Elder Law

Elder Care Planning

Elder Law is a very broad field of law that focuses, primarily, on the legal needs of the elderly. It includes estate planning, but also includes the obtaining of public resource benefits to pay for long-term care needs; planning for the preservation of assets to avoid impoverishment while in the nursing home or before becoming eligible for public resource benefits; planning for mental and/or physical disability; and patient advocacy. Our extensive experience working with the elderly gives us an understanding of the real-life problems and issues that tend to occur as people age. Helping our clients and their caregivers determine the appropriate level of care, coordinating private and public resources to fund such care, and working to ensure the clients right to quality care are all part of our practice.