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Marjorie Wolasky

Lillesand, Wolasky & Hitchcock, P.L.

Marjorie Wolasky

Lillesand, Wolasky & Hitchcock, P.L.

Marjorie Wolasky

Lillesand, Wolasky & Hitchcock, P.L.

Marjorie E. Wolasky, a Florida Bar Board certified Elder Law Attorney, has been practicing law in the Miami area since 1980. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami. She practices real estate, estate planning, probate and elder law. She is a member of the Executive Council of the Real Property Trust and Probate Law Section of the Florida Bar, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, the Academy of Special Needs Planners and the Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar. She served as the representative of the Elder Law Section on the Ad Hoc Committee responsible for the drafting of Floridas new trust code. She is the proud recipient of the 2005-2006 Member of the Year Award of the Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar.

Ms. Wolasky is active in Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar, where she serves of the Executive Council of the Section. She serves as vice-chair of the Liaison to the Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar, and the Advanced Directives Committee. She is a member of the Executive Council of the Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar, Co-Chair of its Estate Planning Committee and a member of the Elder Abuse and Exploitation Committee.

Ms. Wolasky also serves as a Director and as legal counsel for Commercial Real Estate Women of Miami and is a member of the Attorneys Real Estate Council of Miami-Dade County, Florida. She lives in Palmetto Bay, Florida with her husband Michael Mosher and their children Brandon and Sarah.

Firm Description

The mission of the firm is to utilize our knowledge and skills to deliver top quality legal services. The firm is dedicated to giving clients the services and the attention they deserve in an atmosphere that is both professional and comfortable. Marjorie Wolasky is a Florida Bar Board Certified Elder Law Attorney. We also handle Medicaid Planning, Estate Planning, Trust Administration, Probate, Guardianship and Real Estate matters. If there is anything we can help you with, please call.

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9400 South Dadeland Boulevard
Suite 604
Miami, FL 33156

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Medicaid 101
What Medicaid Covers

In addition to nursing home care, Medicaid may cover home care and some care in an assisted living facility. Coverage in your state may depend on waivers of federal rules.

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How to Qualify for Medicaid

To be eligible for Medicaid long-term care, recipients must have limited incomes and no more than $2,000 (in most states). Special rules apply for the home and other assets.

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Medicaid’s Protections for Spouses

Spouses of Medicaid nursing home residents have special protections to keep them from becoming impoverished.

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In addition to nursing home care, Medicaid may cover home care and some care in an assisted living facility. Coverage in your state may depend on waivers of federal rules.

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How to Qualify for Medicaid

To be eligible for Medicaid long-term care, recipients must have limited incomes and no more than $2,000 (in most states). Special rules apply for the home and other assets.

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Medicaid’s Protections for Spouses

Spouses of Medicaid nursing home residents have special protections to keep them from becoming impoverished.

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Medicaid Planning Strategies

Careful planning for potentially devastating long-term care costs can help protect your estate, whether for your spouse or for your children.

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Estate Recovery: Can Medicaid Take My House After I’m Gone?

If steps aren't taken to protect the Medicaid recipient's house from the state’s attempts to recover benefits paid, the house may need to be sold.

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Help Qualifying and Paying for Medicaid, Or Avoiding Nursing Home Care

There are ways to handle excess income or assets and still qualify for Medicaid long-term care, and programs that deliver care at home rather than in a nursing home.

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Are Adult Children Responsible for Their Parents’ Care?

Most states have laws on the books making adult children responsible if their parents can't afford to take care of themselves.

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Applying for Medicaid

Applying for Medicaid is a highly technical and complex process, and bad advice can actually make it more difficult to qualify for benefits.

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Alternatives to Medicaid

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ElderLaw 101
Estate Planning

Distinguish the key concepts in estate planning, including the will, the trust, probate, the power of attorney, and how to avoid estate taxes.

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Grandchildren

Learn about grandparents’ visitation rights and how to avoid tax and public benefit issues when making gifts to grandchildren.

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Guardianship/Conservatorship

Understand when and how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for an adult who becomes incapacitated, and how to avoid guardianship.

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Health Care Decisions

We need to plan for the possibility that we will become unable to make our own medical decisions. This may take the form of a health care proxy, a medical directive, a living will, or a combination of these.

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Estate Planning

Distinguish the key concepts in estate planning, including the will, the trust, probate, the power of attorney, and how to avoid estate taxes.

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Grandchildren

Learn about grandparents’ visitation rights and how to avoid tax and public benefit issues when making gifts to grandchildren.

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Guardianship/Conservatorship

Understand when and how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for an adult who becomes incapacitated, and how to avoid guardianship.

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Health Care Decisions

We need to plan for the possibility that we will become unable to make our own medical decisions. This may take the form of a health care proxy, a medical directive, a living will, or a combination of these.

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Long-Term Care Insurance

Understand the ins and outs of insurance to cover the high cost of nursing home care, including when to buy it, how much to buy, and which spouse should get the coverage.

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Medicare

Learn who qualifies for Medicare, what the program covers, all about Medicare Advantage, and how to supplement Medicare’s coverage.

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Retirement Planning

We explain the five phases of retirement planning, the difference between a 401(k) and an IRA, types of investments, asset diversification, the required minimum distribution rules, and more.

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Senior Living

Find out how to choose a nursing home or assisted living facility, when to fight a discharge, the rights of nursing home residents, all about reverse mortgages, and more.

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Social Security

Get a solid grounding in Social Security, including who is eligible, how to apply, spousal benefits, the taxation of benefits, how work affects payments, and SSDI and SSI.

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Special Needs Planning

Learn how a special needs trust can preserve assets for a person with disabilities without jeopardizing Medicaid and SSI, and how to plan for when caregivers are gone.

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Veterans Benefits

Explore benefits for older veterans, including the VA’s disability pension benefit, aid and attendance, and long-term care coverage for veterans and surviving spouses.

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