Earlier this year New York City welcomed the opening of the nation’s first ever LGBT Senior facility. The SAGE Center (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders) is located in Manhattan on 27th Street in North Chelsea. As our New York elder law attorneys noted in a previous post on the…
One wouldn’t choose a surgeon who had never performed that particular surgery before. Experience and training matter when it comes to medical health, and the same principles should apply to legal planning efforts. New York elder law planning requires first-hand knowledge of the process as well as familiarity with common…
New York is one of three states that provide a Medicaid planning option known as “spousal refusal.” Essentially the option provides a way for a healthy spouse to save assets and income beyond that originally exempt from Medicaid while still having an ill spouse receive necessary long-term care under the…
The Star Tribune recently profiled Hubert Humphrey III–a former favorite son of Minnesota–who is now in a new role in Washington D.C. helping to enact national senior care policy that might affect older Americans across the country. Humphrey was recently chosen to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Office of…
There were 39.6 million individuals in the U.S. over 65 years old in 2009. In roughly twenty years that number is expected to increase to 72.1 million. At that point the senior population will constitute roughly 19% of the total American populace. The changing demographics are placing significant strain on…
A Wall Street Journal article this weekend asked some tough questions about the availability of Medicaid nationwide. Our New York Medicaid attorneys realize that many local residents are understandably concerned about the program in our state–it is an essential lifeline for many seniors. The latest WSJ article suggest that some…
Some mistakenly dismiss elder law issues as something with which they need not concern themselves until they personally need help getting by each day. However, our New York City elder law attorneys have worked with many local residents on these issues decades before they need care themselves. That is because…
Surveys from the AARP suggest that more than ninety percent of seniors would prefer to stay in their own homes as they age instead of moving into a nursing home or assisted living facility. Our New York elder law estate planning attorneys work with many seniors who take preparations specifically…
Nursing homes can be intimidating places. The traditional model for these facilities is institutional, with facility designs and procedures based on mass efficiency instead of individual concern for the well-being of each resident. Our New York elder law attorneys appreciate that this “regimented” lifestyle is feared by many local residents…
There is no easy way for a family to deal with a senior grappling with a cognitive mental disease like dementia or Alzheimer’s. Like any health problems faced by loved ones, a family’s initial reaction is to try to get the senior the help they need. However, each New York…