by Elder Law Answers | Mar 22, 2021 | Elder Law
President Biden has signed the latest COVID-19 relief bill, which in addition to authorizing stimulus checks, funding vaccine distribution, and extending unemployment benefits, also provides assistance to seniors in a number of ways. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue...
by Elder Law Answers | Mar 18, 2021 | Elder Law
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued new guidance on whether families can visit loved ones in nursing homes. The guidance allows indoor visitation even when the resident has not been vaccinated. The coronavirus pandemic has hit long-term...
by Elder Law Answers | Mar 17, 2021 | Elder Law
A New Jersey appeals court holds that a Medicaid applicant’s transfer of her interest in her house to her son qualifies for the caretaker child exemption even though the son worked outside the home and hired aides to help care for his mother. A.M. v. Monmouth County...
by Elder Law Answers | Mar 15, 2021 | Elder Law
People with developmental disabilities are more than three times more likely than their peers to die from Covid-19. Despite this, most states have prioritized health care workers and people in nursing homes in their initial Covid vaccine rollouts, bypassing numerous...
by Elder Law Answers | Mar 12, 2021 | Elder Law
Netflix’s popular new movie, I Care a Lot, may be far-fetched in a lot of ways, but it does highlight some real weaknesses in the guardianship system that make it possible for an unscrupulous guardian to take control of an elderly person’s life and bleed their...
by Elder Law Answers | Mar 10, 2021 | Elder Law
For better or for worse, Medicaid is the primary method of paying for nursing home care in the United States. But navigating the Medicaid system is complicated and confusing. Here are the basics. Medicaid (sometimes called by other names, such as “Kancare”...
by Elder Law Answers | Mar 8, 2021 | Elder Law
Most long-term care involves assisting with basic personal needs rather than providing medical care. The long-term care community measures personal needs by looking at whether an individual requires help with six basic activities that most people do every day without...
by Elder Law Answers | Mar 1, 2021 | Elder Law
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by Elder Law Answers | Mar 1, 2021 | Elder Law
At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Social Security Administration (SSA) closed all 1,200 of its field offices to in-person appointments, as well as suspended numerous other services. One distressing result is that the number of new Supplemental Security...
by Elder Law Answers | Feb 26, 2021 | Elder Law
Long-term care involves not only a loss of personal autonomy; it also comes at a tremendous financial price. Proper planning can help your family prepare for the financial toll and protect assets for future generations. Long-term care can be very expensive, especially...
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