When doing Medicaid or Medical Assistance planning (also known as long term care planning), it is helpful to know what figures are used by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (formerly the Department of Public Welfare) to determine when an individual is...
Comprehensive Elder Law Services Addressing a Full Range of Legal Issues
Month: January 2015
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Support for Caregivers
Long term care planning can often involve the use of family caregivers to provide services to older loved ones. Who is a caregiver? It could be anyone who helps an older person with medication, drives an older person to appointments, picks up groceries or...
ABLE Accounts for Special Needs Individuals
As part of estate planning for special needs individuals and their families, supplemental needs trusts and special needs trusts have been around for years. Beginning in 2015, based on changes in the law, there is now another alternative for those who are deemed...