An estate plan typically includes a revocable living trust, financial power of attorney, and a health directive to physicians. The revocable living trust will specify how your assets will be distributed after you die. The financial power of attorney is a legal document that gives someone else the authority to make financial decisions on your behalf if you are unable to do so yourself. A health care directive to physicians is a legal document that gives someone else the authority to make decisions about your health care if you are unable to do so yourself.
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Estate planning & asset protection after a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, or a dementia-related disease. Life adjustments with possible legal consequences. Don’t wait.
The Law Offices of Michael J. Young Present An Elder Law Seminar – “DON’T GO BROKE IN A NURSING HOME” – “How To Get Medi-Cal Coverage For Your Nursing Home Care … Without Selling Your Home or Leaving Your Family Without a Dime” In the Workshop Learn How to get Medi-Cal coverage for your Nursing […]
It is a good idea to review revocable living trusts and the related estate planning documents, to be sure they have the updated elder law language for asset protection and public benefits planning. The daughter of an elderly woman came to see me, to help get the mother qualified for Medi-Cal, and to protect the mother’s home from a […]