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Savings Game | Qualifying for Medicare while protecting your assets

By: ANYA KAMENETZ
Source: Tribune Media Services
Date: February 23, 2012
One day, most of us are likely to have an elderly family member who needs round-the-clock care. Putting a transition plan in place now can save you significant money, time and headaches down the road. Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for the poor, pays for about half of all nursing home care in the U.S. Diana Adams is an attorney in private practice in New York State doing eldercare law. She’s also currently applying for Medicaid for her elderly father.
Categories: Asset Protection Planning, Family Asset Protection Planning, Living Wills & Health Care Planning, Medicare & Health Insurance, Medicaid & Long Term Care Planning, Successful Caregiving & Aging, Elder Law General Interest, Library - All Articles

Caregiver's Ten Commandments

By: Pamela G. Holden
Source: Solkoff Legal P.A.
Date: October 19, 2011
Categories: Library - All Articles, Successful Caregiving & Aging

Medicare and Medicare HMOs explained by Solkoff Legal

By: Solkoff Legal P.A.
Source: Solkoff Legal P.A.
Date: October 19, 2011
Solkoff Legal, P.A. advises most of its clients to stay out of Medicare HMOs and to instead subscribe to Medicare with the addition of a Medicare Supplement Policy. This article explains why and how
Categories: Library - All Articles, Medicare & Health Insurance, Successful Caregiving & Aging

Joining, Dropping of Switching a Medicare HMO, explained by Solkoff Legal

By: Solkoff Legal P.A.
Source: Solkoff Legal P.A.
Date: October 19, 2011
Solkoff Legal, P.A. advises most of its clients to stay out of Medicare HMOs and to instead subscribe to Medicare with the addition of a Medicare Supplement Policy. This article explains why and how
Categories: Library - All Articles, Medicare & Health Insurance, Successful Caregiving & Aging

Scott Solkoff's Course Summary for Winning Life: Tuesdays October-December 2011 at Academy of Continuing Education

By: Scott M. Solkoff
Source: Solkoff Legal P.A.
Date: October 18, 2011
Winning Life: The Roadmap to Success in Aging and Caregiving. To live as high a quality of life as possible in the face of aging and illness requires knowledge and resources. This course, rated among the most popular last session, offers actual take-away tools and knowledge that can save you big money, give you confidence, peace of mind and even laughter. With no selling of any services or products allowed, Florida Board Certified Attorney Scott Solkoff, author of bestselling books for lawyers on Elder Law, has put together a panel of top-notch professionals to pull back the curtain and reveal their top tips for succeeding in aging and caregiving.
Categories: Library - All Articles, Community Support, JCC of the Greater Palm Beaches, Solkoff Legal in the News, Elder Law General Interest
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What is Family Asset Protection Plannning?

By: Scott M. Solkoff
Source: Solkoff Legal P.A.
Date: October 3, 2011
Over fifteen years ago, we created a successful and comprehensive method of protecting our clients’ assets against the costs of long-term care. With our planning, our clients legally and ethically obtain government benefits often worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay towards home care, assisted living and nursing home care. Instead of spending down to impoverishment and then going on Medicaid, our clients are able to keep their savings and get the benefits to get more and better care.
Categories: For Attorneys, Incapacity Planning & Powers of Attorney, Living Wills & Health Care Planning, Medicaid & Long Term Care Planning, V. A. & Long Term Care Planning, Estate Planning (Wills & Trusts), Successful Caregiving & Aging, Asset Protection Planning, Library - All Articles, Elder Law General Interest

Michelle R. Hollister provides testimony to U.S. Senate regarding "Protecting Seniors"

By: Solkoff Legal P.A.
Source: Solkoff Legal P.A.
Date: October 3, 2011
Thursday - 9/22/2011 Michelle R. Hollister provides testimony. Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts "Protecting Seniors and Persons with Disabilities - An Examination of Court - Appointed Guardians"
Categories: For Attorneys, Guardianship, Incapacity Planning & Powers of Attorney, Elder Law General Interest, Library - All Articles
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The 3 Ways of Paying for Nursing Home or Assisted Living Care

By: Scott M. Solkoff
Source: Solkoff Legal
Date: October 2, 2011
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities can be very expensive but there are ways to make your long-term care dollars stretch. There are three primary methods of paying for nursing homes or assisted living facilities: (1) Private-paying with one’s own dollars; (2) using insurance that covers some or all of the cost of long-term care and (3) Medicaid and/or Veteran’s (VA) benefits.
Categories: Library - All Articles, For Attorneys, Medicaid & Long Term Care Planning, V. A. & Long Term Care Planning, For Accountants, Successful Caregiving & Aging, Asset Protection Planning, Family Asset Protection Planning, Elder Law General Interest

Child & Parent Caregiving Contracts

By: Solkoff Legal P.A.
Source: Solkoff Legal
Date: October 1, 2011
Wall Street Journal reports on Caregiver Agreements in the September 7, 2006 edition of the national publication. Our own Scott Solkoff provided background, client stories and is quoted in the article.
Categories: For Accountants, V. A. & Long Term Care Planning, Medicaid & Long Term Care Planning, For Attorneys, Successful Caregiving & Aging, Library - All Articles, Family Asset Protection Planning, Elder Law General Interest, Asset Protection Planning

Special Needs Trusts and Settlement Protection for Trial Lawyers

By: Scott M. Solkoff
Source: Solkoff Legal
Date: February 16, 2011
If your client receives a settlement award, the settlement award may hurt rather than help the client by causing the client to lose vital current and/or future government benefits.
Categories: For Attorneys, Special Needs Trusts & Disabilities, Probate, Trust & Estate Administration, Incapacity Planning & Powers of Attorney, For Trial Lawyers, Estate Planning (Wills & Trusts), Medicaid & Long Term Care Planning, Library - All Articles
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