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Meet Christopher Lavin

Christopher Lavin

Lavin Law Group, LLC

Since graduating from the University of Dayton College of Law in 1998, Attorney Lavin has focused his practice in the area of Elder Law serving the needs of senior citizens, including but not limited to, a dedication to the areas of estate, retirement and asset protection with a specific concentration towards nursing h...

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Meet Christopher Orr

Christopher Orr

Lavin Law Group, LLC

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Meet Christopher Lavin

Christopher Lavin

Lavin Law Group, LLC

Since graduating from the University of Dayton College of Law in 1998, Attorney Lavin has focused his practice in the area of Elder Law serving the needs of senior citizens, including but not limited to, a dedication to the areas of estate, retirement and asset protection with a specific concentration towards nursing h...

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Meet Christopher Orr

Christopher Orr

Lavin Law Group, LLC

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Meet Mikel McKinley

Mikel McKinley

Elder Care Law of Kentucky

Our mission is to serve as many seniors in our local community as possible. If you need an attentive, compassionate elder care attorney in Cynthiana or Georgetown, KY, call us today. You’ll love working with McKinley Law Group, because we offer: Top-notch legal representation for seniors at affordable prices.&nb...

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Meet Michael Millonig

Michael Millonig

Michael J. Millonig, LLC

Ohio State Bar Association Board Certified Estate Planning, Trust and Probate SpecialistCertified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation since 1998CPA inactive status VA (Veterans Admin)  Accredited Attorney Estate Planning Services: Includes preparation of wills, trusts, revocable living tr...

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Meet Melissa Crump

Melissa Crump

Crump Spurlock Attorneys at Law

Melissa J. Crump is a partner with Crump Spurlock and has extensive experience in project management, business organization, and planning.  Melissa has focused her legal practice in Elder Law and Estate Planning.  Ms. Crump holds a Bachelor's of Science in Accounting and a Juris Doctor from Northern Kentu...

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Meet Barry Spurlock

Barry Spurlock

Crump Spurlock Attorneys at Law

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Meet Dustin Beard

Dustin Beard

Goeing, Goeing & McQuinn, PLLC

Dustin Beard practices extensively in the areas of Trusts and Estate, Probate, Special Needs Trusts, Nursing Home (Medicaid) Planning, Charitable Planning, Adoption Law, and Landlord-Tenant Disputes. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Kentucky. Mr. Beard is a Partner in the Trusts and Estates practi...

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Meet D. Lyle McQuinn

D. Lyle McQuinn

Goeing, Goeing & McQuinn, PLLC

Lyle McQuinn practices extensively in the areas of Trusts and Estate, Probate, Special Needs Trusts, Medicaid Planning and Charitable Planning. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Kentucky and thereafter obtained his Masters in Taxation (LL.M.) from the University of Florida College of Law. Mr. McQui...

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Meet Mikel McKinley

Mikel McKinley

Elder Care Law of Kentucky

Our mission is to serve as many seniors in our local community as possible. If you need an attentive, compassionate elder care attorney in Cynthiana or Georgetown, KY, call us today. You’ll love working with McKinley Law Group, because we offer: Top-notch legal representation for seniors at affordable prices.&nb...

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Meet Karen Perch

Karen Perch

Life Plan of Kentucky, Inc, Karen L Perch, Attorney, Executive Director

Born and raised in Massachusetts, Attorney Perch has lived in Kentucky since 1981, raising her family here. She has practiced in the area of special needs planning since 1995, led to this area of the law as a result of assisting her own sister receive disability benefits. Dr.Perch finds great joy and satisfaction in he...

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Meet Melissa Gayheart

Melissa Gayheart

Gayheart Law, PLLC

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Meet Matthew Smith

Matthew Smith

ElderLaw Lexington/McClelland & Associates, PLLC

Matthew T. Smith is an Attorney-at-Law licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As an elder law attorney and Senior Partner at ElderLawLexington, McClelland & Associates, PLLC, he assists clients facing challenges with special needs and Medicaid planning, powers of attorney and trusts, estate planning...

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Meet Mark Maddox

Mark Maddox

ElderLaw Lexington/McClelland & Associates, PLLC

Mark Maddox is an Attorney-at-Law licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and senior partner at ElderLawLexington. Mark helps clients protect their home and life savings though Medicaid planning strategies. He earned his B.B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1978 and his J.D. from the Salmon P. Chase Coll...

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Meet Misty Vantrease

Misty Vantrease

Kentucky Elderlaw, PLLC

Misty Clark Vantrease assists older clients, their children and other family members, with Nursing Home, Medicaid, asset preservation, asset distribution, mental capacity, probate, Guardianship and other issues, both financial and non-financial. In addition, she drafts legal documents such as Wills, Powers of Attorney,...

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Meet Margaret Timmel

Margaret Timmel

Timmel Associates LLC

Peggy is licensed to practice law in both Kentucky and Indiana. Since her admission to the Kentucky Bar in 1987 (admitted in Indiana in 2004), she has held a variety of positions that have allowed her to use her education including: corporate counsel, trust counsel, trust administrator and associate in private practice...

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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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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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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

Medicare's coverage of nursing home care is quite limited. For those who can afford it and who can qualify for coverage, long-term care insurance is the best alternative 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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Medicare Premiums to Increase Dramatically in 2022
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