There are often situations in which an older person needs the services of an attorney and medical professionals. A recent article in Bifocal, apublication of the American Bar Association, highlighted six scenarios in which such a collaboration would be beneficial to...

PLAN OR PAYWhat are your options?The Purpose of this ArticleThe decision to move a family member or loved one into a nursing home is one of the most difficult decisions you can make. The laws are very complex and the decision is very emotional. That emotional time can...

If a potential Medicaid recipient desires to qualify for benefits, but yet preserve his or her assets within the family, he or she must gift those assets away. After a 5-year lookback period, the transferred assets are no longer countable for purposes of determining...

“Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.” Murphy’s Law applies itself with surprising vigor in the estate planning field. If your clients are leaving outright, no-strings-attached inheritances or gifts to their beneficiaries, they are practically inviting disaster. But,...

With careful Medicaid planning, you may be able to preserve some of your estate for your children or other heirs while meeting the Medicaid asset limit (in most states, a nursing home resident covered by Medicaid may have no more than $2,000 in "countable" assets)....

Instead of taking steps based on what you've heard from others, doing nothing, or enlisting a non-lawyer referred by a nursing home, you can hire an elder law attorney. At the Law offices of Louis P. Lepore can help you save money in the long run as well as make sure...