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Stotler Hayes Group, LLC

Long-Term Care Insurance and Medicaid

The demographic shift toward an aging population has thrust the coordination of long-term care insurance and Medicaid benefits into the spotlight of elder law practice. For practitioners advising individuals on long-term care...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Elder Law Is for Everyone Part 1: Long-Term Care Planning

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Notwithstanding the concept of a “youth culture,” we all want the chance to grow old and live life on our terms, which takes thoughtful planning. Elder law planning is as important as having a healthy lifestyle and planning...more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Elder Law and Special Needs Newsletter: April 2024 Issue

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Check out our April Elder Law and Special Needs newsletter! Our legal team explores important topics including beneficiary designations and the recent updates to the Medicaid divisor, which came into effect this month....more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

ELDER LAW LEGAL UPDATE: Important Changes to Social Security Income, Medicaid Resource and Income Allowances, and Regional Rates...

The Elder Law Practice Group at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman would like to share some important Elder Law legal updates with our clients and professional partners that will impact Medicaid eligibility for applicants/recipients...more

Stotler Hayes Group, LLC

Balancing Lawyering and Caregiving in the Sandwich Generation: A Woman’s Perspective

Alzheimer’s. April 2023 (I’d dig out the exact date, but that would take even more time away from caretaking and lawyering).  That’s when my 76-year-old mother, my only remaining parent, who had been living alone 163 miles...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Choosing the Right Housing Situation for Your Elderly Loved One

Choosing the Right Housing Situation for Your Elderly Loved One - In a world where we are living longer, elder housing choices have become more plentiful and commonplace; but the terms used to describe these options have...more

Ruder Ware

Wisconsin Medicaid Divisor Staying Put. For Now.

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Every year before July 1st, Wisconsin publishes an updated Medicaid divisor to be in effect starting on July 1st of that year until June 30th of the next year. This year, Wisconsin has not yet updated its Medicaid divisor due...more

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Don’t Let the Fear of Losing Your Home to Medicaid Contribute to Elder Abuse

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As we reflect on the close of World Elder Abuse Awareness Month, we wanted to share some information on this important issue. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines elder abuse as an intentional act, or...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Support for New Jersey’s Unpaid Caregivers

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Caregiving, done well, can be the ultimate act of service and potentially a game-changer, enabling an elderly or functionally disabled individual to remain at home surrounded by their family, friends and happy memories. ...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

All I Want for Christmas Is an Advocate

Are you a caregiver? If so, I understand your challenges and encourage you to keep up the good fight and to ensure your circle of support is surrounding you during this holiday season and beyond. If you are not a...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Returning From a Nursing Home to the Home

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What are the options available to a long-term care resident who wants to return home? Consider using the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) centered planning rules to help the resident transition back into the...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Legislation Affecting Behavioral Health

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Our series highlighting recent activity by the NYS Legislature continues with a recap of bills passed in 2018 that relate to behavioral health. This synopsis follows previous summaries we have done concerning pharmacy,...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Seniors Often Must Fight for Medicare Home Health Benefits

Medicare is mandated to cover your home health benefits with no limit on the time you are covered. Unfortunately, few Medicare beneficiaries get the level of service they are entitled to, and many find their services cut off...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

States Increasingly Looking to Managed Care for Long-Term Care Services

More state Medicaid agencies are shifting to or considering managed care models to provide long-term care services, sparking a growing backlash from disability and elder rights advocates....more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

New Law Mandates Creation of a National Plan to Support Caregivers

On January 22, 2018, President Trump signed a new bill into law aimed at addressing the challenges that the nation’s millions of family caregivers face....more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Home Health Care Patients With Chronic Conditions Are Having Trouble Getting Medicare

Medicare is supposed to provide up to 35 hours a week of home care to those who qualify, but many Medicare patients with chronic conditions are being wrongly denied such care, according to Kaiser Health News. For a variety of...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Under The Dome: Inside The Maine State House

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Petition Submitted for Citizen Initiative to Add New Tax to Fund Homecare Services - On January 26, the Maine People's Alliance (MPA) submitted a petition to the Secretary of State's office that, if certified, would put a...more

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What Caregivers Can Do to Create a Dependable Bedtime Routine

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Adequate sleep is essential to good health. Unfortunately, sleep can be difficult for elderly people and their caretakers, particularly among elderly people who are disabled. Physical pain, emotional stress, or challenging...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Elder Abuse: Caregivers are susceptible to the stress

Dealing with an aging parent brings about an emotional anguish that is as sad as it is stressful. Depending on the level of care a loved one requires – does he or she need help doing the laundry and preparing a meal or...more

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D.C. Circuit Ruling Means DOL’s Home Care Rule May Soon Go Into Effect

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On August 21, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) upheld the United States Department of Labor’s (“DOL’s”) Home Care Rule and reversed the lower court’s decisions vacating the...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: Senate Reauthorizes Older Americans Act; Bill Heads to the House... White House Holds 2015 Conference on Aging and Launches Several New Administration Healthy Aging Initiatives Enveloping Alzheimer’s, Dementia,...more

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