Category Archives: Elder Law
What to Know About Increases in Long-Term Care Costs
Long-term care — including nursing home and assisted-living facility care, as well as at-home care — have always been expensive. As such, for decades, it has been important for aging adults in Connecticut and across the country to consider asset-protection strategies and to engage in Medicaid planning and long-term care planning in order to… Read More »
Important Legal Documents for People with Dementia
Many older adults in Connecticut will be diagnosed with a form of dementia. When that happens, it is essential to ensure that all estate planning documents are in place given that a diagnosis with dementia likely will mean that the elderly patient will lose legal capacity at a point in the future. It is… Read More »
How to Help Your Elderly Parents with Asset Protection
Many Connecticut residents have elderly parents who could need long-term care sooner rather than later. Although it can be difficult for older adults to discuss financial issues and the prospect of long-term care with their adult children, this is nonetheless an extremely important topic to address. Even if your elderly parents are reluctant to… Read More »
New Laws in Connecticut Aimed at Elder Care
Earlier this summer, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed new bills into law that are aimed at improving elder care in the state, including certain additions to Medicaid coverage for older adults in the state. As you are beginning to think about your own long-term care plans, or if you are helping your elderly parents… Read More »
What Are Countable Assets for Medicaid Planning?
As we get into our 40s and 50s, many of us have aging parents who need to learn more about Medicaid planning and long-term care options. Not only is it important for adult children to understand how the law works so that they can help their parents and other elderly relatives, but many adult… Read More »
How Does Medicaid Planning Involve Asset Protection?
Whether you have parents who are getting to the age where they could soon require some form of long-term care, or you are starting to think about retirement in the next decade or so yourself and how to make financial plans for the future that take into account potential health needs, it is important… Read More »
What is the Medicaid Lookback Period?
Whether you are starting to think about Medicaid planning and asset-protection strategies for yourself as you age, or you are assisting an elderly parent with Medicaid planning and asset protection, it is critical to understand what is involved in Medicaid planning and how the “lookback period” works. In short, the lookback period refers to… Read More »
Medicaid Planning and Long-Term Care in Connecticut: What to Consider
Anyone who is currently in their 50s or assisting aging parents with nursing home care and assisted-living facility considerations is realizing that it is about the time that they begin thinking about these issues for themselves, too. To be sure, although it may still be more than a decade or two before you may… Read More »
What Should I Know About Title XIX?
Whether you are starting to think ahead about Medicaid planning and long-term care issues for yourself, or your elderly parents are in need of immediate assistance due to a need for long-term care and options for paying for a nursing home, it is important to know about Title XIX. If you have started to… Read More »
Top Reasons To Adjust Nutrition with Age
Healthy eating is important for everyone of any age. As we get older, though, maintaining our health to the best of our ability is critical. An aging body needs as much support as possible to stay strong so that we can maintain independence in life. Too many people, though, do not adjust their eating… Read More »