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Medicare Versus Medicaid

Jul 11, 2015

By Elder Law Attorney and Senior Estate Planner Rick Law, managing partner at the Estate Planning Center of Law Elder Law in west suburban Aurora, IL. Medicare is the federal medical insurance plan for senior citizens and individuals with disabilities, but Medicare does not cover the kind of long-term care that those inflicted with Alzheimer’s […]

Medicare and Long-Term Care For Seniors

Jul 08, 2015

By Rick Law. Lead Attorney at the Estate Planning Center of Law Elder Law in the West Suburban Aurora, IL. Serving Seniors and their Families in DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will, DeKalb and Cook Counties in Illinois. Medicare does not care about in-home care, assisted-living care, or nursing home care. There are no Medicare reimbursement codes […]

Winning the Diagnosis Lottery

Jul 05, 2015

By Elder Law and Estate Planning Lawyer Rick Law. Law Elder Law provides legal services for seniors in the West Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. When it comes down to it, the health-care system isn’t a whole lot different from a lottery system. If someone gets a diagnosis that has a Medicare reimbursement code, then Medicare […]

How Technology Can Help Your Loved One’s Caregiving Needs

Jul 02, 2015

By Elder Law and Estate Planning Attorney Rick Law, of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law LLP Let me introduce you to Scott Ewing, chief operating officer at the Oaks – a United Methodist Continuous Care Retirement Community located in Orangeburg South Carolina, just inland from Charleston. The Oaks plays host to some […]

The Marriage of Technology and Alzheimer’s Caregiving: Staying Safely at Home Longer

Jun 30, 2015

By Attorney Rick Law, managing partner at the Estate Planning Center of Law Elder Law in West Suburban Chicagoland. The Oaks, a United Methodist Continuous Care Retirement Community, is located in Orangeburg, near Charleston, South Carolina. What attracted us was the exciting work being done there to give people diagnosed with dementia the ability to live […]

Common Mistakes When Creating a Spousal Special-Needs Trust

Jun 11, 2015

By Elder Law attorney Rick Law. Estate Planning and Elder Law lawyer at the Estate Planning Center of Law Elder Law in suburban Aurora, Illinois. Just West of Chicago off of the I-88 tollway Farnsworth exit Another tool often used is the third-party trust created for a public benefits recipient. This type of special-needs trust […]

Why Would I Need A Special Needs Trust?”

Jun 07, 2015

By Elder Law attorney Rick Law, Senior Advocate and Managing Partner at the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in Western Chicagoland. The reasoning behind a testamentary special-needs trust seems to be that it was apparent to the federal government that nobody is going to be transferring assets to a spouse to avoid Medicaid […]

How to Take Care of Your Spouse After You’re Gone

Jun 04, 2015

By Estate Planner Rick Law of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in Aurora, Illinois, in Western Chicagoland. One of the main goals in having a special-needs trust drawn up when dealing with Alzheimer’s is to make sure that your spouse is taken care of. One way to protect the spouse is to draft […]

Is Your Estate Plan Up To Date?

Jun 01, 2015

By Estate Planning Attorney Rick Law. Law Elder Law is based in Aurora, IL and provides Elder Law and Estate Planning services to seniors and their families in the surrounding communities. In 2012, Illinois passed a Medicaid reform law that eliminated the use of a pooled trust for individuals 65 or older. The d4C, which […]

The Charitable Pooled Trust (d4C)

May 29, 2015

By Rick Law, Managing Partner at Law Elder Law Estate Planners, and Senior Advocates in Aurora, Illinois, just West of Chicago off the I-88 tollway. It’s a story I’ve told many times… Zoe was fortunate to live in a state that allowed her personal representative, guardian, or power of attorney to fund a pooled trust from […]

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