Archive for the ‘Life Care Planning’ Category

When a lawyer permits a non-lawyer who markets living trust packages to hold out to the public that the lawyer will prepare the documents, the lawyer acts unethically.

During the seminar, the marketer describes the benefits of living trusts and repeatedly states that every seminar participant should have a living trust.

If my mother sells her house before moving into Assisted Living, does she have to count that money as income?

If you mother has plans to sell her house, then it is always best to take care of these issues before applying for A&A.

Family Dynamics, & Medicare Patient Rights and Ethical Issues for Social Workers Seminar

Family Dynamics, & Medicare Patient Rights and Ethical Issues for Social Workers 3 credit hours of Category I Ethics continuing education for social workers licensed in Maryland Wednesday November 17th 2010  Classic Residence 8100 Connecticut Avenue Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Continental Breakfast will be served Mary Lawrence 301-907-8895 Director of Sales 8:30 Registration “Come to our Early Bird Special Breakfast at 7:30 to beat the traffic.” 9:00 am to 12:00 program Program David Wingate Elderlaw Attorney Senior Life Care Planning LLC 240 453 0070 Family Dynamics for Elders Social Worker’s Ethical Rules Social Worker’s Ethical Rules – Summary   Jack Davidson Community…

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FREE VA Benefits and Mediciad Workshop

While the rules have changed, attendees will discover that good planning opportunities exist for those who plan ahead, as well as those who are already in a nursing home.

What is the Medicaid Partnership Agreement?

If you purchase long term care insurance you will be able to preserve some of your assets.

Keeping More Older Adults Out of Nursing Home – a FREE Webinar

The National Senior Citizens Law Center has published a new report, “10-Plus Years After the Olmstead Ruling: Progress, Problems, and Opportunities.”

Republican proposals to make changes to Social Security would result in benefit cuts for millions and put the program’s solvency in jeopardy

The report also found that allowing current contributors to divert funds out of the general Social Security fund into private accounts will “exacerbate the shortfall in revenues for current and future retirees as well as for current and future recipients of disability and survivors insurance.”

Seniors were comparatively unharmed by the fall 2008 recession.

Social Security played a major role raising millions of seniors out of poverty, but the big gains last year are due to a series of one-time events that won’t be repeated.

Medicaid – A ticking Time Bomb

You do not have to totally impoverished to become eligible for Medicaid, as discussed in our previous Blogs, such as Medicaid Myths of Gifting.

According to a 2006 MetLife Study, at least 60 percent of employed caregivers, reported making work adjustments because of caregiving.

If you are a child caregiver, you must formalize this caregiving relationship into a caregiving (Parenting) contract.

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