Try: An elder law attorney can help people complete documents designed to protect financial interests and assets as well as help people plan for their future putting these documents together will take some time but families find it fosters honest conversation and promotes feelings of security for all involved in the process preservation transfer of assets seeking to avoid spousal impoverishment when a spouse enters a nursing home elder law attorneys handle a variety of activities and cases below is a list of those activities medicaid medicare claims and appeals social security and disability claims and appeals supplemental and long-term health insurance issues disability planning including use of durable powers of attorney living trusts "living wills" for financial management and health care decisions and other means of delegating management and decision-making to another in case of incompetency or incapacity conservatorships and guardianships estate planning including planning for the management of one’s estate during life and its disposition on death through the use of trusts wills and other planning documents probate administration and management of trusts and estates long-term care placements in nursing home and life care communities nursing home issues including questions of patients’ rights and nursing home quality elder abuse and fraud recovery cases housing issues including discrimination and home equity conversions age discrimination in employment retirement including public and private retirement benefits survivor benefits and pension benefits health law mental health law information references "guide to legal and financial planning needs of seniors" by homewatch care givers available at www homewatchcaregivers com
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