This year’s Elder Law Institute course materials offer updates on new laws and procedures, helpful tips for your practice, and strategies to help you keep pace with the ever-changing world. These materials offer chapters on Medicare, Medicaid, VA benefits, Social Security benefits, the proposed Guardianship legislation, end of life decisions, and so much more. This book will become a go-to resource for you in your elder law practice.
Summary of Contents
- Year in Review
- Planning and Drafting Irrevocable Trusts
- Estate Planning for Clients Living with Chronic Illness and Aging Clients
- The Intersection of Family Law and Elder Law
- ‘I Said It. I Meant It. So Honor It.’
- Maximizing Social Security Benefits for Special Needs Families
- How to Be an Elder Law Warrior
- Navigating the Home and Community Based Services Waiver Enrollment Process
- Appealing Adverse Decisions to the BHA and Beyond
- VA Compensation
- Guardianship – Proposed Legislation
- Getting Grandma’s Nest Egg Back
- Special Needs Trusts: Advocacy and Administration
- Veteran’s Pension Planning Under the New 2018 Regulations
- An Insider’s Tour of Microsoft 365
- Understanding Medicare – A Primer for the Medicare System
- Pennsylvania’s Medical Assistance Estate Recovery Program
- VA Appeals Process
- Impact of Mental Health on Planning in Seniors Redux
- An Hour with the PA Department of Human Services
- Medicaid Annuities in Practice
- Elder Abuse & Neglect: Protecting Our Most Vulnerable
- Ethical Issues in Elder Law and How to Solve Them