Elder Law

Long-Term Care Planning: Another part of Elder Law is long-term care planning. In some cases, where the client is able to pay for their own medical care, the long-term care plan may only require the preparation of powers of attorney and a living will. In other cases, we, along with the client and a financial planner may need to look ways for the client to set aside assets to pay for long-term care, to acquire long-term care insurance or any other number of ways to help the client. For some clients, Medicare and Medicaid benefits will be necessary in order to cover their long-term care needs. At the firm, through our membership in different Elder Law associations and committees, we stay abreast of all Medicare and Medicaid qualification requirements and limitations, and different techniques that may need to be employed to handle income over the Medicaid income limit or to spend down assets over the asset/resources limit.