How Can a Connecticut Elder Law Attorney Help?

Many older adults resist the idea of seeking advice from an elder law attorney, and it can be difficult for adult children to convince their aging parents that they should obtain legal advice about issues such as asset protection and estate planning. Even though it may be difficult to convince your elderly parents that an elder law attorney in Connecticut can help, it is worth the time and energy. Our firm provides a wide range of elder law services to Connecticut residents, and we can speak with you today about the needs of an elderly parent or other elderly loved one. In the meantime, we can tell you more about elder law and how an elder law attorney can help.

What is Elder Law?

It is important for you to have a clear understanding of what elder law entails so that you can provide information to an aging parent and to help them plan for the steps they will need to take. According to the National Elder Law Foundation, the area of elder law is defined by the type of client — an older adult who requires assistance with different issues related to aging. While those legal issues are often interrelated, they are also distinct from one another and require an attorney to have experience handling matters related to long-term care and insurance, trusts and estates, disability and conservatorship planning, elder rights and abuse issues, and health care rights.

How Do Elder Law Attorneys Help?

There are many ways that elder law attorneys assist with legal issues that arise for aging adults and for the elderly in Connecticut. Some of the common matters that we help older adults with, often working with the elderly adult and their adult child or children, include but are not limited to the following:

• Asset protection and long-term care planning: Long-term care costs, whether they are for a nursing home or assisted living facility, or for in-home care, are extremely expensive in Connecticut and throughout the country. Many older adults in Connecticut have savings and retirement accounts that they have saved and contributed to over a lifetime, and it is important that money does not get used up quickly to pay for expensive long-term care. Our firm can help with Medicaid planning, long-term care insurance, and Medicaid asset protection trusts to ensure that an older adult has the ability to receive the care they need without having to quickly spend down a life savings.
• Estate planning: Adults of all ages should engage in estate planning, but our firm can help with all the basic elements of estate planning for older adults, including wills, trusts, and advance directives.

Contact a Canton Elder Law Attorney 

If you have elderly parents who need assistance with issues of asset protection and Medicaid planning, or help with estate planning matters, it is important to seek legal advice. There are a wide range of legal issues that impact older adults, and legal plans that older adults should have in place. An experienced Connecticut elder law attorney at the Law Office of Brian S. Karpe can speak with you today about how we can help your aging parent to draft the documents they need to and to make essential long-term care plans without losing their life savings. Contact our firm for more information about the services we provide in Canton and throughout Connecticut.

Source:

nelf.org/page/ElderLawDifference