Eldercare Lawyer Blog
How To Make a Taxfree Gift
How much can I gift to my children without paying tax? This is a question my clients…
November 28, 2022
How To Pick a Nursing Home
When your mother needs care in a nursing home, there is a lot of pressure on you…
November 7, 2022
Recent Medicaid Planning Win
A recent win in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, caps a long series of…
October 24, 2022
How To Pick an Executor
Over the past twenty-five years, I have drafted thousands of last wills, financial powers of attorney…
October 10, 2022
Causing Terror with Your Will
In most every last will and testament that I have drafted, I draft a clause into the…
September 26, 2022
How Much Does Long Term Care Cost
Long-term care is expensive and, well, can last for a long time. There are a number…
September 6, 2022
Should I Designate a Beneficiary?
A beneficiary designation on a financial account directs how the assets in the account will be distributed…
August 8, 2022
What Planning Did You Do for Your Parents
What type of planning did you do for your parents? It is a question I get from…
July 24, 2022
Experience Teaches
I am not a handy person. I have no training or knowledge in the traditional “trades”—electrical…
July 11, 2022
Increase in Medicaid Divisor Figure
The New Jersey Medicaid office recently increased the penalty divisor used for calculating periods of ineligibility for…
June 20, 2022
The Devil Can Be in the Details
Medicaid is a health payment plan for needy individuals. If you qualify for Medicaid benefits, the program…
June 5, 2022
Filing an Application for Medicaid
I’ve been filing Medicaid applications for clients for nearly a quarter of a century. In that…
March 28, 2022