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Updated Medicaid Asset Rules For Community Spouse

Medicaid Protections for the Healthy Spouse Medicaid law provides special protections for the spouse of a Medicaid applicant to make sure the spouse has the minimum support needed to continue to live in the community while their husband or wife is receiving long-term care benefits, usually in […]

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Financial Elder Abuse Checklist

Checklist for Detecting and Dealing with Elder Financial Abuse The elderly are particularly vulnerable to scams or to financial abuse by family members, Agents under powers of attorney or others in need of money. Financial abuse can be very difficult to detect, but there are warning signs. […]

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Medicaid Asset Protection and Capital Gains Tax Implications

Do You Pay Capital Gains Taxes on Property You Inherit? Medicaid and Nursing Home Asset Protection Planning often coincides with very important tax considerations.  You have to look at these tax issues before setting and Elder Law plan into motion.  This is not to say that the […]

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