It is not out of the ordinary for older people to forget someone’s name or misplace things from time to time. However, getting confused in places a person knows well, forgetting how to get home, or asking the same questions…
For over 30 years, we have received our share of calls from people who simply do not know where to begin. Often a child will be calling on behalf of their elderly parent, and besides wanting to implement legal planning…
We are thrilled to announce the opening of our Bay Shore office! Our new Bay Shore location, 45 Park Ave. is the current location of the Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center (ADRC). With the announcement of our new location, we also…
Many seniors and those with disabilities need Medicaid to cover home care costs, which allow them to remain in their own homes while receiving care. If the American Health Care Act becomes law, what impact will it have on seniors?…
Attorneys who advocate for seniors and the disabled often cite a specific event or personal relationship as their inspiration. Amos’ aha moment came early in his career, when his mother-in-law told him she was selling her home. Asked why, she responded that she’d been told to do so by a man who was trying to sell her an annuity.
Amos investigated and discovered that the annuity was wholly inappropriate for a person in her situation and the sale of her home was unnecessary. Fortunately, Amos intervened before it was too late. He was able to structure his mother-in-law’s assets in such a way that she had enough to live on comfortably for the rest of her life. She was even able to put her grandson, Amos’ nephew, through college.
This year’s winner of the Spirit of Theresa Award has been there from the beginning. Actually, Judy Murdaugh-Jackson has been there from before the beginning. Judy and Susan Russo met in New York, even before Susan married Vincent Russo, and…
If you loved watching the inspirational and resourceful two-time Telly Award winning show, Family Comes First™ this past season, you’ll be glad to know you can now watch your favorite episodes at your leisure. Vincent J. Russo and Victoria Roberts Drogin…
This past season of Family Comes First™ has been inspirational and filled with stories that are heartwarming and moving. On this week’s show, The Best of Season 9, we will look back on the families and resources that moved us during this season.
This update provides new Medicare figures for 2017. This is the first of a four-part series of updates for 2017. Medicare Part A: Hospital Services Inpatient hospital deductible $1,316/illness Daily co-insurance $0/day 1-60 $329/day 61-90 $658/day 91-150 Skilled Nursing Facility…
Sadly, each day, 22 men, women, and children die waiting to receive a life-saving organ transplant. Fortunately, over 650,000 lives have been saved since 1988 with the help of donors—many of them not biologically related to the recipient.
On this brand new episode of Family Comes First™, “Saving Lives,” we meet with Cindy Somma, who decided to give the gift of life to a relative and ended up saving the life of another.
Join us on Monday, September 19th at 1:30 pm on Telecare (Cablevision channels 29 and 137, Time Warner channels 106 (Manhattan), 471 (Queens) or Verizon FiOS TV channel 296) as Cindy shares with us her journey when choosing to donate her kidney—and how she unexpectedly ended up saving the life of a stranger.