by Doug Jones | May 23, 2018 | caring for elderly parent, estate planning, Medicaid Planning, medicaid qualification
We see many people spend their estate all the way down (close to zero) before they apply for Medicaid assistance to help pay their Nursing Home Expenses. Why do they do this? Many have been told this is just the way it is. The belief is, they must spend down to less... 
by Doug Jones | Apr 10, 2018 | estate planning, pre-planning
Wait a minute! I’m talking about your parent’s estate planning, right? Shouldn’t this article be directed to your parents? There are two main reasons why I am addressing the kids: If you (or your parents) are like 70% of the rest of America, then you or they have not... 
by Doug Jones | Mar 14, 2018 | caring for elderly parent, crisis planning, estate planning, pre-planning
Recently, I spoke with a gentleman who said that when he tried to check his parent into a Nursing Home, the Nursing Home refused to admit Dad as a resident unless the son signed a statement of personal responsibility. This means, that if Dad (or Medicare or whoever)... 
by Doug Jones | Jan 18, 2018 | alzheimers, estate planning, pre-planning
If you are reading this and you are a healthy vigorous senior, but have not done your estate planning, Here’s Your Sign! Here is another opportunity to get it right. In this blog post we are going to talk about planning for incapacity before you die. We refer to... by Doug Jones | Aug 22, 2017 | alzheimers, caring for elderly parent, crisis planning, estate planning, Medicaid Planning, medicaid qualification
Thanks for being one of the first to view the grand re-opening of our Blog. To start us off, I have included the video of the first edition of another of our first’s, which is the ELP Legal Minute. This is a new series broadcast on Facebook where I literally talk... 
by Doug Jones | May 7, 2017 | caring for elderly parent, crisis planning, estate planning, Medicaid Planning, medicaid qualification, pre-planning
Get the facts before writing the checks for long-term care! Big and Harry the farm cat does his own thing. (His main tasks right now are staying cool and coming around for food.) He comes off as a bit aloof and independent as cats do. But we know that he is not quite... 