Your elder law attorney can optimize your planning if you have a loved one who is aging or if you are concerned about their financial and health well-being. Elder law is a highly specialized area of law focusing on the…
In America, being healthy and secure as you age is very expensive on many levels. The financial toll for millions of the elderly and those families who do their best to care for and support them. Long-term care facilities and…
In the healthcare industry, the acronym LASA, which stands for “look-alike-sound-alike” is used when referring to medications. When it comes to federal programs, Medicaid and Medicare, in written form, look alike and they do sound alike but work very differently.…
The Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) offers long-term care for federal or US postal employees or any active or retired Uniformed Services members. First, the basics of long-term care: it isn’t professional medical care, it isn’t seeking recovery or…
The senior citizen population of the United States is rapidly increasing as the baby boomer generation ages, and the continued rise of international migration continues. Although the US average life expectancy has seen a slight three-year decline, many Americans, men…
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Seniors 65 years or older will have a 70 percent chance of requiring some type of long-term care (LTC) service and support during the remainder of their life. In the…