Elder Law

Test your knowledge about nursing homes and the Medicaid-Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) program that pays for nursing home care, assisted living and part-time home care for eligible people. Does  a person’s monthly income have to be less than $2,829 to apply for Medicaid-MLTSS? Will the State take the house if a married person moves into a nursing home and their spouse is still at...

Maintaining a house can be expensive. The property taxes — even with senior freezes — plus insurance, utilities, water, sewer, trash collection and repair and maintenance can really add up. If home health care is required and the person isn’t receiving Medicaid-funded care, that will be an additional substantial expense. People are living longer and longer. We have worked...

Two years ago we wrote about the new requirements for background checks in New Jersey guardianship cases. This post discusses duties of Guardians and reporting obligations. There is a Guardianship Monitoring Program in each County Surrogate’s office, and the County Surrogates are making a point of following up after the Judgment is entered. If you are being appointed as a Guardian you...

The Medicaid program which pays for nursing home costs and for care in the community is called MLTSS – Medicaid Long Term Services and Supports. An applicant has to meet the specific financial requirements for income and assets (resources). These financial limits get updated every year. Some numbers go up in January, and others in July.  This post reviews the numbers that are changing...

The years flash by and one day the family starts talking with their aged parents about moving the parent(s) to live with a child. It’s a good idea to talk about this with an elder law attorney because we can identify many issues to be considered. Here are a few of those issues, with general suggestions. Each person’s situation is unique of course, and this article isn’t...

On this Veterans Day we want to express our appreciation for the selfless military service to our country that’s been provided by our  clients, their family members, their friends and acquaintances, as well as those veterans we don’t know personally. Every era in American history has had its unique and awful challenges. Our veterans took on burdens and responsibilities for the...

The Public Health Emergency (PHE) due to the COVID-19 pandemic  that was declared as of March 12, 2020, is officially coming to an end on May 11, 2023. What does this mean for people who are enrolled in Medicaid?  Those who have been on Medicaid for the length of the pandemic without any interaction with their board of social services will now need to prove their eligibility once again to keep...