Columbia County PA Law Blog
Talking with your parents about long-term care planning
Few people look forward to discussing long-term care planning. The toll that the passage of time takes on us all is usually something we prefer to ignore. However, having a difficult discussion now is much less stressful than scrambling for help at the moment of a...
Planning ahead for your healthcare
While working through estate planning, we often consider what will happen to our estates and our assets, who will get the house and your grandmother’s jewelry. However, another significant portion of estate planning concerns your own healthcare. Healthcare becomes...
Are Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) for You?
CCRCs offer the entire residential continuum--from independent housing to assisted living to round-the-clock nursing services--under one "roof". Residents pay an entry fee and an adjustable monthly rent in return for the guarantee of care for the rest of their life....
Why You Should Use A Certified Elder Law Attorney For Medicaid Planning
Many seniors and their families don't use a lawyer to plan for long-term care or Medicaid, often because they're afraid of the cost or they figure the nursing home can just help them with the application. But an attorney can help you save money in the long run as well...
Three Reasons Why Giving Your House to Your Children Isn’t the Best Way to Protect It From Medicaid
You may be afraid of losing your home if you have to enter a nursing home and apply for Medicaid. While this fear is well-founded, transferring the home to your children is usually not the best way to protect it. Although you generally do not have to sell your home in...
Tips on Creating an Estate Plan that Benefits a Child with Special Needs
Parents want their children to be taken care of after they die. But children with disabilities have increased financial and care needs, so ensuring their long-term welfare can be tricky. Proper planning by parents is necessary to benefit the child with a disability,...
Higher achievers called more at risk of elder financial abuse
When you try to picture a "typical" senior victim of financial abuse, what comes to mind? You may be thinking of someone naive, easily manipulated, and uneducated as being the most likely victim of fraud or embezzlement. But according to one expert, it is actually...
Did the Government Make a Mistake? Economic Impact Payments Paid to Deceased Individuals – Updated 5/6/2020
Individuals have begun receiving their economic impact payments over the past couple of weeks. Some of those individuals have passed away leaving their loved ones wondering what to do with these monies. Do they need to return it to the government? Can they keep it? No...
Be Careful About Putting Only One Spouse’s Name on a Reverse Mortgage
A 2018 case involving basketball star Caldwell Jones demonstrates the danger in having only one spouse's name on a reverse mortgage. A federal appeals court ruled that an insurance company may foreclose on a reverse mortgage after the death of the borrower, Mr. Jones,...
Looking for a Medical Alert System?
Our goal here at KMA is to keep individuals in their homes as long as safely possible. In order to do that, we help families take measures such as: removing throw rugs, cleaning out clutter, installing hand rails in the bathroom, adding a ramp to the front door,...
