ESTATES & TRUSTS / ELDER LAW | Elder Care Planning

The cost of long term and critical health care should not wipe out your family’s hard-earned financial assets. Many times, however, families are faced with elder care decisions for themselves or their aging parents and do not know where to turn to protect the assets that they have spent a lifetime accumulating. A sudden onset of disability as a result of a stroke or accident often results in a harsh reality for a family that has neglected to plan. It is important for everyone to have a plan that addresses medical decision making and finances and for those in high risk groups to have an effective long term care plan for asset management, health care decision making and paying for care.

Our Elder Care Planning attorneys understand the complexities surrounding the maze of rules, regulations and law surrounding the Medicaid systems. We believe there are legal, honest and ethical ways to protect your family’s estate from being lost to pay health care costs. Our Elder Care Planning Practice Area has the experience needed to assist seniors, disabled individuals and family members who are faced with long term care issues and are concerned with receiving the highest quality care that can be provided in the most appropriate setting. Whether this means at home, assisted living or nursing facility, our Elder Care Planning attorneys assist families to obtain financial assistance from Medicaid and other governmental programs to pay for the needed care. If nursing home placement becomes necessary, we work with the facility to help make the transition as smoothl as possible.