Medicaid Five-Year Lookback: Two Scenarios, Two Denials  

Medicaid Five-Year Lookback: Two Scenarios, Two Denials  

As Aaron Paker, partner at Life Point Law, will tell you, few questions cause more concern and confusion than Medicaid’s so-called Five-Year Lookback. The complexities surrounding this critical rule are a big part of the reason why no one should try navigating...
Important Factors to Consider About Aging in Place

Important Factors to Consider About Aging in Place

The phrase “aging in place” has become practically universal in recent years. As retirees, and those looking ahead to retirement, examine their ideal housing preferences, more and more of them seem to be determined to grow old right where they are, in the home they...
Geriatric Care Managers Advocate for Older Adults and Their Families

Geriatric Care Managers Advocate for Older Adults and Their Families

As the U.S. population continues to age rapidly, an increasing number of families are facing complex senior care decisions. Navigating the modern health care system can leave adult children and relatives feeling completely overwhelmed. Many family members find...
A Critical Choice: Your Guide to Selecting the Right Home Care Agency

A Critical Choice: Your Guide to Selecting the Right Home Care Agency

As Rajiv Nagaich observes regularly, the vast majority of seniors claim they want to live out their lives in the comfort and security of their own homes. Yet fewer than one in three will actually succeed in realizing their powerful desire to age in place. Seventy...
Estate Planning: Some Key Differences Between a Will and a Trust

Estate Planning: Some Key Differences Between a Will and a Trust

Whenever the topic of estate planning comes up, there are two terms you are guaranteed to hear in the discussion: wills and trusts. These two legal documents can rightly be described, correctly or otherwise, as the backbone of an estate plan. But what’s the...
Solid Counsel: How to Select the Right Estate Planning Attorney

Solid Counsel: How to Select the Right Estate Planning Attorney

If you want advice on how to choose a financial planner – a topic we’ve covered regularly here on the Blog, most recently just last week – there’s no shortage of recommendations. But if you’re looking for ideas on how to choose an estate planning lawyer, the amount of...