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Finding an attorney who is a “real person” can be difficult. Many attorneys surround themselves almost exclusively with other attorneys and are accustomed to speaking in ivory tower legalese. You should be able to connect with your attorney on a personal level, and he or she should speak to you in plain language that you can understand. You will be working very closely with this person on issues that are very important to you. It is important that he or she be down-to-earth and someone that you connect with.
The most common complaint that clients have of their attorneys is that the attorney is unreachable, does not communicate with them regularly, or does not promptly return your calls. Your attorney should reach out to you about your case regularly and respond within 24 hours to calls and e-mails. An open line of communication between you and your attorney is essential to building trust.
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In this article, our Saint Charles elder law attorneys explain the purpose of power of attorney forms. In a financial power of attorney, you can appoint a loved one to manage your finances if you become mentally incompetent to do so through old age, accident, or disease. A healthcare power of attorney allows you to appoint someone to make non-financial decisions for you, such as healthcare decisions. If you execute both a healthcare power of attorney and financial power of attorney while still mentally competent, a costly, stressful, and time-consuming guardianship proceeding will not be necessary in order to allow your loved ones to care for you if you become mentally disabled.
In this article, our Saint Charles elder law attorneys explain how to plan for long-term care. Unfortunately, due to the expense of long-term care, many families rely on Medicaid to cover the costs of some or all of the expense. In order to qualify for Medicaid benefits, you must have already "spent down" substantially all of your own assets. With the proper planning at least five-years in advance of requiring Medicaid, you may be able to ensure that you can receive Medicaid asisstance while still preserving your assets for your family after you pass.
In this article, our Saint Charles elder law attorneys explain how to protect a healthy spouse's assets when the other spouse needs to apply for long-term care and take advantage of Medicaid benefits. We discuss the Community Spouse Resource Allowance, which allow the healthy spouse to retain certain assets and enough income to live on, while the spouse in long-term care can remain eligible for Medicaid benefits.
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