- My
parent is about to enter a nursing home. How
can The Center for Elder Law help me?
- How
can The Center for Elder Law help save us money?
- Won't
the help of The Center for Elder Law be too expensive?
- Will
doing this planning effect the level of care my
loved one will receive?
- This
sounds to good to be true. Will it really work?
- How
much of the assets can be saved?
- I've
heard many rumors about Medicaid. Are these true?
- What
if we need help finding a nursing home?
- How
soon should I contact you for help?
- My
parent is already in a nursing home. Is it too
late for us?
- What
makes the attorneys at The Center for Elder Law
different than other attorneys?
- What
other legal issues can the Center for Elder Law
help me with?
- What
other information is important for clients and
prospective clients of The Center for Elder Law
to know?
1.
My parent is about to enter a nursing home. How can
The Center for Elder Law help me?
The
Center for Elder Law is there to hold your hand and
walk you through the process of having a loved one
enter a nursing home. Attorneys at
the Center for Elder Law have been listed in the
Experienced Registry of the National Elder Law Academy
for many years, and are very experienced with all
types of nursing home issues. The laws are always
changing, and we keep abreast of all the changes.
The
primary benefit, in addition to having an experienced
and knowledgeable attorney to answer all your questions,
is that we can help you and your family do the proper
planning to protect and preserve assets so that all
of your loved one's money is not spent on the nursing
home. There is a better way to pay for the nursing
home, and we can show you what it is. Caring for
a loved one should not cost the savings of a lifetime.
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2.
How can The Center for Elder Law help save us money?
With
the proper planning, The Center for Elder Law can
help your loved one qualify for Medicaid and protect
and preserve the life savings that your loved one
spent his or her entire life working to create. We
help save the assets, through a variety of strategies
that may include gifting, rental property, purchasing
annuities, life insurance, tax and estate planning,
and many other options that enable qualification
for Medicaid while still saving the assets.
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3.
Won't the help of The Center for Elder Law be too
expensive?
Not
at all. The first consultation is free, and the total
legal fee will be only a small fraction of the money
we can save your family. In fact, usually, the cost
of one month's payment to the nursing home will cover
the fees, and in exchange, the savings will be tens
of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars,
depending on the level of assets.
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4.
Will doing this planning effect the level of care
my loved one will receive?
In
nursing homes that accept Medicaid patients and private-pay
patients, the level of care is identical regardless
if your loved one pays for it out of his or her own
money, or if Medicaid pays for it. The only difference
is, how much it is going to cost you. By doing the
proper planning with The Center for Elder Law, you
can save your money from being depleted on nursing
home costs.
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5.
This sounds to good to be true. Will it really work?
Yes. The government has issued a very complex set of laws, rules, regulations
and procedures that specifically allow for this type of planning, but only
if it is done correctly. These laws are constantly changing, and we keep abreast
of every change in the law as soon as it happens. We have successfully qualified
several hundreds of people for Medicaid benefits, while protecting their life
savings, and the list of clients we have helped grows every day. In fact, we
have never had a Medicaid application for benefits denied for any client who
followed our instructions. We know how to save you and your family money. It
will work for you, if you work with us.
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6.
How much of the assets can be saved?
Typically,
for an individual without a spouse, we can save usually
2/3 to 100% of the assets and perhaps even more,
depending on a variety of factors, including how
far ahead the planning was started. For a married
couple with one spouse entering, or already in, a
nursing home and the other spouse still living in
the community, as incredible as it sounds, we usually
can save 100%!
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7.
I've heard many rumors about Medicaid, such as you
can not make a gift and apply for Medicaid without
waiting three years, that all of a couples’ income
will go to the nursing home, or that spouse of someone
entering a nursing home has to spend all their assets
except for their house. Are these true?
Most
of these are myths that are simply false. Click
here to read our Medicaid Myths article
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8.
What if we need help finding a nursing home?
We
can help with that too. We have many contacts in
the industry that can help you locate the perfect
facility. We also can direct you to financial planners,
social workers, accountants, and many other professionals
who devote their careers, like we do, to helping
seniors and family members of seniors. Plus, we have
personal experience with almost all of the nursing
homes in the area, and we have contacts in most of
them that can sometimes help with the process of
finding and entering the perfect nursing home for
you or your loved one.
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9.
How soon should I contact you
for help?
The
earlier we can start the planning, the more money
we can save. Remember, Noah built the arc before
it started raining. We see all the time where our
clients will put their head in the sand and think
their problems will go away. If you plan now, before
your loved one has to enter the nursing home, then
you not only give yourself peace of mind so that
you are ready for when the time comes that a nursing
home is needed, but you also can maximize your savings.
Above all, do not put off dealing with the issue
until it is too late. Procrastination is the greatest
threat to our future and security and our loved ones.
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10.
My parent is already in a nursing home. Is it too
late for us?
Not
at all. It is almost never to late to plan, even
for those already in a home. However, the earlier
you begin planning with the Center for Elder Law,
the better.
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11.
What makes the attorneys at The Center for Elder
Law different than other attorneys?
We have experienced Elder Law attorneys who have
been practicing in this area even before “Elder Law” was
even a recognized area of the law. Our two principal
attorneys (Don L. Rosenberg and Danielle
B. Mayoras) who concentrate on Medicaid and nursing home planning and related
areas have more than 20 years combined experience as Elder Law attorneys. Unfortunately,
most attorneys, even estate planning attorneys, do not concentrate on Medicaid
planning because the laws and procedures are so complex and change so often,
and because a mistake in planning will often result in a loss of Medicaid eligibility
completely. Only attorneys who concentrate in Elder Law can help you through
the process safely and securely. The Center for Elder Law is also part of a
full service law firm that can help with all your legal needs.
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12.
What other legal issues can the Center for Elder
Law help me with?
The
Center for Elder Law is a division of Barron, Rosenberg,
Mayoras & Mayoras, P.C., a full service law firm
that can help with all your legal needs. The Center
for Elder Law attorneys have specialized experience
and expertise helping seniors and their family members,
as well as those who want to plan for the days when
they become seniors. In addition to Medicaid and
other long-term care planning, The Center for Elder
Law helps thousands of clients with trusts, wills,
powers of attorney, patient advocate designations,
probate court proceedings (including estates, guardianships
and conservatorships), and even probate litigation,
including family feuds that unfortunately often result
when the proper estate planning is not done ahead
of time. We can provide assistance with any legal
issue, and for the rare legal problem or question
that our attorneys do not handle, we will refer you
to another attorney who does. For a full listing
of all of our services, click on "Areas
of Practice".
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13.
What other information is important for clients and
prospective clients of The Center for Elder Law to
know?
This
web site contains lots of useful articles and other
information. Click on Articles
and News to review information on Elder Law and
other topics in greater detail. Another helpful source
is the copy of the interview that Center for Elder
Law attorney Don L. Rosenberg did for a local television
news segment, which can be read by clicking
here.
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