Why would I need a caregiver agreement? Here are some of the most important reasons (you and your family may have others): For definition of services rendered and compensation provided. For family agreement and understanding – “buy-in” (both during the…
How do I know if I need to plan for MA? Consideration of several factors, including, but not limited to the recipient’s health, age, and resources. Where do I apply for MA? Usually, the County in which the recipient…
If you want to avoid unwanted medical treatment at the end-of-life, make sure you: execute a Health Care Directive (HCD), the one legal document that can help you get what you want and avoid what you don’t want; talk to…
Senior Housing is a hot topic! Seniors worry about where and how they’ll live if they need skilled care and/or assisted living, families worry about the quality of their loved one’s life in institutionalized living, and everyone worries about costs,…
Back in November, I read an article in the AARP bulletin entitled “More Insurers Covering End-of-Life Talks.” What I found most interesting is that the public conversation and political outrage from a few years ago, which caused the Affordable Care…
I talk with all my clients about their digital assets – but, sometimes, along with all the other challenging decisions and tasks they deal with in their estate, health care, and capacity planning, digital assets don’t seem to make the…
Medical Assistance (MA) is a maze of requirements and rules. Some of those requirements and rules have significant ramifications if not understood or planned out in advance. This three-part series is an effort to “daylight” some, (but certainly not all!),…
Medical Assistance (MA) is a maze of requirements and rules. Some of those requirements and rules have significant ramifications if not understood or planned out in advance. This three-part series is an effort to “daylight” some, but not all, of…
Medical Assistance (MA) is a maze of requirements and rules. Some of those requirements and rules have significant ramifications if not understood and planned out in advance. This three-part series is an effort to “daylight” some, (but not all!), of…
The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) recently published a short article on updated Medicare standards since the court case Jimmo v. Sebelius successfully challenged the “improvement standard.” Prior to Jimmo, this was the standard necessary for patients to demonstrate…