Medicaid 2024 Update
MEDICAID 2024 UPDATE COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, THERE ARE NEW MEDICAID AMOUNTS AFFECTING MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY. 2024 ASSET AND INCOME ALLOWANCES One Person Two People Income Level *including $20 unearned income…
Why Hire an Elder Law Attorney?
Elder law attorneys may specialize in estate planning, incapacity planning, and end-of-life care for seniors. They also help older adults remain in their homes as they age and protect them…
What Is Memory Care, and What Are Its Benefits?
Memory care is specialized care for patients living with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or other conditions that cause memory loss. Hospitals and nursing homes may have memory care units, or a separate…
Be Aware of the Dangers of Joint Accounts
Many people believe that joint accounts are a good way to avoid probate and transfer money to loved ones. While joint accounts can be useful in certain circumstances, they can have…
Will Better Staffing Help Your Loved One in Long-Term Care?
For residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, lack of sufficient staff has become an increasingly urgent concern in recent years. The shortage in this critical area of…
Medicaid and Spousal Protections
This originally aired on the Catholic Faith Network’s show CFN Live: https://youtu.be/ndDdA6xovQc How can seniors afford care? This has been the critical question seniors have been asking for decades. We…
A Look at the Physical Challenges of Aging in Place
AARP estimates that three out of four Americans over the age of 50 are planning on aging in place. To achieve their goals, these seniors are willing to employ a…
What You Need to Know About Special Needs Trusts
Trusts are created by individuals or entities for the purposes of setting aside property or assets for a specific purpose, typically to benefit another person or group of people. A…
An Analysis of Artificial Intelligence and the Aging Population
In the United States, the health care industry employs over 4.5 million nursing aides, orderlies, home health aides, and personal care aides, and yet it’s not enough to address the…
Medicaid Recertification Notice
Please be advised that Medicaid is slowly unwinding from the pandemic. As of July 1, 2023, Medicaid will no longer be automatically recertifying their services. Notices are going out for…