Medical Assistance (MA) is a maze of requirements and rules. Some of those requirements and rules have significant ramifications if not understood and planned out in advance. This three-part series is an effort to “daylight” some, (but not all!), of…
The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) recently published a short article on updated Medicare standards since the court case Jimmo v. Sebelius successfully challenged the “improvement standard.” Prior to Jimmo, this was the standard necessary for patients to demonstrate…
The decision to “age in place” is not likely one you or your caretakers can help you make in crisis very well. Like most big decisions regarding your health and well-being, your housing needs as you age need to be…
If you’ve started to think about changing your living situation, or you’ve been thinking about your parents’ or loved ones’ need for a change in the future, you’ve probably thought about some of the issues this article discusses (another great…
“DARTS creates connections that enrich aging.” DARTS, www.dartsconnects.org, an invaluable Dakota County resource, is offering a series of free educational conversations on addressing the legal needs and concerns of the aging journey. WHEN: October 14, 2014 from 4:30pm to 6pm…
I read this article and thought of some of my clients who are at that potentially frustrating place where either they, their parents, or their loved ones are in need of some kind of home care assistance. So many of…
Since most of us will need some sort of long-term care when we’re over 65, the study put out recently by AARP, the SCAN Foundation, and The Commonwealth Fund may interest you – Minnesota ranks in the highest eight (8)…
Many clients in an Elder Law practice are adult children concerned about or in the throws of helping their parents with their life transitions. They know full well how complicated this stage of their lives and their parents’ lives can…
Elder Financial Abuse (EFA) includes illegal or improper use of either an elderly person’s income and/or assets (theft, misappropriation, deception, duress, coercion, undue influence, and intentional or negligent failure to use the elder’s income or assets properly – meaning, for…
Most people are surprised to find there are so many different varieties of dementia when a loved one is diagnosed. What’s more is that they often are frustrated that a precise diagnosis for a loved one is rarely possible. It’s…