Elder law attorneys specialize in legal issues affecting older adults, providing guidance on matters such as estate planning, long-term care, asset protection, Medicaid eligibility, diminishing capacity, and other challenges an aging person might encounter. These attorneys possess a unique set of skills and knowledge that many estate planning or general practice attorneys do not.
While most people think only of nursing homes and Medicaid when they hear the term elder law attorney, there are many issues to consider when dealing with the specific subset of problems faced by many seniors. Attorneys at Laboe & Tasker are skilled to help you in the following areas:
- Medicaid
- Planning and applying for Nursing Home benefits
- Planning and applying for in-home services
- Appealing a denial of benefits
- Estate Recovery (State’s recovery of costs of medical services provided through Medicaid from an estate or trust)
- Asset Protection: planning for long-term care costs
- Guardianships
- Nursing Home Discharges and Transfers
- Unsafe Hospital Discharges
- Caregiver Agreements
- Financial Exploitation and Undue Influence
- Abuse and Neglect