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Aug 12, 2016
By Rick Law, senior advocate and Elder Law estate Planning attorney in the Western Chicago suburb of Aurora, in Illinois. Rick is the founder and managing partner of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law, a multi-generation law firm serving Kane, DuPage, Kendall, Will and other counties in Northern Illinois. Potential rate hikes in the ACA […]
Jul 27, 2016
By Rick Law, elder law and estate planning attorney at the multi-generation firm of Law Elder Law. LEL is the home of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law, senior advocates in Western Chicagoland. “Dementia” is a term that brings to mind a pleasantly confused, grandmotherly figure – sweet, gentle, and very compliant. But what […]
Aug 06, 2015
By Rick Law, Medicaid crisis planner, Estate and Elder Law attorney at the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law. Senior Advocates in Western Chicagoland in Illinois. Medicare supplement insurance fills the “gaps” between Medicare benefits and what a person must pay out-of-pocket for deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. Medigap policies are sold by private insurance […]
Aug 03, 2015
By estate planning and elder law attorney Rick Law of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law, located in Aurora, IL. One problem commonly encountered when someone needs to apply for nursing home Medicaid assistance is that many people have not signed up for Medicare Part D at its inception. It’s often the case that the […]
Jul 31, 2015
By Rick Law of Law Elder Law in Aurora, IL Serving seniors in Western Chicagoland with estate planning, asset protection, retirement income, and elder law. Anyone who is eligible for free Medicare hospital insurance (Part A) can enroll in Medicare medical insurance (Part B) by paying a monthly premium. An individual who is not […]
Jul 28, 2015
By Rick Law of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in West suburban Kane County in Illinois. As I’ve discussed in the past, Medicare is concerned about care only as long as a person can get well. There are a few exceptions to that, due to political lobbies that were strong enough to make […]
Apr 11, 2015
By Elder Law Attorney Rick Law. Senior Advocate and Managing Partner at the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in West Suburban Aurora, Illinois. The very basic level of care is called “routine level of care”, which is the absolute minimum that Medicare expects a hospice to do. That’s the very basic level of […]
Apr 05, 2015
By Attorney Rick Law, Managing Partner at the Estate Planning Center of Law Elder Law in the Western Chicago suburb of Aurora, IL. Carolyn Peterson is an RN who has worked as a nurse for 43 years. Seventeen years ago, she began to focus exclusively in the area of hospice care. She works for an […]
Apr 03, 2015
By Estate Planning Attorney Rick Law, Senior Advocate and Elder Law Attorney at the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law. Wanda came into our office to discuss her estate plan… We spent close to two hours going over all of her wishes relative to her finances, her legacy, and, finally, her views regarding life-prolonging […]
Mar 30, 2015
By Estate Planning Attorney Rick Law. Senior Advocate and Elder Law attorney at the Estate Planning Center of Law Elder Law. Located in Aurora, IL, Law Elder Law provides wills and trusts, estate planning, litigation, probate, guardianship services, and much more. It is important to understand when planning that you can appoint multiple agents. For […]
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