Posts Categorized: Elder Law

Governors Under Increased Pressure to Adopt Entire Medicaid Expansion

Jan 30, 2013 / By: Deborah Sexton, Estate Planning Attorney

Category: Elder Law, Medicaid

In early December, the secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, Kathleen Sibelius, sent a letter to state governors warning them that their states would not receive federal funding to cover the costs of...

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The Importance of Life Care Planning

Jan 21, 2013 / By: Deborah Sexton, Estate Planning Attorney

Category: Elder Law

Many people have taken the time to create an estate plan, which is excellent. How many of those same people, however, have taken the time to create a life care plan? Have you? Do you...

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The Increase in Multi-Generational Family Living

Jan 18, 2013 / By: Deborah Sexton, Estate Planning Attorney

Category: Elder Law

If you have ever thought that it would be cool to live under the same roof with your children and your parents, now is the time to do it. There is a growing trend for...

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Grandparents Who Adopt or Act As Guardians for Their Grandchildren

Jan 14, 2013 / By: Deborah Sexton, Estate Planning Attorney

Category: Elder Law

It sometimes becomes necessary for grandparents to take on more of a parental role over their grandchildren. When a parent is unable to adequately care for your grandchild, you may have the responsibility to take...

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Paying for the Nursing Home – What You Need to Know About Long Term Care Insurance

Dec 31, 2012 / By: Deborah Sexton, Estate Planning Attorney

Category: Elder Law

A lot of people are rightly concerned about the costs associated with nursing home or extended care facilities. These expenses can easily reach upwards of $50,000 per year, and the cost only gets higher every...

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Living Longer Doesn’t Come Without a Price

Dec 21, 2012 / By: Deborah Sexton, Estate Planning Attorney

Category: Elder Law

Humans are now living longer, better quality lives than at any time in our known history. Many of the ailments that killed or debilitated millions of humans in the past, such as polio and bubonic...

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The Different Forms of Elder Abuse

Dec 12, 2012 / By: Deborah Sexton, Estate Planning Attorney

Category: Elder Care, Elder Law

No one wants to think that the elderly people they care about may be treated inappropriately, but many elders adults are abused in their homes or in resident facilities. Elder abuse can take on many...

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Medicaid Fraud Poses Risk to Seniors

Dec 7, 2012 / By: Deborah Sexton, Estate Planning Attorney

Category: Elder Law, Medicaid

There have been numerous recent accounts about various Medicaid fraud scams that have targeted both seniors and the state and federal government programs paying for their care. While some Medicaid scams involve complicated price-fixing schemes...

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How Careers Are Hurt by Caring for Elderly Parents

Nov 30, 2012 / By: Deborah Sexton, Estate Planning Attorney

Category: Elder Care, Elder Law

It’s true: careers are being hurt because of the decision to care for elderly parents. These careers are not being hurt because companies are outright against caring for the elderly, but because of the heavy...

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Medicaid Fraud Settlements Return Billions to Government

Nov 14, 2012 / By: Deborah Sexton, Estate Planning Attorney

Category: Elder Law, Medicaid

Even as state Medicaid budgets shrink and fraud continues to plague the government run healthcare insurance program for the elderly and poor, a new report details how both state and federal governments have been making...

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