Elder Care Law

The federal Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is a health care model aimed at allowing the elderly to age in place.

Elder Law is a sub-specialty within the practice of law. Until the early 1990’s, this area of practice was more generally known as “Estate Planning,” which is one of the core subjects taught to first year law students.

If a Will is properly executed and has two Witnesses and a Notary, the Will can be admitted to probate by the Surrogate’s Office of the County in which the deceased resided.

If a Will is properly executed and has two Witnesses and a Notary, the Will can be admitted to probate by the Surrogate’s Office of the County in which the deceased resided.

The federal Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is a health care model aimed at allowing the elderly to age in place.

At the end of my series of articles discussing the “Top 3” estate planning documents everyone should have (Advance Medical Directive/ Living Will, Durable Power of Attorney, and a Last Will and Testament), I mentioned that my next article would focus on “TRUSTS: from the Suze O-recommended Revocable Trusts through Special Needs Trusts, with emphasis on the “WHY’s and HOW’s”.

Q. What is “Elder Law”? A. Elder Law is a sub-specialty within the practice of law.

What long-term care benefits are available to veterans and their surviving spouses?

Many of the questions that are asked of me are repeated fairly frequently, so I thought it would be helpful to discuss those elder law topics in the next few issues.

The cornerstone of estate planning is the Will, but all estate plans should include a Power of Attorney and an Advance Directive.