Elder Law
The Social Security Administration Keeps Us on Our Toes: Treatment of CARES Act Payments for SSI and Medicaid Beneficiaries; Nominating Representative Payees with the Social Security Administration
April 14, 2020
By Diane Weinberg Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, every taxpayer who received income in 2018 and 2019 below a certain ...
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Partnering with Medicaid to Receive Support to Remain at Home: Medicaid Waiver Programs
September 25, 2019
by Diane Weinberg, Esq. People hearing the term “Medicaid” often associate this word with a government program that provides medical services to individuals with low ...
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The Department of Community Health Introduces the Elderly and Disabled Waiver Program
September 18, 2018
July 2018 saw another significant change in the Medicaid waiver programs. Medicaid introduced the Elderly and Disabled Waiver Program, which will replace both the Community ...
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Having Those Hard Conversations During the Holidays
December 21, 2015
The holidays are a time when families gather together in celebration. Traditions are carried out and new ones are made. Stories are shared, memories created ...
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VA Benefits FAQ
April 24, 2015
When we talk with seniors and their families, we find that they all have the same question: how can they finance long-term care? Whether they ...
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Primer on Special Needs Trusts
January 29, 2015
by Diane Weinberg Last week, I received my first phone call about the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, new legislation creating a type of ...
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Burial vs. Cremation: Personal preferences ranging from simplicity of “green burials” to the traditional to the extravagant
October 8, 2014
As part of our estate planning process, one of the topics we cover with clients is their preferences regarding being buried or cremated upon their ...
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Casey Kasem: Lessons Learned at the End of Life
August 14, 2014
In this, our first video issue of the Passionate Estate Planner, Diane Weinberg looks into the facts of the Casey Kasem matter as reported in ...
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