Elder Law

Two Important Changes to Social Security Benefit Strategies

2015-11-18T09:17:04-05:00

Making a plan for your retirement is an important thing to do.  This includes planning for incapacity and death by having an estate plan (a Will, power of attorney, advance health care directives and a trust is applicable) and also planning for your financial future.  Recently, changes were made that will affect those claiming Social [...]

Two Important Changes to Social Security Benefit Strategies2015-11-18T09:17:04-05:00

MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT- KNOW YOUR OPTIONS

2015-11-11T14:18:10-05:00

Medicare Open Enrollment began October 15 and closes December 7. If you have Medicare, now is the time to review your coverage and understand your options.   December 7th is the deadline.  The Open Enrollment Period is the only time all year when everyone with Medicare can change coverage. You can move between Medicare Advantage [...]

MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT- KNOW YOUR OPTIONS2015-11-11T14:18:10-05:00

GIBBONS | NEUMAN WALKS TO END ALZHEIMER’S

2015-11-05T10:04:03-05:00

On October 31st, the Tampa law firm of Gibbons |Neuman participated in the Alzheimer’s Association’s  Walk To End Alzheimer’s event in downtown Tampa.  The firm assembled a Team of firm members, family and friends and raised donations of $5,515 for the Alzheimer’s Association’s yearly event. This is the second year that the firm put together [...]

GIBBONS | NEUMAN WALKS TO END ALZHEIMER’S2015-11-05T10:04:03-05:00

ELDER LAW ATTORNEY PROVIDES FREE ADVANCE HEALTHCARE DIRECTIVES

2015-10-29T10:07:26-04:00

On October 26th, the Firm’s Elder Law Attorney, Elizabeth P. Allen, put on a free advance healthcare directives clinic at Horizon Bay Lutz, an independent and assisted living facility in Lutz, Florida.  She provided information on living wills and designations of healthcare surrogates, recent changes in the law on designations and she provided those legal [...]

ELDER LAW ATTORNEY PROVIDES FREE ADVANCE HEALTHCARE DIRECTIVES2015-10-29T10:07:26-04:00

It’s National Estate Planning Awareness Week!

2015-10-19T14:07:35-04:00

This week is National Estate Planning Awareness Week. It's always a good idea to review your estate plan from time to time. That is especially true if you’ve had life changing events (such as marriage, divorce, birth of children, death of family members, health changes). If you don’t have an estate plan in place, now [...]

It’s National Estate Planning Awareness Week!2015-10-19T14:07:35-04:00

What Do All Those Legal Words Mean? Part 3

2015-10-07T13:54:50-04:00

Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog topic dealt mainly with terms that deal with things once you die. What about while you’re still alive? What happens if you become disabled and/or incapacitated and not able to do things for yourself? That’s where Part 3 of this Legal Words topic comes in.   If [...]

What Do All Those Legal Words Mean? Part 32015-10-07T13:54:50-04:00

What Do All Those Legal Words Mean? Part 2

2015-09-24T12:37:17-04:00

Part 1 of this blog topic identified a few estate planning legal terms and explained what they mean. Part 2 continues with more estate planning terms. In Part 1, one of the terms defined was Probate - the court-supervised process for administering an estate after someone dies.   But is there a way to avoid that [...]

What Do All Those Legal Words Mean? Part 22015-09-24T12:37:17-04:00

What Do All Those Legal Words Mean?

2015-09-15T14:37:33-04:00

Lawyers often use words that are unfamiliar. What’s even worse is that often, legal terminology is not even consistent throughout the states. Additionally, a legal concept, such as “Homestead” can have several different meanings in different situations.   The area of Estate Planning is full of legal terms that you should know and understand. Let’s [...]

What Do All Those Legal Words Mean?2015-09-15T14:37:33-04:00

NOTICE Act Requires Hospitals to Inform Medicare Patients of Potentially Costly Observation Status

2015-09-01T11:23:10-04:00

On August 7, 2015, President Barack Obama signed in to law the NOTICE Act (“Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility”) which requires hospitals to give written notification to Medicare patients 24 hours after receiving observation care, explaining that they have not been admitted to the hospital, the reasons why, and the potential [...]

NOTICE Act Requires Hospitals to Inform Medicare Patients of Potentially Costly Observation Status2015-09-01T11:23:10-04:00

Medicaid and Assisted Living Facilities

2015-08-11T10:03:52-04:00

So you or a loved one is living in an assisted living facility (“ALF”) or thinking about moving to one. You’ve heard or been told that you can get Medicaid benefits to help pay for the monthly ALF cost. Sounds great, right? Well, it can be. However, obtaining Medicaid coverage in an ALF isn’t necessarily a quick [...]

Medicaid and Assisted Living Facilities2015-08-11T10:03:52-04:00
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