Elder Law News

Traditional approaches to dementia care have often focused on what is lost, such as memory, independence, and cognitive function. A recent webinar explores models that recognize people living [...]

Financial infidelity is often associated with secret credit cards, hidden debt, or undisclosed spending. But it can also involve one of a couple's most important long-term assets: [...]

Receiving a Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage can feel alarming, especially while you're recovering from an illness or surgery.

Choosing a family member to serve as your executor can be cost-effective, but the role is time-consuming and can strain relationships. Having a lawyer as your executor can add expertise [...]

When Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, part of the goal was to lower prescription drug costs for Medicare patients. However, for millions of seniors in long-term care [...]

Ted Turner has passed away at the age of 87. With his death comes the question that follows many high-profile estates: who gets the money?

For Turner, however, alternately known as a [...]

My brother-in-law passed away this week. If he was receiving Social Security disability and was on Medicaid, does his estate have to pay back Medicaid?

My husband and I were married for 17 years. We were separated at the time he was deceased. He lived in Delaware; I lived in New Jersey. Does this stop me from collecting his Social [...]

As power of attorney for my mother, can I transfer her money into my account (for her) in order for her to get a much better interest rate? She doesn't have a valid ID, we can’t find a [...]

My 92-year-old mother decided to sell her home. She is on Medicaid. She wants to protect her proceeds in a trust so that her kids inherit it after she passes. Will a trust protect her [...]