Archive for the ‘Elder Law’ Category

What to do when a person dies

People frequently ask what they should do when a loved one passes.

Giving to Charitable Trusts

The special “qualified charitable distribution” provision ran out at the end of 2009.

Issues Regarding Paying a Family Caregiver

If you have gifted any assets, potentially, paying for caregiving by a family member, you may be penalized by Medicaid.

What is a Charitable Remainder Trust?

The benefits of placing assets into a Charitable Remainder Trust

Caregiver racial and ethnic effects attitudes of caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients.

A study of racial and ethnic differences play a role in the emotional attitudes of caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients

Attend a Seminar on Dealing with Difficult Clients & Dysfunctional Family Members? Ethical Issues- Who Should You be Communicating With???

Is there someone in your workplace — a demanding client or customer — who drives you crazy? Do these people make you feel inadequate, unworthy, or just plain miserable?

Be a Squeaky Wheel at the Nursing Home

“Be a squeaky wheel.” That’s our advice to our nursing home residents and their family members

Special Needs Estate Planning

Whether paid directly to a disabled person, or into an ordinary trust, most gifts and inheritances and accident, workers compensation, divorce, and other litigation recoveries jeopardize government aid and even may have to repay prior benefits.

Seniors Resist Asking For Help

Seniors who have lived most of the past their lives thinking they are, and should be independent, may view asking for help as a sign of weakness

Bottom Limit of MMMNA to Remain Unchanged in 2010

The Department of Health and Human Services has announced that the poverty income guidelines will continue at their 2009 levels for the remainder of 2010. This means that the lower limit of the minimum monthly maintenance needs allowance (MMMNA), which typically rises no later than July 1 of each year, will remain at $1,821.25 in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia. In the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia, the poverty guideline remains $10,830 for one person and $14,570 for a couple. For Alaska, the figures remain at $13,530 and $18,210, respectively, and for Hawaii…

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