead to a Medicaid penalty period, which would make you...

Another case handled by Brian A. Raphan, P.C. was on the Cover Page of the New York Law Journal last week. I was appointed as Special...

NEW YORK: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit holds that a Medicaid recipient who is under guardianship cannot bring a §...

You’d be surprised how many times we hear the following from clients…”the nursing home said our dad’s skin condition was broken down and...

If you are getting remarried, you obviously want to celebrate, but it is also important to focus on less exciting matters like redoing...

By Sarah Yang, Media Relations | March 17, 2015 BERKELEY — Engineers at UC Berkeley are developing a new type of bandage that does far...

As previously reported, the Social Security Administration (SSA) recently instituted a nationally uniform procedure for review of special...

The need to protect your assets is always at hand. Planning for long-term care with an elder law attorney can help protect your assets...