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Sometimes an elderly loved one needs more care that a family member can provide. When you reach the point of needing more care differs with every family. We all have different skills, time available, available space in our home and other factors. ...

Medicaid 5 Year Look-Back Penalty

12 Nov 2020

Jill Burzynski

Blog, Medicaid, News Article

You may never have heard of the Medicaid 5 year look-back penalty. Or you may have heard of a “five-year period” without being clear what that meant. You get busy with health, financial and insurance information when going through a long-term placement...

A Good Estate Plan Can Reduce Elder Exploitation

23 Oct 2020

Jill Burzynski

Alzheimers and Dementia, Blog, Estate Planning, Exploitation, News Article, scams

Financial elder exploitation has been called “the crime of the 21st Century” with one study suggesting that older Americans lost at least $2.9 billion to financial exploitation in 2010 by a broad spectrum of perpetrators, including persons they know and trust, as...

An Unexpected Trip to the Emergency Room

12 Oct 2020

Jill Burzynski

Blog, Health Care Advocacy, News Article

No one wants to land in the emergency room of a hospital, but it happens frequently, especially to seniors, so it is imperative that seniors be ready for an unexpected trip to the emergency room. According to the Centers for Disease Control...

Will POA Prevent Guardianship?

02 Oct 2020

Jill Burzynski

Blog, Caregiver Issues, Estate Planning, Exploitation, Guardianship, News Article, scams

A good Florida estate plan will always include planning for possible incapacity. A Durable Power of Attorney (DPOA) names a trusted person to make financial decisions for you, while an Advance Directive for Healthcare does the same for health decisions. But there...

Gifting Real Property Poses Problems

25 Sep 2020

Jill Burzynski

Blog, Estate Planning, News Article

We get many inquiries about gifting real property. Sometimes we deal with seniors who want us to prepare a deed gifting the home to their children. Some believe that they could wait out the five year ineligibility period and obtain Medicaid. We...