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- Care Planning
- Caregivers
- Clay County
- Duval County
- Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- Financial Gifts
- Florida
- Florida First Coast
- Gifting
- Green Cove Springs
- Jacksonville
- Julington Creek
- Life Care Planning
- Long-Term Care
- Medicaid
- Medicaid Application
- Medicaid Eligiblity
- Medicaid Planning
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- Seniors
- Skilled Nursing Home Care
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- 5 years ago
- One question we are often asked by clients is if giving financial gifts to their family members will affect them adversely if they need to apply for Medicaid to cover the cost of nursing home care. Our response is that while current federal law permits gifts up to $15,000 annually, per individual, w... [read more]
Category archives: Caregivers
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- Care Managers
- Caregivers
- Caretaker Child
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Clay County
- Elder Law
- Elderly
- Jacksonville
- Julington Creek
- Medicare
- Medicare Advantage Plans
- Medicare Open Enrollment
- Medicare Part A
- Medicare Part B
- Medicare Part C
- Medicare Part D
- Medicare Premiums
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- 5 years ago
- Do you have the right Medicare plan? It is fall, which means it is time to think about whether your current plan is still giving you the best coverage or whether a new plan could save you money or offer better coverage. Medicare's Open Enrollment Period, during which you can freely enroll in or swit... [read more]
- 5 years ago
- Attorney Alison Hickman Co-Chaired the Jacksonville Bar Association Elder Section luncheon today, which was sponsored by Arbor Terrace Assisted Living and featured Dr. David Bortnick, PhD, PsyD, as the speaker. (Alison is p... [read more]
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- Caregivers
- Children with Special Needs
- Clay County
- Duval County
- Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- Green Cove Springs
- Jacksonville
- Julington Creek
- North Florida
- Social Security Act
- Social Security Administration
- Social Security Supplemental Income
- Special Needs Planning
- SSA Office of Quality Review
- SSI Beneficiaries
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- 5 years ago
- When the Social Security Administration (SSA) determines that a person with disabilities is eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, the decision is not necessarily permanent. Depending on the circumstance, the SSA will either regularly or semi-regularly re-examine the person’s elig... [read more]
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- Adult Children
- Aging
- Care Planning
- Caregivers
- Duval County
- Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- Estate Planning for Adult Children
- Estate Plans
- Florida
- Florida First Coast
- Green Cove Springs
- Jacksonville
- Julington Creek
- Life Care Planning
- Lifetime Living Documents
- Long-Term Care
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Medicaid
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- VA Aid and Attendance Benefits
- VA Benefits
- 5 years ago
- We're often asked by clients how our Elder Law Attorneys can help them be prepared for the need of long-term care. Our answer is that as a part of thorough Estate Planning, we create documents that are flexible enough to allow the use of various strategies to obtain and pay for long term care. Sourc... [read more]
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- Adult Children
- Aging
- Care Planning
- Caregivers
- Children
- Clay County
- DPOA
- Durable Power of Attorney
- Elder Law
- Elderly
- Estate Planning
- Family Care Agreement
- Florida
- Green Cove Springs
- Jacksonville
- Julington Creek
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- Planning
- Seniors
- Sibiling Disputes
- Sibling Agreement
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- 6 years ago
- A power of attorney is one of the most important estate planning documents, but when one sibling is named in a power of attorney, there is the potential for disputes with other siblings. No matter which side you are on, it is important to know your rights and limitations. A power of attorney ... [read more]
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- Adult Children
- Aging
- Asset Protection
- At-Home Care
- Beneficiaries
- Care Planning
- Caregivers
- Caretaker Child
- Clay County
- Elder Abuse
- Elder Law
- Elderly
- Estate Planning
- Florida First Coast
- Florida Wills
- Green Cove Springs
- Jacksonville
- Julington Creek
- Life Care Planning
- Life Care Plans
- Medicaid
- Medicaid Estate Recovery
- Medicaid Planning
- Medical Benefits
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- Planning
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- Trusts
- 6 years ago
- A California daughter and granddaughter's fear of losing their home to Medicaid may have contributed to a severe case of elder abuse. If the pair had consulted with an elder law attorney, they might have figured out a way to get their mother the care she needed and also protect their house. A... [read more]
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- ABLE Account
- ABLE Accounts
- Able Age Adjustment Act
- Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014
- Care Managers
- Care Planning
- Caregivers
- CCD
- Childhood Disabled Beneficiary Benefits
- Children
- Children with Disabilities
- Children with Special Needs
- Clay County
- Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
- Disability
- Disability Advocates
- Elder Law
- Elderly
- Estate Planning
- Florida
- Green Cove Springs
- Jacksonville
- Medicaid Payback Provision
- NAST
- National Association of State Treasurers
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities
- People with Special Needs
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- 6 years ago
- In the past two years, nearly every state in the country has passed legislation enabling people with disabilities and their families to open new savings accounts, modeled after popular 529 college savings plans, to save for disability related expenses. But early projections indicate that many of ... [read more]
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- Advance Directives
- Asset Protection
- Beneficiaries
- Benifciary Designations
- Caregivers
- Clay County
- Durable Power of Attorney
- Duval County
- Elder Law
- Estate Planning
- Executor
- Florida Wills
- Green Cove Springs
- Guardianship
- Guardianship Planning
- Jacksonville
- Living Will
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- Planning
- Trustee
- Trusts
- Wills
- Young Families
- 6 years ago
- We are often asked why young families need Estate Planning. Our response is that there are numerous, important reasons why young families need Estate Planning to protect themselves, their families, and their futures. Some of these Estate Planning considerations include: naming Beneficiaries for y... [read more]
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- Aging
- Caregivers
- Clay County
- Duval County
- Elder Law
- Elderly
- Estate Planning
- Estate Plans
- Florida
- Green Cove Springs
- Jacksonville
- Medicare
- Medicare Advantage plan
- Medicare Advantage Plan ID
- Medicare Advantage Plans
- Medicare card
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- Phone Scammers
- Senior Scams
- Social Security
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- 6 years ago
- The federal government has begun mailing new Medicare cards to 59 million Americans. You should keep track of when your new card will arrive and contact Medicare if you don't receive it. To prevent fraud and fight identity theft, the federal government is issuing new cards to all Medicare ben... [read more]
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- 21st Century Cures Act
- Aging
- At-Home Care
- Care Managers
- Care Planning
- Caregivers
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Clay County
- Coordination of Care
- Disability
- Disability Advocates
- Disability Rights
- Duval County
- Elder Law
- Elderly
- Electronic Visit Verification
- Estate Planning
- Florida
- Green Cove Springs
- Home Health Benefits
- Home Health Care Services
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- New Year
- North Florida
- People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities
- Protection for Disability
- Seniors
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- 6 years ago
- Starting in 2019, providers of home health care services will be required to clock in electronically with Medicaid prior to performing services. However, disability rights advocates and a bipartisan group of senators are calling for the state-by-state rollout of these Electronic Visit Verification (... [read more]
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- Advance Directives
- Aging
- Care Planning
- Caregivers
- Clay County
- Designation of Health Care Surrogate
- Duval County
- Elder Law
- Elderly
- Estate Planning
- Florida First Coast
- Florida Statutes
- HIPAA Release
- Incapacity
- Jacksonville
- Julington Creek
- North Florida
- Orange Park
- Planning
- Seniors
- St. Augustine
- St. Johns County
- 6 years ago
- The Importance of Designating a Health Care Surrogate We're often asked by clients how they can make sure that their medical wishes are carried out in the event of illness or injury. The designation of a Health Care Surrogate addresses this concern by giving a person you select the ability to mak... [read more]