Elder Law FAQ's for Florida
Elder Law Attorney Provides Answers to FAQs
Jacksonville elder law attorney, C. Randolph Coleman, provides answers to Elder Law FAQs and provides other valuable information about elder law in Florida, including planning for Medicaid spend down to reserve family assets when long term care is needed, how to qualify for Veterans Benefits, including Basic Pension and Aid and Attendance to help pay for long term care, and other legal issues related to the legal rights of the elderly in Florida.
The following information is presented through video responses to various elder law questions, as well as information provided through our blog, “The Florida Estate Planning, Elder Law and Asset Protection Blog.” Our Jacksonville elder law attorney has over 30 years experience working with legal issues involving and affecting the elderly in Florida. The answers to FAQs and other information provided is based on the experience gained over those 30+ years and is designed to help you understand some of the basic issues associated with long term care planning and other provisions of the law affecting elder members of our community.
If you need information or have questions that are not directly addressed in this material, please call our Jacksonville elder law attorney at (904) 448-1060, or toll free at 966-510-9099, or email us at Info@TheColemanLawFirm.com.
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Keep It Legal When Planning for Medicaid Eligibility
I received an email late last night from a client with whom I recently met in my office. The client's elderly parents, both mother and father (80s an 90s), have had some serious medical problems over past few months. It now appears that both of them will be needing...
Life Expectancy and Health Care Planning
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The Accidental Long Term Caregiver
You've heard people say it and maybe you have even said it yourself. "Don’t worry Mom or Dad, I’ll take care of you in your old age."This always seems to be a simple loving gesture on your part as you see them beginning to age and settle into retirement. The thought...
Long Term Care Planning Becomes More Difficult
An article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal reminds us of how difficult a task it has become to plan for our long term care. With the baby boomer generation turning 65 at the rate of 10,000 per day, the issue of long term care planning is becoming more urgent,...
Famous Probate Case – Atypically Typical
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Increasing Importance of Special Needs Planning
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The 13 Most Frequent Medicaid Mistakes for Nursing Home Care
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Legal Issues Affecting Florida’s Seniors – Free Lunch and Learn
We're co-sponsoring a free lunch and learn seminar on July 31, 2012 to talk about Elder law issues affecting Florida's seniors and the elderly. Why the information you will learn at this seminar will be important to you: 1. You will learn how to pay for long term...
Why Do I Need a New Power of Attorney?
Earlier this week, the CPA for a client called to determine that all of the client's estate planning documents were up to date and in good order. The reason for the call was that the client has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and is beginning to show the...
Early Alzheimer’s Diagnosis – Curse or Blessing?
In yesterday's Wall Street Journal is a story about a woman who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at age 56. "The Curse of a Diagnosis" details the issues the family has been forced to deal with, knowing there currently is no cure for...
Medicaid Immersion Camp
Steven Covey, in his best seller "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," maintains that to be highly effective you must take time to "sharpen the saw." Last week I sharpened the saw. Three intense days of immersing myself, along with 29 other...
The Purpose of a Special Needs Trust
We recently met with new clients after they moved from another state. The mother was concerned about her estate planning, especially concerning her disabled son, after another local attorney told her there was "no such thing" as special needs planning in Florida....
Keep It Legal When Planning for Medicaid Eligibility
I received an email late last night from a client with whom I recently met in my office. The client's elderly parents, both mother and father (80s an 90s), have had some serious medical problems over past few months. It now appears that both of them will be needing...
Life Expectancy and Health Care Planning
The aging, healthcare and special needs conversation is vitally important to you and your family. Except for government employees and Social Security, retirement plans that pay benefits until death are pretty much a thing of the past. Plus, people today are living...
The Accidental Long Term Caregiver
You've heard people say it and maybe you have even said it yourself. "Don’t worry Mom or Dad, I’ll take care of you in your old age."This always seems to be a simple loving gesture on your part as you see them beginning to age and settle into retirement. The thought...
Long Term Care Planning Becomes More Difficult
An article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal reminds us of how difficult a task it has become to plan for our long term care. With the baby boomer generation turning 65 at the rate of 10,000 per day, the issue of long term care planning is becoming more urgent,...
Famous Probate Case – Atypically Typical
Today's New York Times contains an article about the death of "Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76."Barbara Piasecka Johnson, a Polish immigrant who came to America to work as a maid, first worked for J. Seward Johnson, Sr., the...
Increasing Importance of Special Needs Planning
Recently, The Coleman Law Firm was privileged to be a sponsor of the 10th Annual Angelwood Fashion Show and Luncheon, a wonderful event that raises funds for programs supporting children and adults with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down’s syndrome, Spina Bifida and...
The 13 Most Frequent Medicaid Mistakes for Nursing Home Care
As our population grows older, more and more families will face the need for long term care for their loved ones. The cost of a skilled nursing home care in Florida averages about $7,000 to $8,000 per month. That number increases each year.Medicare...
Legal Issues Affecting Florida’s Seniors – Free Lunch and Learn
We're co-sponsoring a free lunch and learn seminar on July 31, 2012 to talk about Elder law issues affecting Florida's seniors and the elderly. Why the information you will learn at this seminar will be important to you: 1. You will learn how to pay for long term...
Why Do I Need a New Power of Attorney?
Earlier this week, the CPA for a client called to determine that all of the client's estate planning documents were up to date and in good order. The reason for the call was that the client has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and is beginning to show the...
Early Alzheimer’s Diagnosis – Curse or Blessing?
In yesterday's Wall Street Journal is a story about a woman who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at age 56. "The Curse of a Diagnosis" details the issues the family has been forced to deal with, knowing there currently is no cure for...
Medicaid Immersion Camp
Steven Covey, in his best seller "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," maintains that to be highly effective you must take time to "sharpen the saw." Last week I sharpened the saw. Three intense days of immersing myself, along with 29 other...