What is an Elder Law Attorney?
Elder Law is a specialty practice that encompasses a broad understanding of aging and the law, which includes an eye on Medicaid and Medicare, and the interplay between the varied issues which may affect the elderly.…
Elder attorneys address a multitude of needs and issues, including:
- Nursing home plans
- Asset preservation
- Generational gifting and family trust plans to pass assets as generational gifts
- Cottage Planning
- Guardianships, Proxies, POA (including Financial and Clinical)
- Healthcare Surrogates and Proxies
- Long Term Care planning , Medicare Enrollments, Medicaid Applications
- Durable Power Of Attorney and Other Legal Designations
- Healthcare Surrogates and Decision Makers
- Special Accounts and Trusts For Individuals With Disability
- Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts
- Issues of Elderly Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation
- Will and Trust Administration
- Advice on IRA’s and Retirement Accounts…
We offer a MEDICAID TOOLBOX, ie. we employ the specialties above to address the preservation of assets when and if a loved one should need medicaid. Central to this are how the Michigan Probate Courts are leveraged against the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and/or how assets are classified or preserved or applied in priority.
Don’t just SPEND DOWN… call us. Being told to spend your assets is not elder law lawyer advice. It is from someone who doesn’t practice Elder law.
Elder attorneys leverage the Courts against the State and its Medicaid policies. We understand the interplay of Estates and Protected Individuals Code, aka EPIC, and lives of our clients.
One last piece of advice:
DO NOT PUT YOUR LOVED ONE INTO THE HOME AND THEN APPLY…
This puts handcuffs on your options… If there is even a hint that someone needs long term care, then you must act, we can help!… call us.
(231)-715-1401