While in large part people who purchase long-term care insurance and those who plan to qualify for Medicaid coverage of long-term care costs fall into separate groups, there are at least two situations where they overlap.

Elderlaw 101

The younger you purchase a policy, the lower the premiums will be. ...

Elderlaw 101

A number of considerations go into how much long-term care insurance any consumer should buy. ...

Elderlaw 101

Medicaid law provides special protections for the spouses of Medicaid applicants to make sure the spouses have the minimum support . . . ...

Elderlaw 101

Under Medicaid law, following the death of the Medicaid recipient a state must attempt to recover from his or her estate whatever benefits it paid for the recipient's care. ...

Elderlaw 101

One of the greatest fears of older Americans is that they may end up in a nursing home. ...

Elderlaw 101

Medicaid (called "Medi-Cal" in California, "MassHealth" in Massachusetts, and "TennCare" in Tennessee) is a joint federal-state program that provides health insurance coverage to low-income children, seniors, and people with disabilities.

Elderlaw 101

Many people are willing to voluntarily care for a parent or loved one without any promise of compensation. Even so, ...

Elderlaw 101

In order to be eligible for Medicaid benefits a nursing home resident may have no more than $2,000 in "countable" assets (the figure may be somewhat higher in some states). ...

Elderlaw 101