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Drafting a Powerful Personal-Care Agreement
Oct 18, 2016
By Elder attorney Rick Law of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law, a multi-generation law firm serving seniors and their families in the West suburbs of Chicago, IL. Drafting an interfamilial care agreement is not a one-size-fits-all, cookie-cutter task. Similar to creating an estate plan, simply pulling out a standard, generic employment agreement […]
Escalation of Care Required
Oct 13, 2016
By Rick Law of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law. Rick Law and daughter attorney Diana Law are the lead attorneys at the multi-generational law firm of Law Elder Law. Serving seniors and their families through elder law services, estate planning, guardianship, probate, wills and trusts, and much more in Kane, Kendall, DuPage, Will […]
Perfect World Versus Real World
Oct 09, 2016
By elder care attorney Rick Law, founder and managing partner at the multi-generational law firm of Law Elder Law. Home of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law, senior advocates in Western Chicagoland in Illinois. In a perfect world, you (the client) will approach your elder law attorney before providing any care for your […]
The Familial Caretaker
Oct 05, 2016
By elder lawyer Rick Law, founder of the multi-generation law firm of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in Western Chicagoland in Illinois. Serving seniors and their families in Kane, Kendall, Will. DuPage, Cook and other Illinois counties. Many states have passed legislation that has greatly expanded the definition of elder abuse… Family […]
Adult Children Providing Care
Oct 02, 2016
By Rick Law of the multi-generation law firm of Law Elder Law. Rick Law and his daughter Diana Law are Elder Law Estate Planning attorneys and senior advocates serving seniors, boomers, and their families in Aurora, Illinois just off of the I-88 tollway. Situations in which adult children provide care for their elderly parents often […]
Smoke in the Kitchen!
Sep 27, 2016
By elder law attorney Rick Law, founder of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law, senior advocates and elder care lawyers in the Western Chicago suburb of Aurora, IL. Memory loss can manifest itself in many ways. All too often, it is ignored by both the individual and their family members. After all no […]
The Nursing Home Spend Down
Sep 14, 2015
By Rick Law of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in Aurora, IL. Senior advocates, estate planners, and elder lawyers. Individuals with more assets than allowed by Medicaid must “pay down” or “spend down” their assets before they can qualify to be eligible for Medicaid benefits. If someone applies for Medicaid before “spending down” to […]
Prenuptial and Antenuptial Agreements
Sep 11, 2015
By Estate Planning Attorney Rick Law, at the Estate Planning Center of Law Elder Law in Aurora, IL. When it comes to prenuptial or antenuptial agreements, if one spouse has to go to a nursing home, both spouses are responsible to pay for the care. That means your prenuptial or antenuptial agreement may not be worth the […]
Medicaid and Principal Place of Residence
Sep 09, 2015
By Rick Law, Managing Partner and Senior Advocate at the Estate Planning Center of Law Elder Law in Aurora, IL in the Western suburbs of Chicagoland. When one spouse is in a nursing home (the “institutionalized” spouse), and one spouse still lives in their jointly owned home (the “community” spouse), the home is considered an exempt asset. In other […]
“Medicaid Eligibility”
Sep 07, 2015
By Elder Law attorney Rick Law. Founder and Managing partner at the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law. Senior care and planning advocates in Aurora, IL, just off the Farnsworth exit of the I-88 tollway. Medicaid eligibility is based on the applicant’s medical condition and assets and income. For example, to apply for Medicaid assistance […]
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