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Asbury Park NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- John G. Hoyle III, Hoyle Law, LLC, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Basking Ridge NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Paul D. Rosenberg, , Somerset County      Click to request assistance
Bayonne NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Harold L. Grodberg, CELA, The Grodberg Law Firm, LLC, Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Bayonne NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- John A. Zucker, Rose & Zucker, Esqs., Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Bayonne NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Leonard P. Kiczek, Kiczek & Goralski, LLC, Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Bayville NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Law Offices of Benjamin H. Mabie, III, LLC, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Beachwood NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Frank G. Seitz, Demaree & Seitz, LLC, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Belvidere NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- James E. De Martino, James E. De Martino, Atty, Warren County      Click to request assistance
Brick NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Jeffrey J. McWeeney, King Kitrick & Jackson, L.L.C., Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Bridgewater NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- James J. Costello, Vizzoni & Costello, LLC, Somerset County      Click to request assistance
Bridgewater NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Lawrence A. Friedman, CELA, , Somerset County      Click to request assistance
Bridgewater NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Linda J. Robinson, , Somerset County      Click to request assistance
Cape May Court House NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- D`Avanzo & Poserina Law Office, Cape May County      Click to request assistance
Chatham NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- June R. Mann, Esq., Law Offices of Paul D. Wigg-Maxwell, Morris County      Click to request assistance
Cherry Hill NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Aimee P. Rudman, CELA, Law Office of Aimee P. Rudman, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Cherry Hill NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- James Herman, , Camden County      Click to request assistance
Cherry Hill NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Jerold E. Rothkoff, Law Offices of Jerold E. Rothkoff, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Clark NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Eugene Rosner, CELA, Fink Rosner Ershow-Levenberg, LLC, Union County      Click to request assistance
Cranbury NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- William C. Moran Jr., Huff, Moran & Orron, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Cranford NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Daniel S. Swinton, Esq., 2 South Ave E., Union County      Click to request assistance
Cranford NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Edward J. Hobbie, , Union County      Click to request assistance
Dayton NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Anne M. Zaun, , Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Denville NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Robert F. Long Jr., , Morris County      Click to request assistance
East Brunswick NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Leonard D. Furman, Levine & Furman, LLC, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
East Brunswick NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Staci A. Cosner, Cosner & Cosner, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
East Hanover NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Donald M. McHugh, CELA, McHugh & Macri, Morris County      Click to request assistance
Englewood NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- John L. Van Horne III, Reeve & Van Horne, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Florham Park NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Meredith L. Grocott, Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP, Morris County      Click to request assistance
Florham Park NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Shirley Berger Whitenack , Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP, Morris County      Click to request assistance
Forked River NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Robert E. Ulaky, Dasti, Murphy, McGuckin, Ulaky, Cherkos & Connors, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Forked River NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Roderick Francis Alberto, Alberto Brothers, LLC, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Forked River NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Scott M. Hanula, CELA, , Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Fort Lee NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Deborah L. Pico, Myers & Pico, P.C., Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Freehold NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- John J. Ross, , Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Freehold NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Robert F. Munoz, Lomurro, Davison, Eastman & Munoz, P.A., Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Hackensack NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Alice W. Meehan, Meehan & Quirk LLC, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Hackensack NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Amie Gartenberg, Kirsch Gartenberg Howard, LLP, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Hackensack NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Andrew J. Cevasco, Herten, Burstein, et. al., Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Hackensack NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Janet B. Lurie, CELA, Law Office of Janet B. Lurie, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Hackensack NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- John M. Power, Power Law Firm, LLP, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Hackensack NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Peggy Sheahan Knee, CELA , 21 Main St., Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Hackettstown NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Charles M. Lee, , Warren County      Click to request assistance
Haddon Heights NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Sara de Celis-Little, Law Office of Sara de Celis-Little, Esq., Haddon Heights      Click to request assistance
Haddonfield NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Casey Price, Price & Price, LLC, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Haddonfield NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- John D. Bernetich, Jr., Bernetich, Hatzell & Pascu, LLC, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Haddonfield NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Nancy M. Rice, CELA, Elder Law Offices of Nancy M. Rice, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Hoboken NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Jo-Anne Herina Jeffreys, CELA, , Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Hope NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Marvin S. Fish, Counselor At Law, Warren County      Click to request assistance
Iselin NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Michael K. Feinberg, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, & Davis LLP, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Iselin NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Parag Patel, Patel Law Offices, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Jersey City NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Laura Akscin Foord, , Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Jersey City NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Sharon Rivenson Mark, CELA , Law Office of Sharon Rivenson Mark, PC, Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Kinnelon NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Michael C. Rudolph, Michael C. Rudolph, Esq., P.A., Morris County      Click to request assistance
Lakewood NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Christopher Daniel Olszak, Olszak & Olszak, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Lakewood NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Daniel D. Olszak Jr., CELA, Olszak & Olszak, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Lawrenceville NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Elizabeth Walsh Kreger, Stark & Stark, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Lawrenceville NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Steven L. Friedman, CELA, Stark & Stark, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Linwood NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Joseph L. Youngblood Jr., Youngblood, Lafferty & Sampoli, P.A., Atlantic County      Click to request assistance
Linwood NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Raymond N. Beebe, , Atlantic County      Click to request assistance
Linwood NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Theodore S. Ridgway, Ridgway & Ridgway, Atlantic County      Click to request assistance
Livingston NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Judson M. Stein, Stein, McGuire, et al., Essex County      Click to request assistance
Livingston NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Yale S. Hauptman, Hauptman & Hauptman, PC, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Manalapan NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Gary B. Garland, Garland Law Offices, P.A., Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Manalapan NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Ira S. Karlstein, Law Office of Ira S. Karlstein, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Manasquan NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Frank J. Fischer, Broege, Neumann, Fischer & Shaver, LLC, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Manchester NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Robert C. Novy, Novy & Associates, LLC, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Marlton NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Angela R. Barone, TD Wealth Management, Burlington County      Click to request assistance
Metuchen NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Mary Smith Hanley, , Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Millburn NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- David H. Posner, Posner & Kramer, LLP, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Millburn NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Joanne M. Sarubbi, Joanne M. Sarubbi, Esq., Essex County      Click to request assistance
Millburn NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Pamela Cohen Polifron, CELA, Selesner & Polifron, PA, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Monroe Township NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- George F. Bolster, Bolster & Bruder, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Montclair NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Mary E. WanderPolo, CELA , The Livery Bldg., Ste. 2, Essex County      Click to request assistance
Montvale NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Raymond J. Falcon, Jr., Falcon & Singer PC, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Moorestown NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Brian W. Donnelly, Donnelly LLC, Burlington County      Click to request assistance
Moorestown NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Dennis P. McInerney, McInerney & Caniglia, Burlington County      Click to request assistance
Moorestown NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Julie A. Williamson, Williamson & Petruzziello, LLC, Burlington County      Click to request assistance
Moorestown NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Laurent Wayne Metzler, Metzler & DeSantis, LLP, Burlington County      Click to request assistance
Moorestown NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Stephanie Jordan Briody, 505 S Lenola Road, Burlington County      Click to request assistance
Morristown NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Alice Jacobs Carles, , Morris County      Click to request assistance
Morristown NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Beth C. Manes, Edward Wacks & Associates LLC, Morris County      Click to request assistance
Morristown NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- James B. Garland, Coughlin Duffy, LLP, Morris County      Click to request assistance
Morristown NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Jonathan B. Bressman, Law Offices of Jonathan Bressman, LLC, Morris County      Click to request assistance
Morristown NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Robert A. Bernstein, Robert A. Bernstein Esq. LLC, Morris County      Click to request assistance
Mount Laurel NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Charles L. Winne, Capehart & Scatchard, Burlington County      Click to request assistance
Mount Laurel NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Kathleen Sholette Burns, CELA, , Burlington County      Click to request assistance
Mountainside NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Agnes S. Wladyka, Agnes S. Wladyka, LLC, Union County      Click to request assistance
New Providence NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Joseph B. Tiboni, Tiboni & Tiboni, LLP, Union County      Click to request assistance
Newton NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Janice D. Pasculli, CELA, 40 Park Place, Sussex County      Click to request assistance
Newton NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Nancy Heslin Reading, Benz & Reading, LLC, Sussex County      Click to request assistance
North Brunswick NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Benjamin J. Menasha, Pisciotta & Menasha, LLC, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Oradell NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Lawrence A. Joel, Joel & Joel, LLP, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Paramus NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Brian T. Keane, Hartman & Winnicki, PC, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Paramus NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Regina M. Spielberg, CELA, Schenck, Price, et. al., Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Paramus NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Robert J. Romano Jr., Andora & Romano, LLC, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Parsippany NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Deirdre R. Wheatley-Liss, CELA, Fein, Such, et al., Morris County      Click to request assistance
Pennington NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Laura W. Cassavell, Butrym & Cassavell, PC, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Phillipsburg NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Robert J. Ellwood Jr., , Warren County      Click to request assistance
Plainfield NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Carol Ann Brokaw, Law Offices of Carol Ann Brokaw, Union County      Click to request assistance
Point Pleasant NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Robert F. Brogan, CELA, , Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Princeton NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Allen N. Grossman, Mason, Griffin & Pierson, PC, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Princeton NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Steele R. Chadwell, ESQ, ESQ, Steele R. Chadwell, , Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Princeton NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Valerie L. Howe, Mason Griffin & Pierson, PC, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Princeton NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- William P. Isele, Archer & Greiner, PC, Mercer County      Click to request assistance
Ramsey NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Donald C. Ohnegian, , Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Red Bank NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Marc J. Comer, Mandelbaum, Salsburg, P.C, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Red Bank NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Roger J. Foss, Foss, San Filippo & Milne, LLC, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Red Bank NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Susan L. Goldring, CELA, Zager Fuchs, PC, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Ridgewood NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Michael A. Manna, Michael A. Manna & Associates, PC, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Rockaway NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Roma K. Oster, , Morris County      Click to request assistance
Roseland NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Mark Levin, , Essex County      Click to request assistance
Rutherford NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Daniel J. Jurkovic, CELA, Law Office of Daniel Jurkovic, Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Sea Girt NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Stephen J. Caccavale, Monte & Rudolph, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Secaucus NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Richard M. Mausner, Law Offices of Richard M. Mausner, Hudson County      Click to request assistance
Ship Bottom NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Kathleen A. Sheridan, Kathleen A. Browning Sheridan, PC, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Shrewsbury NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Michael E. Weintraub, Peluso, Castelluci & Weintraub, PC, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Somers Point NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Laurie Bahr, Gramm & Bahr, LLC, Atlantic County      Click to request assistance
Somerville NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Gary Ben Cornick, Law Offices of Gary Cornick, LLC, Somerset County      Click to request assistance
Stratford NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Donald B. Mark, CELA, Law Office of Donald B. Mark, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Teaneck NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Howard M. Kaplan, , Bergen County      Click to request assistance
Toms River NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Ann Dougherty, CELA, Ann M. Dougherty, PA, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Toms River NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Annmarie Schreiber, Carluccio, Leone, Dimon, Doyle & Sacks, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Toms River NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Christopher W. Algeo, Law Office of Taff & Davies, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Toms River NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- James J. Curry, , Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Toms River NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Michael Andrew Jacobus, Novins, York & Pagano, Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Toms River NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Peter J. Van Dyke, Kelaher, Garvey, Ballou, Van Dyke & Rogalski, P.C., Ocean County      Click to request assistance
Union NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Benjamin D. Eckman, , Union County      Click to request assistance
Ventnor City NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Michael D. Weinraub, CELA, Michael D. Weinraub, PC, Atlantic County      Click to request assistance
Vineland NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Mark D. Kutner, , Cumberland County      Click to request assistance
Voorhees NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Douglas A. Fendrick, CELA, Law Offices of Douglas A. Fendrick, LLC, Camden County      Click to request assistance
Wall NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Barbara L. Birdsall, Birdsall & Laughlin, LLC, Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Wall NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- John William Callinan, CELA, , Monmouth County      Click to request assistance
Wayne NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Jeffrey R. Bascelli, CELA, , Passaic County      Click to request assistance
Wayne NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Mary Tom, Hunziker, Jones & Sweeney, P.A., Passaic County      Click to request assistance
Wayne NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Pietro Cammarota, Hallock & Cammarota, LLP, Passaic County      Click to request assistance
West Long Branch NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Joseph Meehan, , West Long Branch      Click to request assistance
West Orange NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Brenda McElnea, CELA, , Essex County      Click to request assistance
West Orange NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Denice P. Gilchrist, Law Offices of Denice Gilchrist, Essex County      Click to request assistance
West Orange NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Richard I. Miller, CELA, Mandelbaum, Salaburg, Gold, Lazris & Discenza, PC, Essex County      Click to request assistance
West Paterson NJ - New Jersey Medicaid spend down and recovery -- Joseph A. Mecca, , Passaic County      Click to request assistance
Westfield NJ - New Jersey Elder Law estate planning -- Donald Vanarelli, CELA , Law Office of Donald Vanarelli, Union County      Click to request assistance
Westfield NJ - New Jersey trusts wills, living wills, power of attorney, probate -- Elizabeth Engert-Manzo, Lindabury, McCormick & Estabrook, Union County      Click to request assistance
Woodbury NJ - New Jersey Elder Law Attorney lawyer -- Mark Anthony Vittese, Gravino & Vittese, Gloucester County      Click to request assistance
Woodbury NJ - New Jersey Medicaid planning advice -- Thomas M. North, Thomas M. North, PC, Gloucester County      Click to request assistance
Wyckoff NJ - New Jersey save assets from Medicare if -- Dora Coyle, , Bergen County      Click to request assistance

 

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About Elder Law and Medicaid Consultations

Elder Law Advice
Medicaid Advice (Medicaid Planning)

Elder Law Advice

An attorney specializing in elder law helps older people and their families or caregivers with elder-specific legal issues, estate planning and long term care planning.

Many of these attorneys spent a great deal of their time helping individuals or couples qualify for Medicaid and preserve assets from Medicaid spend down and recovery. Property ownership, special transfer allowances, application for hardship review, Miller trusts and family-beneficial use of spend down monies are areas where their services can protect family members and healthy spouses from undue hardship. Although they typically can't charge to fill out a Medicaid application, elder lawyers, through advice and guidance, can often accelerate the approval process saving the family a great deal of money. This often more than compensates for their fee.

On the other hand many elder attorneys do not just limit their practice to Medicaid planning but help elders and their families with all types of issues. Below is a partial list of what an elder or Elder Law attorney might do:

  • Preservation or transfer of assets seeking to avoid spousal impoverishment when a spouse enters a nursing home
  • Medicaid qualification and application and Medicaid planning strategies
  • Medicare claims and appeals
  • Social security and disability claims and appeals
  • Supplemental and long term health insurance issues
  • Disability planning, including use of durable powers of attorney, living trusts, "living wills," for financial management and health care decisions, and other means of delegating management and decision-making to another in case of incompetency or incapacity
  • Conservatorships and guardianships
  • Estate planning, including planning for the management of one's estate during life and its disposition on death through the use of trusts, wills and other planning documents
  • Probate
  • Administration and management of trusts and estates
  • Long term care placements in nursing home and life care communities
  • Nursing home issues including questions of patients' rights and nursing home quality
  • Elder abuse and fraud recovery cases
  • Housing issues, including discrimination and home equity conversions (reverse mortgage)
  • Age discrimination in employment
  • Retirement, including public and private retirement benefits, survivor benefits and pension benefits
  • Health law
  • Mental health law

Medicaid Advice (Medicaid Planning)

A person facing the prospect of long-term care with moderate income and assets may eventually have to rely on Medicaid to pay part or all of the cost of care. But many states rob a healthy spouse of a previously adequate income by allowing too little in protected resources and income. Likewise, children, relatives and friends are not recognized for the financial sacrifices they make in providing the early care before a recipient becomes bad enough to need Medicaid funded professional help.

Medicaid planning, using a professional Medicaid planning advisor or qualified elder law attorney, allows you to correct inequities in the system. Medicaid planning has gotten a bad name because some individuals, who would normally have too many assets to ever qualify for Medicaid, deliberately use it, many years in advance, to give away everything to their family so as to qualify for Medicaid. It is wrong to abuse the system in this way and to use taxpayer dollars to insure an inheritance for the family. And if that person is not anticipating immediate care, this strategy is just plain dumb.

Medicaid planning is no different from tax planning. In fact a Supreme Court decision condones honest methods of eliminating income taxes or estate taxes. Just like tax planning, Medicaid planning uses existing laws to structure legal strategies.

Tax planning and Medicaid planning both put an additional burden on taxpayers, but one is considered ethical and the other not.

We believe that all strategies have their place in the scheme of things. Medicaid planning fits certain circumstances usually where families are in a crisis mode trying to preserve a few assets such as a house or a savings plan. There is no attempt to take advantage of the taxpayers. Using other strategies for paying the cost of care is much better for a younger generation wanting a plan that will allow for home care, assisted living and a choice in care services.