Securing Your Estate for the Future
Is this what you thought the future would be? I’m not talking about cars that drive themselves (badly). Think about your family. For...
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- Aug 26
- 2 min
Medicaid is Not Fooling Around
My grandmother taught me how to play poker. While I wish more time was dedicated to teaching me how to cook like her, instead of learning...
- Aug 12
- 2 min
Avoid Probate: The Art of Staying Alive
Estate planning meetings often lead to some pretty morbid conversations about life and death. “What if I get crushed by a boulder after I...
- Jul 30
- 2 min
Forget Family Feud, Make a Family Agreement
Forget “12 Angry Men,” I have five steamed-up siblings seated around my table. Estate and long-term care planning options sometimes favor...
- Jul 17
- 3 min
Communication is Key
The end of spring and early summer always brings me back to those last days of school and the feelings that accompanied them. Cleaning...
- Jul 2
- 2 min
An Education on Estate Planning
We all remember penmanship lessons. “Cursive” was a fitting word to describe those maddening swirls and lines that we drew on our lined...
- Jun 18
- 2 min
A Guide to Advocacy
You can chart the trajectory of your life by your sticker collection. My ancient albums held scratch-and-sniff stickers that smelled like...
- Jun 4
- 3 min
Love Notes to Your Family Caregiver
Look around your house. Put down the newspaper or iPhone, and let your eyes wander. You may see your spouse wandering aimlessly through...
- May 20
- 2 min
When Somone You Love Gets Sick
During a crisis, my goal is to prioritize the basic steps that will create order out of chaos. This clear-headed approach usually follows...
- May 7
- 3 min
Medicaid Warnings: Changing Seasons
Nursing home owners have had enough – and you should take notice. For decades, elder care attorneys and nursing home business offices...
- Apr 23
- 2 min
Estate Burdens & Opportunities
Here is my well-worn phrase of the day: “It is not what you say, but how you say it.” Family conversations infused with humanity and...
- Mar 19
- 2 min
Medicaid Marvels
I knew a guy. In the late 1990s, as a young elder-law-clerk-soon-to-be-attorney, the Medicaid system was wildly different than today. The...
- Mar 5
- 2 min
Probate Poetry: Clarifying Legal Complexities
My first clue that the study of law was not going to match my imagination began with the LSAT. Law school’s official standardized test...
- Feb 21
- 2 min
Navigate the Month of Love with Financial Finesse
Connecting Medicaid Planning to matters of the heart may seem unconventional, but the law is surprisingly sympathetic to your primary...
- Jan 30
- 2 min
Understanding Social Security Benefits
Living has its benefits. Stay alive long enough and the government pays you back some of the money you loaned it during your working...
- Jan 8
- 2 min
Reevaluate Your Estate Plan in 2024
I owe a big-time apology to the officials of Ellis Island. In all of our lives, there are little myths that masquerade as facts: Names –...
- Dec 26, 2023
- 3 min
If a Loved One Dies Without a Will
“I am not ready yet!” A Will is a very important document and the process should not be hurried. If the client wants to wait to make a...
- Dec 12, 2023
- 2 min
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Part of an elder law attorney’s job is to turn festive and fun holidays into opportunities for serious, analytical reflection. Christmas...
- Nov 28, 2023
- 2 min
Estate Planning Talk at the Thanksgiving Table
Is there anything more heartwarming than the tradition of a turkey being pardoned by the president before Thanksgiving? Of course not....
- Nov 7, 2023
- 3 min
Estate Planning for Baby Boomers
Boomers do this and Millennials do that. Gen X, who knows? Ascribing personality traits to an entire generation has become a parlor game...
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