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What Is the Difference Between Estate Planning and Elder Law?
June 29th, 2023
Attorneys who practice both estate planning and elder law draw on their specialized skills to help you accomplish significant life-centered goals both during your life and after death. While these two types of legal concerns are closely related and o…
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Do You Need a Lawyer to Get Medicaid for Nursing Home Care in Georgia?
March 30th, 2023
Many seniors eventually need nursing home care — and the cost can be astronomical. Fortunately, Medicaid may cover some or all of the costs. But getting Medicaid is not automatic, nor does everyone qualify. While you are not required to have a lawy…
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How Does a Burial Contract Affect Medicaid Eligibility?
January 31st, 2023
Seniors often consider buying a burial contract to pay for final expenses, to save loved ones from being responsible for the costs. While Georgia Medicaid rules for long term care benefits have a burial exclusion in calculating assets for eligibility…
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Does Your Aging Parent or Loved One Have the Legal Capacity to Make a Will?
January 12th, 2023
It’s not uncommon for a senior to decide to formalize their final wishes in legal documents or change the provisions in an existing document. If your aging parent or loved one expresses a wish to make a last will and testament or revise a previous…
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How an Elder Law Attorney Helps You or Your Senior Loved One
February 23rd, 2022
The origins of elder law date back to the 1970s, following enactment of the Older Americans Act in 1965. Now — more than ever — an elder law professional can provide essential and critical support to help aging adults and their families address t…
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Why You Should Make Sure Your Home is Protected Before Entering a Nursing Home
December 6th, 2021
Many aging adults eventually require a stay in a nursing home or another type of long-term care. Often, one of the resulting concerns is what happens to a person’s home if they enter a nursing home. Fortunately, there are legal strategies that can…
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Planning to Prevent Elder Financial Abuse
May 28th, 2021
Financial exploitation destroys the resources of many vulnerable elders. Losses amount to several billion dollars every year in the United States, according to one elder organization. Planning to prevent elder financial abuse is highly effective. The…
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Planning For Nursing Home Costs
January 29th, 2021
In Georgia, nursing home costs average about $80,000 a year at the present time, according to multiple sources. With many elders eventually needing nursing home care or another type of long-term care, planning ahead about how to pay those costs for y…
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Why Hire an Elder Law Attorney
December 23rd, 2020
Elder law is a relatively recent area of legal practice that embraces a wide range of matters that uniquely affect individuals as they age. Elder law attorneys are compassionate, caring lawyers dedicated to helping senior clients and their families a…
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Do You Need a Lawyer for a Georgia Power of Attorney?
September 30th, 2020
In Georgia, a durable power of attorney for financial matters (POA) is an important legal document that everyone needs. While you can sign a POA form without help from an attorney, the only way to make certain that your Georgia power of attorney is v…
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