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Meet Andrew Byers

Andrew Byers

Andrew Byers, PLC

I'm Andrew Byers and I have been practicing Elder Law for over 25 years. In my Elder Law practice, I help older people and their families with the following issues: Medicaid planning and applications to help pay for long-term care in a nursing home; Medicaid planning and applications to help qualify for communi...

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Meet Mary Schmitt-Smith

Mary Schmitt-Smith

Theresa Law Center

Mary T. Schmitt Smith of the Theresa Law Center PC, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, practices in the areas of taxation and probate and estate planning. She has practiced with the firm for more than 17 years. In 1999, she became the first attorney in Michigan to become a certified elder law attorney by the National Elder La...

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Meet Michael Fraleigh

Michael Fraleigh

Fraleigh Law Firm, PLLC

Michael Fraleigh is the founding member of The Fraleigh Law Firm, PLLC with offices in Lansing and Southfield. Michael concentrates his practice on Elder Law, Estate and Medicaid Planning, Health Care Law, and Nursing Home Law. Michael was an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Michigan for over 20 years. As an...

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Meet Howard Collens

Howard Collens

Collens Estate Law

Howard H. Collens, as an attorney and counselor, listens to his clients, understands their goals and offers creative, effective solutions to meet their needs. He advises clients in estate planning for estates of every size. Focusing on the unique aspects of each representation, Mr. Collens tailors trusts, wills and po...

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Meet Sanford Mall

Sanford Mall

Mall Malisow & Cooney, P.C.

Sanford (Sandy) J. Mall, JD, CELA, CAP, VA Accredited Attorney Sandy is the founder and senior partner of Mall Malisow & Cooney, PC - The Holistic ElderCare, Special Needs & Estate Planning Law Firm located in Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Michigan.  Sandy is a past Chairperson of the Elder Law &...

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Meet Arthur Malisow

Arthur Malisow

Mall Malisow & Cooney, P.C.

Arthur L. Malisow is a partner at Mall Malisow & Cooney, P.C. - Holistic Estate & ElderCare Attorneys in Farmington Hills, Oakland County, Michigan. The firm's primary practice areas include estate planning and administration, eldercare legal planning and advocacy, disability and special needs law, and probate....

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Meet Thomas Wall

Thomas Wall

Wall Law Group, PLLC

Thomas J. Wall, Jr. has practiced in the trust and estate planning areas since 1994. Prior to founding his firm in 2004, T.J. practiced at a boutique estate planning, business, real estate and banking firm in downtown Detroit. He has devoted the last fifteen years to helping thousands of families and businesses in Sout...

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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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