Elder Law News

A new book by an ElderLawAnswers member attorney seeks to reduce the stigma of applying for Medicaid while dispelling pervasive myths.

If you are enrolled in Medicare Part D, you may feel overwhelmed by your prescription drug costs. Proposed legislation currently awaiting review by the Senate could bring you some relief in the form of significant savings.

Unfortunately, neither health insurance nor Medicare covers long-term care. Medicaid could become your only option, so do what you can to plan ahead.

Planning your own funeral arrangements can assist your loved ones in an emotionally challenging time, while also protecting them from incurring extraneous costs.

In appointing guardians, courts can restrict a ward’s rights in some circumstances.

If your loved one is entering a nursing home, you may worry whether you could be liable for their care.

Psychiatric Advance Directives (PADs), like advance directives for health care, let a person with a mental illness lay out in advance the mental health care they want during a crisis that may require hospitalization.

A child may be eligible for Social Security benefits when at least one parent qualifies for Social Security retirement, disability, or death benefits. Children receive these benefits based on their parent’s work records. 

Saying goodbye to a loved one is heartbreaking. Making final arrangements can be overwhelming, and knowing what you are allowed to do to fulfill your loved one’s wishes is important — but it can also be confusing.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued new guidance that may you allow you to file an estate tax return to transfer your late spouse’s unused estate tax exclusion to yourself if your spouse passed away less than five years ago.