Category Archives: Elder Law
Top Things to Know About Medicaid for Older Adults
If you have earned a relatively good income for most of your adult life, or your elderly parents lived relatively comfortably on a steady salary during their working years, the idea that you need to know about Medicaid and Medicaid planning may surprise you. For many Connecticut residents, they know about Medicaid solely as… Read More »
How Much Does Long-Term Care Cost?
One of the major issues that elder law attorneys assist clients with on a regular basis is the matter of paying for long-term care. Much too often, older adults do not plan ahead with any strategies for asset protection or paying for long-term care. Then, in what seems like a mere moment, that older… Read More »
How Can a Connecticut Elder Law Attorney Help?
Many older adults resist the idea of seeking advice from an elder law attorney, and it can be difficult for adult children to convince their aging parents that they should obtain legal advice about issues such as asset protection and estate planning. Even though it may be difficult to convince your elderly parents that… Read More »
Will Medicare Pay for Long-Term Care?
As we age, and as we provide care and guidance for elderly parents, it is extremely important to consider the realities and costs of long-term care. According to the Administration on Aging (AOA), about two-thirds of adults aged 65 and older will need long-term care at some point in their lifetime, especially as they… Read More »
What to Know About Increases in Long-Term Care Costs
Long-term care — including nursing home and assisted-living facility care, as well as at-home care — have always been expensive. As such, for decades, it has been important for aging adults in Connecticut and across the country to consider asset-protection strategies and to engage in Medicaid planning and long-term care planning in order to… Read More »
Important Legal Documents for People with Dementia
Many older adults in Connecticut will be diagnosed with a form of dementia. When that happens, it is essential to ensure that all estate planning documents are in place given that a diagnosis with dementia likely will mean that the elderly patient will lose legal capacity at a point in the future. It is… Read More »
How to Help Your Elderly Parents with Asset Protection
Many Connecticut residents have elderly parents who could need long-term care sooner rather than later. Although it can be difficult for older adults to discuss financial issues and the prospect of long-term care with their adult children, this is nonetheless an extremely important topic to address. Even if your elderly parents are reluctant to… Read More »
New Laws in Connecticut Aimed at Elder Care
Earlier this summer, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed new bills into law that are aimed at improving elder care in the state, including certain additions to Medicaid coverage for older adults in the state. As you are beginning to think about your own long-term care plans, or if you are helping your elderly parents… Read More »
What Are Countable Assets for Medicaid Planning?
As we get into our 40s and 50s, many of us have aging parents who need to learn more about Medicaid planning and long-term care options. Not only is it important for adult children to understand how the law works so that they can help their parents and other elderly relatives, but many adult… Read More »
How Does Medicaid Planning Involve Asset Protection?
Whether you have parents who are getting to the age where they could soon require some form of long-term care, or you are starting to think about retirement in the next decade or so yourself and how to make financial plans for the future that take into account potential health needs, it is important… Read More »