A lot of people are reluctant to consult attorneys on legally-related matters due primarily to the cost.  This is doubly true with respect to issues related to Medicaid coverage of nursing home care for the following reasons: The cost of consulting with an attorney. MassHealth eligibility is seen as a non-legal matter that should be […]

Happy New Year!  Now add “update my estate plan” to that long list of new resolutions.  Here are several reasons to do so: Major Events Last Year Did you experience any significant life changing events in the past year?  If so, your estate and asset protection plan should be reexamined.  Here are a few examples […]

Today Congress passed one of NAELA’s top legislative priorities: provisions that protect children with disabilities of members of the military by allowing their parents’ survivor benefits to go into a special needs trust. The provisions were passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2015 and are substantively equivalent to the Disabled […]

No matter how you spin it, the news that exercise may help prevent and treat Disease X doesn’t really qualify as a surprise. That’s the default assumption these days. But when Disease X is Alzheimer’s, a progressive and irreversible degenerative brain condition with few effective treatment options, the finding is worth a closer look. Data […]

Residents of assisted living homes would receive significant new protections under rules proposed by Massachusetts regulators — changes aimed at closing gaps that threatened elders’ safety. Under the strengthened regulations, assisted living residences would be prohibited from accepting residents so frail they need months of skilled nursing care. The rules also call for expanded training […]