ELDER LAW

• Counseling clients about planning for disability and incapacity
• Preparing alternative decision making documents including durable general powers of attorney, living wills, wills and trusts
• Assisting the client in planning for possible long-term care needs including locating the appropriate type of care, coordinating private and public resources to finance the cost of care and working to ensure the client’s right to care
• Medicaid: Protecting the client’s assets from the cost of nursing home or other long term care; assuring security for the client’s spouse and providing a legacy for his or her children, guiding clients through the Medicaid application and qualification process
• Guardianship: Assisting a family member in becoming guardian of the person and property of a loved one and ensuring that the loved one will be secure and cared for; ensuring that guardian remains in control of decisions relating to the care of the person and property of his or her loved one
• Special Needs Trusts: Advising clients with regard to the preparation, administration and when required, litigation, of trusts designed to preserve a disabled person’s eligibility for public assistance benefits (e.g. Medicaid, SSI and other programs for the disabled)