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What is Elder Law? The Elder Law Umbrella

What is Elder Law?

As seniors are living longer, the biggest planning needs can range from protecting against creditors, estate tax avoidance, probate avoidance and planning for long term care needs. In fact, paying for long term care expenses for seniors and aging baby boomers is a health care crisis.

Our office recognizes the right of our clients for us to fully recognize elder law issues and fully address the needs of their aging clients.

After all, the best estate plan is worthless if the long term needs have eaten up the entire estate.

The “Elder Law Umbrella”

Elder Law focuses on the legal needs of the elderly and specifically the life needs of the senior and their family. This includes:

Why is Elder Law Important?

80 million baby boomers are moving into “golden years” with one person attaining age 50 every seven seconds. There is, therefore, a great need to be informed.

Studies show that 2 out of 5 Americans over age 65 will enter a Nursing Home, even though they thought they never would.

In 7 out of 10 couples, one spouse will need Long Term Care.

78% of us live in “non traditional families”, which require special attention, planning and protecting.

We provide FREE, valuable materials, education, support and services related to the issues surrounding the aging and disabled.

Feel free to request any of our
FREE GUIDES AND REPORTS:

(click the links to request the reports)

Consumer's Guide to Medicaid, Veteran's Benefits for Long Term Care Needs and Incapacity Planning. Our original primer, right to the point, on the steps families should be taking right now to care for their loved ones, while protecting their assets, legally and honestly. Provides an overview of Medicaid and Veteran's Benefits for long term care needs including in-home, assisted living and nursing home care.

Consumer's Guide to Hospice Care in Florida - It’s Much More Than You Think. Most people never get the true benefit from this fully Medicare covered service. In addition to bursting the myths and legends about Hospice, our guide will walk you through the legal steps a family should take as soon as the Hospice decision is made to protect assets and provide for an orderly transition after the passing. Includes an all-new Bonus Section on Long Term Care Needs and Incapacity Planning.

Consumer's Guide to Alzheimer's Disease - The Plain Truth. If you have a loved one afflicted with this terrible disease, you likely have unanswered questions and want the plain truth. We offer the resources to help you understand this disease, get good care for your loved one, ensure care is given to the caregiver and protect the family's assets to regain peace of mind.

Special Report: The "Time Bomb"...Why You Need a Board Certified Elder Law Attorney to Apply for Your Veteran's or Medicaid Benefits. A discussion of the pitfalls, minefields and blunders that clients have experienced when they did not seek the assistance of a board certified elder law attorney to navigate these complex applications processes. True-life horror stories of issues our clients have endured, the money they have wasted and the mistakes we have corrected.

Special Report: Special Concerns in Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples. There are 5.5 million households in the US classified as "unmarried" and many of these are same-sex households. Although the LGBT community can certainly take advantage of much of the traditional estate planning tools we use, they can also benefit from some of the unique tools designed to address the special needs of this community that require special planning