Most estate planning documents are prepared for what happens when we die. They are not prepared for what happens if we don’t die. With regard to the trust, if one spouse dies, for instance, everything goes to the other spouse. When the second spouse dies, everything goes to the children. During the lives of the […]
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Some Differences Between Medicaid and Medi-Cal
Medicare is a Federal health insurance program. Social Security funds are used to pay the costs of the program. Individuals who are over the age of 65, and who have made Social Secuirty contributions during their working lives are entitled to benefits. Part A of Medicare pays for hospitalization, hospice and some health care. It also […]
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Veterans Benefits For The Surviving Spouse
The surviving spouse of a wartime Veteran may be eligible for the VA Aid and Attendance Pension Benefit. This benefit can help pay the costs of in home care, board and care and assisted living facilities for the surviving spouse. We must be able to show that the surviving spouse had been married to the Veteran for at least one […]
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Plan For Medi-Cal And VA At The Same Time
When we plan for the VA Aid and Attendance Pension benefit, we plan for Medi-Cal at the same time. Medi-Cal and the VA benefit are both asset and income based programs. Medi-Cal pays for the costs of skilled nursing facilities, minus the share of cost paid by the recipient. The VA benefit can help pay […]
As an elder law attorney, I like to ask my clients to tell me stories about their lives. One of the funniest stories was told to me by a lady in her 90’s. She told me that on one Saturday morning at about 6:00 a.m., she and her husband could hear her two boys, who […]
I always ask my clients if they are veterans, so that we can talk about planning for the VA Aid & Attendance Pension Benefit. An older couple came to see me about Medi-Cal planning, and the husband told me that he was in the Navy during WWII, stationed in San Diego. The wife told me that […]
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Elder Abuse in California
The California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 15610.07 defines elder abuse as follows: “Abuse of an elder or a dependent adult” means either of the following: (a) Physical abuse, neglect, financial abuse, abandonment, isolation, abduction, or other treatment with resulting physical harm or pain or mental suffering. (b) The deprivation by a care custodian of […]
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Elder Law: Veterans Affairs Aid & Attendance Improved Pension Benefit:
In the seminars presented by Walnut Creek elder law attorney Michael J. Young, www.WalnutCreekElderLaw.com, he talks about the Veterans Affairs Aid & Attendance Improved Pension Benefit, which is paid to wartime veterans or to their surviving spouses. The program is asset and income based, as is Medi-Cal. However, the two programs have different qualification rules. The […]
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JANUARY, 2010 ELDER LAW TODAY NEWSLETTER
VA BENEFITS MAY COVER THE COST OF AN ASSITED LIVING FACILITY OR IN HOME CARE www.WalnutCreekElderLaw.com. As we discussed in previous Elder Law Today newsletters, the Veteran’s Administration provides a wonderful pension benefit for those individuals who served at least one day during a period of wartime and are now disabled due to non-service connected […]
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SPENDING DOWN AND GIFTING ASSETS FOR MEDI-CAL QUALIFICATION
For Medi-Cal eligibility, the single applicant must have no more than $2,000 in non-exempt assets in her name. If you just give away your assets, without proper planning, and you want to enter a nursing home, you may create a period of ineligibility for Med-Cal. The ineligibility period begins at the date of the […]