In-depth, timely, and practical coverage of key issues in elder law practice. Written by outstanding elder law experts, this unique publication is the first place to look for detailed answers to pressing questions concerning Medicaid, long-term care planning, healthcare issues, trusts, powers, and guardianship -- every facet of today's elder law practice. Each portfolio has distinctive title and author. The series includes 28 portfolios to date.

In-depth, timely, and practical coverage of key issues in elder law practice -- that's what you'll find in The Elder Law Portfolio Series . Written by outstanding elder law experts, this unique publication is the first place to look for detailed answers to pressing questions concerning Medicaid, long-term care planning, healthcare issues, trusts, powers, and guardianship -- every facet of today's elder law practice. The series includes 29 portfolios to date: Practical Aspects of Establishing, Developing, and Managing an Elder Law Practice Medicaid Eligibility and Long-Term Care Planning Medicaid Financing of Nursing Home Care Special Needs Trusts Tax Implications of Transfers of Assets Housing Options Medicare Practitioner's Guide to Adult Guardianship Long-Term Care Insurance: Its Role in Elder Law Practice Medicaid: Strategies for Resource Planning Planning for Retirement Benefit Distributions Medicaid Trusts: Estate Planning Rights of Long-Term Care Facility Residents Legal & Medical Aspects Long-Term Care Litigation Veterans' Benefits for the Elderly Durable Powers of Attorney Health Care Decision Making in an Elder Law Practice Age Discrimination in Employment Use of Annuities in Retirement & Long-Term Care Planning Social Security Insurance Benefits Medicare Home Health Benefit Grandparent Visitation Elder Mistreatment: Legal-Medico Aspects Ethics & Elder Law Assisted Living: Law and Advocacy Financial Planning for the Elderly Postmortem Estate Planning Medicare Legislation Age Discrimination in Non-Employment Contexts.

In-depth, timely, and practical coverage of key issues in elder law practice -- that's what you'll find in The Elder Law Portfolio Series. Written by outstanding elder law experts and edited by Harry Margolis, this unique publication is the first place to look for detailed answers to pressing questions concerning Medicaid, long-term care planning, healthcare issues, trusts, powers, and guardianship -- every facet of today's elder law practice. The series includes 20 portfolios to date: Practical Aspects of Managing an Elder Law Practice -- Medicaid Eligibility -- Medicaid Trusts: Self-Settled and Spousal-Settled Trusts. -- Tax Implications of Transfer of Assets -- Housing Options -- Medicare -- Guardian-ship: Its Nature and Basic Processes -- Long-Term Care Insurance -- Medicaid -- Planning for Retirement Benefit Distribution -- Medicaid Trusts: Estate Planning -- Using Non-Medicaid Disqualifying Self-Settled Trusts -- Rights of Nursing Home Residents -- Nursing Home Litigation -- Veterans' Benefits -- Durable Powers of Attorney -- Health Care Decision Making in an Elder Law Practice -- Age Discrimination in Employment -- The Use of Annuities in Retirement -- Social Security Benefits -- Home Health Coverage.

Written by nationally-known elder law practitioner Robert Fleming, The Elder Law Answer Book gathers the most current legal, regulatory, and practice guidelines from the core topics of elder law; long-term care, estate planning, retirement planning, healthcare decision making, and rights of the elderly--and presents this information in a thoroughly integrated, easy-access reference. Chapter highlights include: Estate planning And The elderly Key relationships between retirement planning and estate planning Commonly used approaches to ease tax burdens and preserve their wealth Medicaid and long-term care planning Special trusts useful To The elderly Guardianship and conservatorship Probate and trust administration Practice management Retirement planning, including both qualified and non-qualified plans IRA's And The new distribution rules and much more!

Seniors are a wide ranging and exponentially growing special status group that the law treats differentially with respect to rights, responsibilities, and benefits. This book is written to inform and assist seniors and those who care for them. The topics covered range from retirement strategies, housing options, and long-term care to federal benefit programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and ultimately, to end of life decisions. Whether you are someone looking out for your parents; a new retiree concerned about your legal rights; or one of the growing number of "old old" eighty-five years or older who needs answers to confusing legal issues, this book provides essential information in clear language about timely topics such as reverse mortgages, long-term care insurance, powers of attorney, guardianship, and the hidden problem of elder abuse. Each chapter includes "Did You Know?" opening outlines as well as web-based resources for additional information. The authors are nationally known elder law experts and are frequently asked to consult with national commissions, legislatures, bar associations, and individuals from every walk of life. In Everyday Law for Seniors, they provide advice appropriate for everyone, senior or not (yet).

Are you ready to go beyond advising and planning to actively advocating the interests of your elderly clients? You can be, with this two volume handbook from two veteran elder law advocates. In a systematic and practical fashion, the authors address each key practice issue and provide an overview of the basic rules and guiding statutes/regulations, in-depth analysis of elder law practice together with guiding case law, and step-by-step explanation of the advocacy process, revealing how law operates in the real world and where things can go wrong. Plus you'll get their practice-tested minisystem for effective advocacy. After an introductory section explores basic principles, Representing the Elderly Client: Law and Practice addresses the six areas you'll encounter most often: Medicaid Special Needs Trusts Medicare and Managed Care Elder Abuse Nursing Home and LTC Facilities Intra-family and Postmortem Advocacy for Elderly Clients and Heirs. Practice forms, flowcharts, and tables put all essential information at your fingertips. The forms contained in the Author's Advocacy Mini-systems will save you hours of preparation time. Start finding effective solutions to your elderly clients' problems with Representing the Elderly Client: Law and Practice. Along with your Representing the Elderly Client two-volume print set, you'll receive a FREE CD-ROM containing word processing documents used in handling some of elder law's most complex concerns.