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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...

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...

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...

In order to qualify for Medicaid, a nursing home resident can have only a limited number of assets.

A federal regulation scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2015, could force employers to pay previously exempt caregivers the...

Why do we hear so much about geriatric care management these days? It’s because there are so many benefits they can provide to seniors...

2/22/2018 Law Firm added Free Booklet Bedsores should not happen while in a nursing home or hospital. Often they are due to neglect and...

People often wonder about the value of using irrevocable trusts in Medicaid planning. Certainly gifting of assets can be done outright,...

Why should the elderly that aren’t as mobile as they used to be, or live in an assisted living facility or are even at home wheelchair...

While residents of nursing homes have no fewer rights than anyone else, the combination of an institutional setting and the disability...

Free download. NYC Department of Aging resources. Free benefits guide for senior citizens. For 2014, this guide from NYY.gov  is a...

As an Elder Law attorney  for over 25 years  I have recently been getting more and more questions about Health Care Proxys. Below are...