Disability - Nursing Home - Medicaid

Today nearly everyone in America and throughout the developed and developing world has a kind of very valuable asset that was almost completely unknown only 20 years ago - their digital assets. Although digital assets are very valuable, very few have any kind of plan to do anything to prevent their digital assets becoming irretrievable and therefore lost when they become incapacitated or die....

According to the Alzheimer’s association, “It is common for a person with dementia to wander and become lost; many do repeatedly. In fact, over 60 percent of those with dementia will wander at some point.” Such wandering can be dangerous - even life threatening. Until now, placement in a locked ward in a nursing home has often been the only way to safeguard the dementia patient who has begun wandering. Now, a new kind of shoe promises another option for many dementia patients and their caregivers. ...

In this week’s "Harry’s Law" episode on NBC, a lawyer’s friend wants to divorce her husband of 60 years so he can get nursing home care without bankrupting them both. When you or a loved one may need nursing home care, how to pay for it is a really scary subject. You need help – expert help. TV programs are NOT a good source to turn to. Neither are friends and neighbors. You need a lawyer who specializes in elder law. ...

President Obama’s health care law included the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports or “CLASS” Act that was to be implemented by the federal DHHS. It was to provide a long term care benefit starting in 2017. Note that I said “was.”...

Polls show that the majority of Americans wrongly believe that Medicare will pay for their custodial care if they should need it....