By Daniel G. Fish | February 14, 2024
Decades ago, seniors purchased private long-term care insurance rather than rely upon their own savings or Medicaid. Many of them are now receiving letters raising their premiums to levels that they can no longer afford. They are offered a bewildering series of options including maintaining their coverage or reducing their benefits. The analysis is so complicated that many seniors are seeking advice from elder law attorneys.
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By Fern Finkel, Chair, Elder Law and Special Needs Section | January 11, 2024
Fern Finkel, chair of the Elder Law and Special Needs Section, writes: This year, 11 of our executive committee section members have seats on Governor Kathy Hochul's Master Plan on Aging, enabling us to further contribute to the roadmap for resolving some of the issues that confront our seniors and persons with special needs.
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By Amanda O'Brien | December 19, 2023
Dietrich Law, with three attorneys, has a focus on representing senior care facilities.
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By Daniel G. Fish | November 16, 2023
The New York Long Term Care Trust Program was proposed to address the issue of long-term care insurance through a mandatory payroll tax. Although not enacted, the bill signals a willingness to consider a fundamentally new approach to this issue.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | October 4, 2023
The facts of the underlying case involved a couple, Clyde and Dorothy Burt of Cleburne, who sold their residence to their daughter and were living in a rental before going to a nursing home. They then purchased a 50% interest in the home sold to the daughter, but the commission refused to recognize it as their home.
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By Daniel G. Fish | August 8, 2023
Circumstances in life are constantly changing, and it may be in the best interest of a person subject to a guardianship in another jurisdiction to have a New York court accept the transfer of the out-of-state guardianship. Such a transfer is governed by Article 83.33 of the Mental Hygiene Law, effective April 21, 2014.
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By Brian Lee | June 28, 2023
This is the fourth lawsuit that Attorney General Letitia James has filed against nursing home owners and operators in New York in the past year.
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By Jimmy Hoover | June 8, 2023
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's majority opinion recounts Congress' Reconstruction era effort to address "state-sanctioned lawlessness and violence against the freedmen and their White Republican allies."
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By Adolfo Pesquera | May 30, 2023
Three bills are intended to improve communications in connection with guardianship proceedings.
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By Allison Dunn | May 24, 2023
While the number of elderly people targeted slightly decreased from 2021 compared to 2022, the amount of money collectively lost nearly doubled from $1.7 billion to $3.1 billion, respectively, according to the FBI's most recent report.
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