A special needs trust can be established for the benefit of a minor or adult special needs child (or other family member) in either of two basic ways. One is to include the provisions to establish it as part of your living trust or will, to take effect upon your death. The other is to […]
Medicare Supplemental Insurance and Nursing Home Care
In this Elder Law Minute video, Wes Coulson answers a commonly asked question about Medicare supplemental insurance and its coverage for nursing home care. Transcript: Hi, I’m Wes Coulson and this is your Elder Law Minute. I want to answer today a question that we get pretty often and that is, “If I have a […]
The Problems with Naming Co-Fiduciaries
When a lawyer asks a client who has two or more children to choose one over the other(s) as the primary agent under a power of attorney or as primary successor trustee under a living trust, what the client often hears is “when it comes right down to it, which of your children do you […]
Eight Things You Need to Consider Before Choosing Someone to Assist You in Planning and Applying for VA Benefits
There are a lot of people out there offering their services to help people qualify for VA pension benefits (most often “aid and attendance” benefits). Your choice of someone to assist you with that important process can have far-reaching financial consequences. Here are eight things you need to consider before choosing someone to assist you […]
Medicare, Medicare Supplement Insurance, & Nursing Home Care
Government benefits programs all seem to have one thing in common: they’re confusing. Medicare is certainly no exception, particularly as it relates to coverage for nursing home costs. There are two different government programs that can potentially pay for nursing home costs, which are fundamentally different but easily confused because Congress, in its great wisdom, […]
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