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AN ELDER LAW ATTORNEY SHOULD HAVE
EXPERIENCE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS
  • Estate planning, using traditional Wills or testamentary substitutes such as TOD accounts, beneficiary accounts, and joint ownership.
  • Revocable and irrevocable trusts, including the drafting and funding of trusts.
  • Administration of trusts and estates.
  • Probate avoidance strategies.
  • Disability planning and special needs planning.
  • Life planning documents including enhanced durable powers of attorney, and advance medical directives consisting of both health care proxies and living wills.
  • Guardianship and issues involving the incapacity of family members.
  • Long-term care insurance.
  • Health care insurance, including Medicare.
  • Medicaid programs including Chronic Care, applications for people in the nursing home, Community Medicaid, and traumatic brain injury waivers.
  • Life insurance and annuities.
  • Social Security benefits for retirement.
  • Social Security disability benefits for people with disabilities.
  • IRAs and IRS distribution rolls for individuals, beneficiaries and estates.
  • Basic litigation including the ability to contest a Will or conduct a fair hearing.
  • Surrogate Court proceedings.
  • Veteran’s benefits.
  • Physiology of aging.
  • Elder abuse and fraud issues.
  • Retirement issues including public and private retirement benefits, survivor benefits and pension benefits.
  • Housing issues including senior housing, independent living, assisted living, and nursing homes.
LEGAL PROBLEMS OF THE ELDERLY ARE
COMPLEX

“Elder law” encompasses many different fields of law.

An elder law attorney must have a network of other professionals including geriatric care managers, accountants, financial advisors and care providers.
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