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		<title>Key Medicaid and Elder Law Numbers for 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below, I have set out some key Elder Law, Estate Tax and Medicaid figures for 2012. Please review these numbers for the coming year. They will play an important role in estate planning and nursing home planning during 2012 and beyond. Medicaid Spousal Impoverishment Figures for 2012: The new minimum community spouse resource allowance (CSRA) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paelderlawsolutions.com/2012/01/key-medicaid-and-elder-law-numbers-for-2012/</link>
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		<title>Income Only Trust: Beware Of Termination Clause</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2009 Massachusetts Superior Court decided the case of Doherty v. Director of Medicaid (Mass. App. Ct., Essex, No. 08-P-939).  Although this case was decided a couple of years ago in another state, it bears review here in the PA Elder Law arena.  This case deals with a Medicaid applicant who had transferred assets to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paelderlawsolutions.com/2011/12/income-only-trust-beware-of-termination-clause/</link>
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		<title>Cornerstone Documents For A Strong Estate Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people believe that their estate planning is finished when they have prepared and signed a Last Will.   There are several documents including, but not limited to, powers of attorney, revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts and medical directives that are likely necessary to establish the cornerstone of a successful estate plan.   A proper plan should consider [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paelderlawsolutions.com/2011/12/cornerstone-documents-for-a-strong-estate-plan/</link>
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		<title>Assets Not Available For Pennsylvania Estate Recovery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As previously discussed, Pennsylvania has an estate recovery program that allows the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) to seek repayment from the probate estates of decedents who had been cared for through medical assistance (also referred to as Medicaid).  Because Pennsylvania only has the ability to reach assets in the decedent&#8217;s probate estate, there are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paelderlawsolutions.com/2011/12/assets-not-available-for-pennsylvania-estate-recovery/</link>
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		<title>Pennsylvania Estate Recovery Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania is required by the federal government to operate an estate recovery program.  Generally speaking, an estate recovery program is intended to allow a state to seek payment from the estates of decedents who were receiving Medicaid or Medical Assistance during their lifetimes.  The PA estate recovery program was officially set out in Act 49 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paelderlawsolutions.com/2011/11/pennsylvania-estate-recovery-program/</link>
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		<title>Update: The Impact in Pennsylvania Caused By Gifts Made to Disabled Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Article by: Douglas L. Kaune, Esq. 610 933 8069 Typically, gifts made by someone during the 5 years prior to applying for Medicaid in Pennsylvania (PA) will cause him or her to be ineligible to receive such benefit to pay for either nursing home or at home care.  This 5 year Medicaid ineligibility period must [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paelderlawsolutions.com/2011/10/update-the-impact-in-pennsylvania-caused-by-gifts-made-to-disabled-children/</link>
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		<title>Maximize The Community Spouse’s Right to Income.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When one spouse enters a nursing home (Referred to as the “Institutionalized Spouse”), the spouse remaining at home (Referred to as the “Community Spouse”) often faces economic uncertainty. One of the responsibilities of elder law attorneys in Pennsylvania (PA) is to assist the Community Spouse to maximize the amount of income they can retain once [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paelderlawsolutions.com/2011/09/maximize-the-community-spouse%e2%80%99s-right-to-income/</link>
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		<title>What if Mom or Dad Refuses to Go To The Nursing Home?  A Guardianship Might Be Necessary.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a part of our Pennsylvania (PA) Estate Planning Package we will prepare both a general financial power of attorney (FPOA) and a medical power of attorney (MPOA) for a client to sign.  The two separate power of attorney documents are very important, but used for very different purposes.  This article outlines the Medical power [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paelderlawsolutions.com/2011/09/what-if-mom-or-dad-refuses-to-go-to-the-nursing-home-a-guardianship-might-be-necessary/</link>
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		<title>MEDICAID INTENTIONALLY DEFECTIVE GRANTOR TRUST (MIDGT)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Medicaid Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust (MIDGT) might give you the opportunity to have the proverbial cake and eat it too.  Our clients have long used the Medicaid Asset Protection Trust in various forms to shelter some or all of their assets from the ever rising cost of long term nursing home care.  The irrevocable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paelderlawsolutions.com/2011/08/medicaid-intentionally-defective-grantor-trust-midgt/</link>
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		<title>ADVANCED ELDER LAW/MEDICAID PLANNING MIGHT PROTECT A MILLION DOLLARS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently met with a client of mine who related a story to me about a family friend who just finished spending $1,000,000 on her nursing home care.  Luckily the client gave me permission to share that story in general terms so that others might learn that these economic disasters are real.  This story will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paelderlawsolutions.com/2011/08/advanced-elder-lawmedicaid-planning-might-protect-a-million-dollars/</link>
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