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Guardianship For Elderly Relatives In New York State

By Meyer & Spencer, PC |

Watching your loved ones age and become elderly can cause anxiety for everyone, especially if they are becoming less able to take care of themselves. It can feel as though there is no right answer for this problem, or at least no answer that allows them autonomy in their lives. However, in the right… Read More »

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What Is A New York Healthcare Proxy?

By Meyer & Spencer, PC |

When a person is not in a place to make their own healthcare decisions, the law allows them to designate a person to make those decisions instead. New York and all other U.S. states allow a person to name a healthcare proxy, and invest them with the power to make those difficult choices. However,… Read More »

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“Spending Down” To Qualify For Medicaid Legally

By Meyer & Spencer, PC |

When an elderly person is at a point in their life where they may require nursing home care, they may simply have too many assets in their possession to qualify for Medicaid. However, they cannot simply give assets away all at once in order to meet the Medicaid means test – doing so is… Read More »

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Crisis Planning For Your Elderly Loved One

By Meyer & Spencer, PC |

Estate planning has become more and more popular in recent years in Westchester County, as people are living longer and longer. However, sometimes life simply happens, and the need for sudden nursing home or hospice care can leave a family reeling if no plan has been put in place. If this has happened to… Read More »

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Will Medicaid Cover Assisted Living Care?

By Meyer & Spencer, PC |

Providing an elderly person meets certain financial qualifications, Medicaid will help them cover long-term medical care. Most of the time, families use this for nursing home care – but it is also possible, in certain situations, for Medicaid to cover assisted living care as well. Assisted living facilities (ALFs) provide a high level of… Read More »

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Explaining The Medicaid “Lookback” Period

By Meyer & Spencer, PC |

The majority of nursing home residents in the U.S. receive some kind of Medicaid assistance to help cover the cost of care. However, in order to receive that assistance, Medicaid recipients must pass a means test – in other words, they must not have income or assets over a certain level. This threshold can… Read More »

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What Steps Should I Take Now For Medicaid Planning?

By Meyer & Spencer, PC |

Nobody wants to think about needing to rely on Medicaid to cover long-term care in old age. However, it is critical for Mahopac residents to know that, statistically, it is more than possible that long-term care will be necessary at some point, even if it is for a limited amount of time. Indeed, according… Read More »

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How To Discuss Asset Protection With An Aging Parent

By Meyer & Spencer, PC |

Many older adults in Pleasantville and throughout Westchester County are resistant to the idea of addressing asset protection strategies and considering ways of protecting their assets in the event they require long-term care. For a number of older adults, these discussions can be unwanted because they highlight the fact that their lives are changing… Read More »

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What You Should Know About The Medicaid Lookback Period

By Meyer & Spencer, PC |

Many New Yorkers in Westchester County will need to rely on Medicaid to cover the costs of nursing home care or other forms of long-term care. As you may know, Medicare is a federal health insurance program for people who are 65 and older, while Medicaid provides health care coverage to lower-income Americans. New… Read More »

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Who Makes Legal Decisions For An Older Adult With Dementia?

By Meyer & Spencer, PC |

Elder law in Putnam County and Westchester County is a broad area of the law that encompasses a wide range of legal issues, from asset protection to matters pertaining to nursing home rights. An important matter to consider in the area of elder law is decision-making for an older adult with dementia. When an… Read More »

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