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- Category: Elder Abuse
- Category: Elder Law
- Boston Startups Are Serving the Elderly Population
- Why Business Owners Need Asset Protection Help
- Seniors Are Frequently Targeted for Financial Abuse
- Are There Alternatives to Nursing Home Care?
- Should You Involve Your Family When You Create a Trust?
- How Can Veterans Get Help from Elder Law Lawyers?
- Differences Between Guardianship and Power of Attorney
- Should You Call the Authorities if a Local Senior Isn’t Around Any More?
- Reasons Not to Wait to Get Help From an Elder Law Attorney
- How an Elder Law Attorney Helps You Set Goals
- Shortage of MA Healthcare Workers is Becoming a Crisis
- Why Most People Don’t Have Enough Saved for Retirement
- Minimum Age to Get Help from an Elder Law Attorney
- How to Get Started with Nursing Home Planning
- Myths About Elder Law
- Affordable Housing Projects Help Seniors
- Tools an Asset Protection Lawyer Helps You Use
- What Should Be Part of Your Healthcare Directive?
- What Makes a Good Elder Law Attorney?
- Top 4 Benefits to Nursing Home Planning
- Boston Recognized for Being Prepared for Alzheimer’s
- The Truth About Nursing Home Costs
- Considerations When Selecting the Executor of a Will
- A New Approach to Dementia Care
- Deaths at Massachusetts Nursing Homes Lead to Calls For Better Oversight
- Category: Estate Planning
- Do You Need Asset Protection Attorneys If You’re Not Very Wealthy?
- What Happens If You Die Without an Estate Plan?
- How a Living Trust Attorney Helps You Plan for Incapacity
- How a Worcester Living Trust Attorney Helps you Protect Your Heirs
- Why You Should Encourage Your Parents to Talk with Estate Planning Lawyers
- 5 Big Mistakes Worcester Estate Planning Attorneys Help You Avoid
- 5 Life Changes That Suggest You Need Estate Planning Help
- How Can You Provide for an Heir Who is Bad With Money?
- How Could Tax Reform Impact the Estate Tax?
- What Happens to a Person’s Debt after a Death?
- Estate Planning Help for Unmarried Couples
- Estate Planning Advice for Single Mothers
- What Happens if You Inherit an IRA?
- 3 Signs You Need to Talk with an Estate Planning Lawyer
- Four Downsides to Guardianship
- Top Myths About a Revocable Trust
- Signs You Need an Irrevocable Trust
- Preparing to Meet with a Worcester Estate Planning Attorney
- Questions to Ask a Worcester Estate Planning Attorney
- Is Massachusetts Estate Tax the Same as Federal Estate Tax?
- 5 Tips When Creating a Will
- What to Consider When Evaluating Types of Trusts
- Limits on Using Money in a Special Needs Trust
- Who Should Have a Lawyer During Trust Administration?
- How a DIY Will Can Cost You
- Who Should be in Charge of Trust Administration?
- What Is a Revocable Family Trust?
- What if I Don’t Want to Be Executor of an Estate?
- What is a Revocable Trust?
- What You Need to Know About Estate Administration
- What’s the Best Way to provide an Inheritance for Grandchildren?
- Worcester Estate Planning Checklist
- 7 Top Estate Planning Mistakes
- How Does Massachusetts Homestead Law Help Protect Assets?
- When Should You Talk With a Burlington Estate Planning Attorney?
- How You Should Protect Your Inheritance After a Death?
- What are the Key Features of an Irrevocable Trust?
- These 4 Risks Make Asset Protection Essential
- Category: Families with Young Children
- Category: Medicaid
- What is Custodial Care and Why Does it Matter?
- Are There Options Other Than Medicaid to Pay for Long-Term Care?
- How Many People Rely on Medicaid?
- How Burlington Nursing Home Lawyers Help You Ensure You Can Pay for Nursing Home Care
- Talk to a Medicaid Planning Attorney In These 3 Key Situations
- Common Misconceptions about Medicaid Planning
- What are Medicaid Estate Recovery Rules?
- Does Long-Term Care Insurance Cover Nursing Home Care Effectively?
- Does Medicare or Medicare Advantage Pay for Nursing Care?
- What do Nursing Homes Cost?
- How Much Do Seniors Need to Save For Medical Care During Retirement?
- Why Talk to a Medicaid Planning Lawyer if Your Child is Disabled
- How Does a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust Work
- A New MassHealth System is Being Tested
- What Is the Medicaid Look Back Rule?
- Factors That Determine Medicaid Eligibility
- What Medicaid Benefits are You Eligible For?
- What are the Resource Limits for Qualifying for Medicaid?
- Different Medicaid Planning Strategies
- How to Apply for Medicaid
- What are the Medicaid Lookback Rules?
- When Does Massachusetts Medicaid Pay for Nursing Homes?
- Can I Protect My Assets Under Massachusetts Medicaid Eligibility Rules?
- Category: Power of Attorney
- Category: Probate
- Category: Retirement Planning
- Category: Taxes
- Category: Uncategorized
- Why Talk with Elder Law Attorneys If You’ve Been Diagnosed with a Serious Illness
- Who Has to Pay Massachusetts Estate Tax?
- Key Facts Executors Need to Know About Massachusetts Probate
- Massachusetts Lawmakers Move to Tighten Nursing Home Oversight
- What Does Medicaid Planning Mean?
- Why is Estate Preservation Important as You Age?
- Who Should Talk with a Worcester Elder Law Attorney?
- What are the Three Key Steps of Legacy Planning?
- Top Massachusetts Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid
- An estate plan can make the administration of an estate smoother
- Choosing a capable executor is a component of good estate planning
- IRS changes estate tax closing letter procedure: What you need to know
- What is legacy planning and how do I know if it’s right for me?
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FAQ
- Do unmarried couples have to plan more than married couples do?
- Is a Living Trust a good idea for a LGBT person?
- Are my estate planning documents a matter of public record?
- Is there a tax if I give some of my property to my spouse or partner?
- Will my spouse or partner be appointed guardian of my minor child?
- Can I make decisions about my spouse or partner’s remains?
- How can I be sure that I will be allowed to visit my spouse or partner in the hospital or assisted living facility?
- Can my spouse or partner make medical decisions for me if I’m sick?
- Can my spouse or partner handle my financial affairs if I am incapacitated?
- I’m married, why do I need to plan?
- Does marriage, domestic partnership or civil union provide all the benefits of marriage?
- How can a Worcester incapacity planning lawyer help?
- What are the resource limits for qualifying for Medicaid?
- What are some factors that determine Medicaid eligibility?
- How can you apply for Medicaid?
- When does Massachusetts, Medicaid pay for nursing home care?
- What are the benefits of a durable power of attorney?
- When should a Massachusetts power of attorney be created?
