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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

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

Answers to Questions about Medicare and Medicaid

February 4th, 2015
One adult son talks about his mother-in-law's well-being: She is elderly, lives alone, experiences symptoms of dementia, and doesn't accept help easily. She refuses to have strangers in the house. She has lost all effort to cook, but she wi… Read More
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Categories: Aging Issues, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Medicaid, Power of Attorney, Probate, Will
Tags: Elder Law, Elder Law Retirement Planning, long-term care planning, Medicaid, Medicaid Nursing Home Planning, Medicaid Planning, Medicaid Planning Lawyer, Medicaid Trust Planning, Paying for a Nursing Home, Retirement Planning