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            Just before the Christmas holiday break, Congress passed, and then President Obama signed into law, the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (“the ABLE” Act).  The ABLE Act allows people with disabilities to open special accounts, similar to 529 college savings plans.              The interest

     Once again the holiday season is upon us, a time of joy but also stress.  We often visit family members we haven’t seen in some time and that’s when changes in older loved ones become more noticeable.  Some of the changes that may indicate your loved one needs

Each year, many of the programs that, as elder law attorneys, we deal with daily, such as VA Aid and Attendance and Medicaid, are adjusted for inflation through a cost of living adjustment. In the past month the Social Security Administration announced that Social Security recipients will receive a 1.7% increase

George called me concerning his step-mom, Rita.  Rita is in the hospital but about to be transferred to a nursing facility where she will remain on a long term basis once Medicare coverage stops.  The conversation quickly turned to Medicaid. George explained that Dad and Rita have been married 5 years. 

Joe called me because he had just taken over Dad’s finances and the management of care from his brother, Jim.  That’s when he made a discovery that troubled him and caused him to reach out to us. Dad was still living at home alone but his health was declining.  Joe began