by Jill Burzynski | Mar 9, 2018 | Blog, Financing Long Term Care, Life Style, News Article, Veterans' Benefits
Many of our clients must face the choice of whether to stay home or move into an independent or assisted living community. How do you know when it is time to make a move? Staying at home is familiar, and comforting. You know where everything is, and can predict what...
by Jill Burzynski | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog, Caregiver Issues, End of Life Planning, Health Care Advocacy
As an Elder Law Attorney, I often talk to my clients about their end-of-life wishes. We memorialize their wishes in a legal document called an “Advance Directive for Healthcare.” The Advance Directive expresses the patient’s wishes about life...
by Jill Burzynski | 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 Jill Burzynski | 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 Jill Burzynski | 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...