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Family Law Elder Law & Long-Term Care Planning The firm’s elder law attorneys specialize in responding to the unique and sensitive challenges related to aging and the possible need for long-term care. We help clients to understand and adapt to the complex and frequently changing rules about making gifts and protecting their home and other assets from long-term-care costs. SLW works with clients to develop and implement practical solutions so that they can properly qualify and apply for Medicaid assistance to pay for needed health care and related services, whether they live at home, in assisted living or in a nursing home. In addition to planning in advance of a long-term-care need, we also have extensive experience in preparing and filing applications for Medicaid coverage, including subsequent dealings with caseworkers and hearing officers. We can also be a valuable resource for referring clients to qualified elder health professionals, such as geriatric care managers and private and public health care agencies. Estate planning for elders involves several special considerations because of the very specific rules that apply to long-term-care planning. The firm works regularly with elder clients to craft tax-efficient plans suited for their personal needs, including the use of certain types of irrevocable and revocable trusts; wills and testamentary trusts; life estate and special power of appointment deeds; intra-family agreements and transactions; caregiver contracts; long-term-care insurance; reverse mortgages; durable powers of attorney; health care proxies; advance care directives and other important documents. The Firm also has extensive experience in helping clients to file for guardianships and conservatorships when mental and/or physical disabilities prevent a person from being able to competently make decisions about their personal, health and/or financial affairs. Guardianship and conservatorship proceedings take place in the probate and family courts, where our team of attorneys has extensive experience in both amicable and contested cases.
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Contacts Elder Law & Long-Term Care Planning Don J.J. Cordell David M. Lipshutz
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