Long-Term-Care & Medicaid Questions
Start by identifying the decisions in front of your family.
Long-term-care concerns can affect health decisions, decision-making authority, housing, family responsibilities, and finances. Jennifer helps families organize those questions, beginning with the planning documents and authority that care decisions depend on.
Questions families often face
The legal questions depend on the person, the care being considered, the documents already in place, and decisions that have already been made.
- Who currently has authority to make financial or health-care decisions?
- Are powers of attorney and advance directives current?
- What care setting is being considered?
- How are property and accounts titled?
- What Medicaid eligibility rules may be relevant to the circumstances?
- What decisions have already been made or transfers completed?
Eligibility and strategy are fact-specific
Medicaid planning may be affected by timing, prior transfers, income, property, family relationships, and changing program rules. General information on this site cannot determine eligibility or recommend a strategy for a particular person.
An initial conversation can organize the known facts and identify the questions that require closer review. If part of the matter calls for guidance the firm does not provide, Jennifer will say so and help you identify where to turn.
A coordinated conversation
Long-term-care decisions may involve care providers, financial advisers, tax professionals, and family members responsible for day-to-day decisions. An initial conversation can help sort out which questions call for legal guidance and which belong with the other professionals around the table.
Start the conversation before the decisions become urgent.
Begin with a general overview of the circumstances, the documents already in place, and the decisions under consideration.