Medicaid Financial Eligibility Rules for Nursing Home Care in New York State

This reference guide was written to help people gain quick access to the rules which determine whether Medicaid will pay for someone’s nursing home care. It focuses specifically on the financial eligibility rules for New Yorkers who are 65 and older. Topics include: spouse’s responsibility; resource levels; exempt resources; resources which receive special treatment; gifting and penalty periods; exempt transfers; and trusts. It contains extensive citations to: NY statutes; NY Codes, Rules & Regulations; Administrative Directives; Informational Letters; GIS Messages; and the newly-repaginated Medicaid Reference Guide.

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Estate Planning for People with a Chronic Condition or Disability

Though the task can be daunting, arranging for the eventuality of death is a necessary undertaking. The planning of one’s estate takes on even greater urgency for those living with chronic disease or disability. This practical guide clarifies the process and addresses all pertinent topics — from the establishment of preferences regarding convalescent care in the event of further disability to the management of assets after death. In addition, questions regarding life insurance, living trusts, power of attorney, and when to work with a lawyer are answered. Though legalities can be intimidating, this final and most important of legal tasks need not be fraught with confusion.

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ERISA and Employee Benefit Law: The Essentials

This book offers the most up-to-date, expert information on the full spectrum of pension and benefit topics — from an easy-to-understand explanation of ERISA and other laws regulating employee benefits plans to detailed descriptions and definitions of private retirement and welfare plans as well as public programs, such as Social Security and Medicare.  


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Elder Law in a Nutshell, 5th (In a Nutshell (West Publishing))

The Fifth Edition includes the following topics: the new Elder Justice Act responding to elder abuse and neglect; criminal background checks of workers who work with older patients; major Medicare changes, including: cost-free annual wellness visits and personalized prevention assessments, end-of-life planning, tax increases on both earned and investment income, increased premiums on higher-income enrollees in Part D, gradual filling of the Part D doughnut hole; Medicaid spousal impoverishment protection changes; revamped Medigap plan options effective July 2010; new long-term care insurance program operated by the Federal government, and more.

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Mastering Elder Law

Mastering Elder Law explains basic topics of concern in the burgeoning field of elder law. The book examines public benefits available to the elderly, retirement systems, age discrimination in employment, wealth transfers, medical decision making (including the ”right to die”), guardianships and conservatorships, durable powers of attorney, long-term care insurance, housing for the elderly, nursing homes, and elder abuse. The book also explores overarching themes of elder law, such as the tension that results when the state is obligated to protect its vulnerable elderly citizens while simultaneously obligated to promote their autonomy to the maximum extent consistent with their abilities. The text is designed to facilitate the novice s understanding of complex topics such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.  It discusses relevant statutes and cases, includes many examples, and provides practical observations about the laws that address the problems of the elderly.

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