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  • Understanding Medicaid’s Look-Back Penalties, Exemptions and Exceptions
    How does Medicaid's 5-year Look-Back Period work?
  • 2024 NY Medicaid Guidelines: Senior Care & Eligibility Guide
    Understand 2024 Medicaid guidelines for New York seniors to navigate eligibility, income limits, and long-term care costs effectively.
  • Long-term care planning often involves covering the costs of hospice and palliative care.
    Palliative and Hospice Care are two types of care available to those with severe medical conditions.
  • Managing a Medicaid Crisis
    A Medicaid Crisis can arise when you need to go into a nursing home and you haven't planned for it.
  • Planning as part of the sandwich generation presents enormous challenges. Here are 6 steps to take to meet those challenges.
    The "Sandwich Generation" is caught between caring for their parents and their children. Planning for them both can be challenging.
  • Holiday gatherings with family may be a good opportunity to discuss many aspects of an aging loved one's planning and wishes should they get sick.
    Family get togethers are not merely an opportunity to reconnect with loved ones.
  • What steps can we take to try and prevent Alzheimer's disease?
    Alzheimer's Disease has a lasting impact not just on the person who has it, but on the whole family.
  • Why a Health Care Proxy is an important part of an Estate Plan
    Ensure your medical wishes are honored if you're incapacitated. Learn how a Health Care Proxy fits into a smart estate plan from Alatsas Law Firm. Read more!
  • November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month - Long Term Care Planning can Preserve your assets, Provide you Help and Protect your Future.
    Learn about Alzheimer’s stages, care options, and how Alatsas Law Firm helps families plan financially for long-term care and asset protection.
  • Overmedicating Alzheimer's Patients and The Dangers
    Alzheimer's disease presents itself with neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaque in the brain.
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