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Elderly Poverty Could Rise

January 18th, 2016
A steep decline in the number of elderly people living in poverty is one of the greatest social policy success stories of the 20th Century. If current trends do not change, the success might be fleeting. The early decades of the 20th Century saw grea… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Power of Attorney, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Tags: Elderly, estate plan, Retirement, Social Security

Long-Term Care Insurance Might Not Be Worth the Headache

January 4th, 2016
Purchasing a long-term care insurance policy can be extremely confusing, time-consuming and a complete waste of aspirin. Anyone who has ever looked into it knows that the costs of staying in a nursing home are extreme. With people generally living lo… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Tags: Elder Care Planning, Elder Law Attorney, Estate Planning Attorney, Long-Term Care Insurance

Preventing Long Term Care Policy Lapses

November 19th, 2015
Long term care in a nursing home is extremely expensive. One way to mitigate that expense is to purchase a long term care insurance policy. Unfortunately, many of the people most in need of long term care insurance let their policies lapse before the… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Power of Attorney, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Tags: Lapsed Long-Term Care Policy, Long-Term Care Insurance, Nursing Home Insurance

Fighting Against Abusive Probate Guardianship

November 11th, 2015
For decades, states have granted courts the power to appoint guardians or conservators for elderly or disabled people unable to tend to their basic needs. Most appointed guardians are family members, but judges can turn to a growing industry of profe… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Power of Attorney, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Tags: Baby Boomers, Disabled, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Guardianship, long-term care planning

The High Cost of Dementia

November 2nd, 2015
Three diseases, leading killers of Americans, often involve long periods of decline before death. Two of them — heart disease and cancer — usually require expensive drugs, surgeries and hospitalizations. The third, dementia, has no effective trea… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Power of Attorney, Probate, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Tags: Asset Protection, Demential, Elder Law, Elder Law Attorney, long-term care planning, Medicaid, Medicaid Nursing Home Planning, Medicaid Planning, Medicaid Trust Planning, Paying for a Nursing Home

Easy to Explain Estate Taxes? Not Exactly

October 30th, 2015
Seems like the subject of estate taxes becomes part of every politician's election promises, and today's election environment is no different. Even though we are not really expecting significant changes in that area, estate taxes have chang… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Power of Attorney, Taxes, Trust Funding, Weblogs
Tags: 529 Savings Plan, Asset Protection, estate planning, Estate Planning Lawyer, Estate Tax, Inheritance, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust, Living Trust, power of attorney, Tax Planning, Trusts, Trusts and Estates, Wills

Special Needs Attorney Testifies Before Congress

October 27th, 2015
Richard A. Courtney, President of the Special Needs Alliance (SNA) and principal in the Courtney Elder Law Associates section of Frascogna Courtney, PLLC, testified Friday, September 18 before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee… Read More
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Categories: Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Special Needs, Weblogs, Will
Tags: disability, Disabled, Elder Law, long-term care planning, Medicaid, Medicaid Planning, Medicaid Planning Lawyer, Medicaid Trust Planning, Special Needs, Special Needs Attorney

Financial Help for Caregivers

August 10th, 2015
Becoming a caregiver can result in many challenges; communicating with doctors, managing your time and your parents’ health, and just as importantly, their financial welfare. According to the National Caregiver’s Library website, (www.caregiversl… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Power of Attorney, Special Needs, Trust Funding, Will
Tags: Caregivers, Elder Law, estate planning, Health Care Proxy, Medicaid, Medicaid Planning, Medicaid Planning Lawyer, Planning for the Future, power of attorney

Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements are OK

August 7th, 2015
Buffalo attorney Julie Bargnesi is a proponent of fairness to health care providers and patients alike. She’s not only an attorney who represents health care providers and is a part of the health care industry practice team at Harris Beach, she was… Read More
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Categories: Current Affairs, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Will
Tags: Arbitration Clause, Elder Law, long-term care planning, Nursing Homes, Paying for a Nursing Home

Revoking an Irrevocable Trust

February 6th, 2015
By the basic meaning of its title, it would seem that an irrevocable trust cannot be revoked. However, in Louisiana, a battle is waging over whether or not that is always true.   Tom Benson is believed to control the largest fortune in the state… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Blended Families, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Probate, Trust Funding
Tags: estate planning, Irrevocable Trust, revocable living trust, Revocable Trust, trust attorney, Trusts
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