Elder Law Answers
If the child of a parent who is moving into assisted living pays for the parent's first month's rent while also in the process of selling the parent's home for assisted living expenses, can that child be safely reimbursed for the amount of money...
Read moreIf the will states for property to be sold and divided up between the kids, but one child lived with mom the whole time, took care of her for many years, and took care of the house, how do they go about keeping the...
Read moreCan a power of attorney keep friends from seeing you when in a nursing home?...
Read moreAre gift cards considered "gifts" that will create an issue with Medicaid eligibility? My elderly mother may need a nursing home in the next couple of years due to mild dementia/Alzheimer's. She likes to give her grandchildren cash gifts at...
Read moreIf I buy furniture or appliances to spend down my cash to qualify for nursing home care through Medicaid, what happens to those items when I move into a nursing home because I can't take them with me?...
Read moreMom is not divorced (they have been living apart for 12-plus years). Does she need to get divorced prior to Medicaid, or is it considered abandonment?...
Read moreMy husband is in a nursing home and wants to go to assisted-living. He wants me to go with him, but I want to stay in my home. Do I have rights? How do I protect myself?...
Read moreCan a property deed be signed over to someone else, if one of the parties listed on the original deed suffers from vascular dementia? If not, is there a statute of limitations, in order to contest this deed transfer?...
Read moreMy husband passed recently. We were married for 38 years at the time of his death. We live in Georgia. We have two small lots of property in Georgia separate from our home that were in his name only. How can...
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