by Christine | Apr 2, 2012 | Elder Care, Elder Law |
People without much family simply plan the best they can, setting up advance directives and crossing their fingers, hoping they can afford paid care when they need it. Ms. Cotter has taken her preparations a step further, however. When she consulted [with her elder...
by Christine | Mar 27, 2012 | Elder Law, Tax Deductions, Tax Planning |
If you're helping out a financially stressed relative in this still-lousy economy, you may be entitled to some tax breaks. Taking care of your elderly loved ones is a difficult task. It can be emotionally difficult, as well as financially crippling. In honor of...
by Christine | Mar 26, 2012 | Elder Law, Estate Law, Estate Planning, Estates, Trust Administration |
Death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin aptly noted that these are the only two certainties in life. Mr. Franklin perhaps should have added a footnote regarding the paperwork both certainties generate. A New York Times blog (The New Old Age) recently published a “public...
by Christine | Mar 23, 2012 | Elder Law, Estate Planning, Medi-Cal Long Term Care, Medicaid |
A New York appeals court rules that a woman who, two years before applying for Medicaid, transferred money to a friend through joint tenancies in a claimed effort to avoid probate did not rebut the presumption that the transfers were made in order to qualify for...
by Christine | Feb 28, 2012 | Elder Law, Government Aid, Senior Benefits |
Millions of seniors in the United States are missing out on more than $20 billion in aid that could help pay for food, medicine and heating, simply because they don't know it's there. America’s elderly have had an increasingly difficult time over the past...
by Christine | Feb 27, 2012 | Assisted Living Facility, Elder Law, Nursing Homes, Placement |
Peter Kantorowski wanted his 98-year-old mother to move into a nursing home or live with him. She wouldn’t go; she didn’t want to leave her home of nearly 60 years. Finally, Kantorowski went to court — and served his mother with an eviction notice shortly before her...
