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Doreen L. Seamon

Seamon Law Offices PLLC

Doreen L. Seamon

Seamon Law Offices PLLC

Doreen L. Seamon

Seamon Law Offices PLLC

Doreen Seamon is the owner of Seamon Law Offices PLLC which serves both West Virginia and Pennsylvania. In her time as a practicing attorney, she has guided hundreds of families through critical estate planning decisions at varying stages of life. She is highly experienced in obtaining long-term care Medicaid benefits and veteran benefits for those in need, as well as for settling estates. Doreen partners with accountants, financial advisors, insurance agents, and bankers to maximize results in each of her clients’ unique situations. Doreen and her team strive to help their clients achieve their goals regardless of their means.

Doreen strongly believes that knowledge is power and is devoted to sharing her knowledge of estate planning and elder law in her community. She is the founder of Kudize LLC and its Answers™ television series including Elder Care Answers™. Doreen is also featured monthly on WAJR’s “Ask the Expert” series and she authors a monthly article in the Dominion Post’s Senior Post magazine. Doreen is co-founder of Empowering Seniors Now (EmpoweringSeniorsNow.com) a free webinar series to inform, educate and empower our community’s seniors with pertinent information.

In her spare time, Doreen serves on the Board of the non-profit, PACE Enterprises whose mission is to help people with disabilities find meaningful employment. She is the proud mother of three adult children and two granddaughters. Doreen was born and raised in Pennsylvania, raised her family in West Virginia, and recently relocated to southwestern Pennsylvania to be closer to her son and his family.

  • Owner/Attorney, Seamon Law Offices PLLC
  • JD, West Virginia University College of Law
  • B.S. in Management Information Systems, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Firm Description

Estate Planning, Elder Law, Special Needs Planning, and Probate/Estate Administraion

We have dedicated our entire practice to providing estate planning to families in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Our purpose is to ensure people of all ages and their loved ones have financial security now and in the future.

Hours

Day From To
Monday 9:00 AM 4:00 PM
Tuesday 9:00 AM 4:00 PM
Wednesday 9:00 AM 4:00 PM
Thursday 9:00 AM 4:00 PM
Friday 9:00 AM 4:00 PM

Cost

What Is an Elder Law Attorney?

Main Office

2101 About Town Place
Morgantown, WV 26508

6000 Town Center Blvd.
Suite 124
Canonsburg, PA 15317

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Medicaid 101
What Medicaid Covers

In addition to nursing home care, Medicaid may cover home care and some care in an assisted living facility. Coverage in your state may depend on waivers of federal rules.

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How to Qualify for Medicaid

To be eligible for Medicaid long-term care, recipients must have limited incomes and no more than $2,000 (in most states). Special rules apply for the home and other assets.

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Medicaid’s Protections for Spouses

Spouses of Medicaid nursing home residents have special protections to keep them from becoming impoverished.

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In addition to nursing home care, Medicaid may cover home care and some care in an assisted living facility. Coverage in your state may depend on waivers of federal rules.

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How to Qualify for Medicaid

To be eligible for Medicaid long-term care, recipients must have limited incomes and no more than $2,000 (in most states). Special rules apply for the home and other assets.

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Medicaid’s Protections for Spouses

Spouses of Medicaid nursing home residents have special protections to keep them from becoming impoverished.

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Medicaid Planning Strategies

Careful planning for potentially devastating long-term care costs can help protect your estate, whether for your spouse or for your children.

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Estate Recovery: Can Medicaid Take My House After I’m Gone?

If steps aren't taken to protect the Medicaid recipient's house from the state’s attempts to recover benefits paid, the house may need to be sold.

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Help Qualifying and Paying for Medicaid, Or Avoiding Nursing Home Care

There are ways to handle excess income or assets and still qualify for Medicaid long-term care, and programs that deliver care at home rather than in a nursing home.

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Are Adult Children Responsible for Their Parents’ Care?

Most states have laws on the books making adult children responsible if their parents can't afford to take care of themselves.

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Applying for Medicaid

Applying for Medicaid is a highly technical and complex process, and bad advice can actually make it more difficult to qualify for benefits.

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Alternatives to Medicaid

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ElderLaw 101
Estate Planning

Distinguish the key concepts in estate planning, including the will, the trust, probate, the power of attorney, and how to avoid estate taxes.

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Grandchildren

Learn about grandparents’ visitation rights and how to avoid tax and public benefit issues when making gifts to grandchildren.

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Guardianship/Conservatorship

Understand when and how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for an adult who becomes incapacitated, and how to avoid guardianship.

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Health Care Decisions

We need to plan for the possibility that we will become unable to make our own medical decisions. This may take the form of a health care proxy, a medical directive, a living will, or a combination of these.

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Estate Planning

Distinguish the key concepts in estate planning, including the will, the trust, probate, the power of attorney, and how to avoid estate taxes.

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Grandchildren

Learn about grandparents’ visitation rights and how to avoid tax and public benefit issues when making gifts to grandchildren.

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Guardianship/Conservatorship

Understand when and how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for an adult who becomes incapacitated, and how to avoid guardianship.

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Health Care Decisions

We need to plan for the possibility that we will become unable to make our own medical decisions. This may take the form of a health care proxy, a medical directive, a living will, or a combination of these.

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Long-Term Care Insurance

Understand the ins and outs of insurance to cover the high cost of nursing home care, including when to buy it, how much to buy, and which spouse should get the coverage.

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Medicare

Learn who qualifies for Medicare, what the program covers, all about Medicare Advantage, and how to supplement Medicare’s coverage.

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Retirement Planning

We explain the five phases of retirement planning, the difference between a 401(k) and an IRA, types of investments, asset diversification, the required minimum distribution rules, and more.

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Senior Living

Find out how to choose a nursing home or assisted living facility, when to fight a discharge, the rights of nursing home residents, all about reverse mortgages, and more.

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Social Security

Get a solid grounding in Social Security, including who is eligible, how to apply, spousal benefits, the taxation of benefits, how work affects payments, and SSDI and SSI.

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Special Needs Planning

Learn how a special needs trust can preserve assets for a person with disabilities without jeopardizing Medicaid and SSI, and how to plan for when caregivers are gone.

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Veterans Benefits

Explore benefits for older veterans, including the VA’s disability pension benefit, aid and attendance, and long-term care coverage for veterans and surviving spouses.

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