by dev | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog, Caregiver Issues, End of Life Planning
We at Burzynski Elder Law often encourage our chronically ill clients to consider obtaining a hospice consult. We are fortunate in Collier County to have two excellent hospice options: Avow and Vitas Healthcare. Both hospices offer invaluable support for both the...
by dev | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog, Caregiver Issues, Health Care Advocacy, Uncategorized
Knowing your obligations when hiring home care workers is critical. Complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act is required. Even if you use and agency, you may become personally liable for overtime or minimum wage violations. Most home care workers are actually...
by dev | Jan 9, 2016 | Caregiver Issues, Financing Long Term Care, Health Care Advocacy, Medicaid
Many numbers are pertinent to the Elder Law practice change annually. Below are the 2016 Elder Law Numbers. This year many of the numbers did not change because there was no Cost of Living Adjustment; therefore, many of the numbers below are indexed to the COLA so...
by dev | Dec 26, 2015 | Alzheimers and Dementia, Blog, Guardianship
A good professional guardian can be a godsend in difficult family situations. A good professional guardian is a tireless advocate, is on-call twenty-four hours a day and is a master of diplomacy. Unfortunately professional guardians as a group have come under fire in...
by dev | Dec 9, 2015 | Blog, Caregiver Issues, Estate Planning, Health Care Advocacy, Uncategorized
In our last blog, we talked about how when families gather for the holidays, that sometimes adult children are confronted with the realization that their elder parents need help. We talked about how “diplomatically finding documents” is necessary to...
