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The Importance Of Finding The Right Elder Law Lawyer

As your loved ones get on in years, decisions about present and post-life finances become more important. Poor financial decisions can devastate the ability to pay for necessary medical or end-life expenses. Proper estate planning can help avoid depleting a senior’s savings and other assets over time. I can assist you and your loved ones in managing and protecting their assets and homes during their golden years.

Areas Of Focus Of Elder Law

Elder law is the field of legal practice that primarily encompasses the issues that affect both seniors and aging adults. It has become a very fast-growing specialty mainly because the baby boomers have reached the retirement age and the medical advances make many people live much longer than ever. Here are the major areas of this kind of specialty.

  • Medicaid, long-term care issues and disability
  • Estate planning and administration
  • Guardianship, fiduciary and conservatorship administration

Elder law is a wide-ranging field. The legal issues that fall under the umbrella of the categories include protection against elder abuse, wills, trust, end-of-life planning, fraud and all the levels of disability. The elder law lawyer may practice in all the areas or even specialize in just one or two. A certain elder law firm is more likely to have a staff of skillful attorneys that has the ability to cover all the areas.

Elder Law Lawyer Can Help Plan For The Long-Term Care

Long-term care can be very expensive, and there are families that do not have the means to pay for it by themselves. Talking with an attorney to formulate a plan right before it is needed is a great idea for a family. An elder law lawyer knows how to legally transfer the assets in order to help someone qualify for Medicaid. Aside from that, this professional also knows how to preserve the assets to protect the spouses and at the same time provide them with enough amount of money to live on. Long-term care facilities can cost from $100 to $500 each day, which mainly works out to be about $40,000 to $150,000 per year. Even those families who have the means can have problems in affording this kind of ongoing medical treatment, and this is where an elder law lawyer can really help.

Elder law lawyers are specially trained in order to assist their older clients and their own families. However, they are not limited to helping seniors. If you are among those who are interested in drawing up a will, outlining what should happen if you are unable to make any medical decision for yourself or determining guardianship for a child, contact an estate planning lawyer.

Let Us Help You Plan For The Future

If you are ready to speak to a Texas attorney about your elder law needs, contact us today. Call 281-648-7780 or email us to schedule your initial consultation at our Friendswood office.