NJ Medicaid announces updates to financial eligibility numbers – here’s why it matters
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...
What Types of Guardianship Are Available in New Jersey
Guardianship is a legal arrangement that allows one person (the guardian) to make decisions on behalf of another person (the incapacitated person) who is unable to make those decisions for themselves. It is a critical tool in ensuring the welfare and protection of vulnerable individuals who are incapacitated due to age, illness, disability, or other circumstances. A Court proceeding is always...
Ways That Guardians Can Protect the Well-being of Persons Under Guardianship
A court-appointed Guardian has the authority and responsibility to protect the legal rights of the incapacitated person. This post discusses some of those rights.
Medicaid planning and guardianship
Medicaid is a government-funded healthcare program that provides essential coverage to low-asset individuals, including nursing home residents. Medicaid planning involves strategies to legally...
Tips for Elders who are Moving in with their Children
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...
Honoring Those Who Have Served
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...
Caring for Children with Special Needs: 10 Legal Tips for Securing Their Future
Securing the future for children with special needs requires careful legal planning and foresight. As disability law attorneys based in New Jersey, we are wholly dedicated to representing clients who are caring for people with special needs.
With this responsibility in mind, we believe it’s important to share these 10 legal tips for securing the future of children with special needs.
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Don’t Stuff Your Will Behind the Couch Cushions
The hot news recently, is that after a lengthy, expensive legal battle, a Michigan jury concluded that superstar music icon Aretha Franklin’s 2014 handwritten four pages of instructions were a valid “Will” and that it superseded her 2010 handwritten Will. Despite all her wealth and having four children, the “Queen of Soul” evidently didn’t bother to engage an attorney to prepare a formal Last...
How to Protect Your Assets and Family: 5 Essential Legal Steps You Need To Know
Although it can be a sad thing to think about, it’s important to think about protecting your assets for when you pass away, or in the event you become incapacitated. Enlisting an attorney to help you plan for later life and prepare the necessary legal documents ensures that your family is protected when the time does come. We’ve put together some of the five essential steps you should take to...
WAYS TO PROTECT YOURSELF NOW THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY (PHE) IS COMING TO AN END
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...
What’s the NOTICE Act and Why does it Matter to Seniors?
If a Medicare beneficiary is discharged to a subacute skilled care facility after having been admitted to the hospital for three days or more, they can be eligible for up to 100 days of Medicare coverage (depending on medical need) for the treatment/skilled care received. Medicare covered 100% of the cost for the first twenty days and 80% of the cost for days 21-100. This period of time is...