What Can My Elder Law Attorney Do For Me?

by Linda Ershow-Levenberg, Certified Elder Law Attorney (C.E.L.A.)
May 2010

If your family is struggling with the difficult decisions regarding nursing home placement or ongoing home care, the elder law attorneys at Fink Rosner Ershow-Levenberg can assist you with many of the steps in that process.

Here is a sampling of how we can help:

• Review & negotiate admissions contracts for Continuing Care Retirement Communities, Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities
• Review & negotiate employment contracts for home care agencies
• Prepare employment contracts for household caregivers
• Help to find an appropriate facility, especially for unusually troublesome situations
• Communicate with the facility business office and admissions director to assist in the admissions process
• Accompany you to the family Care Planning meetings which are required to be held by state licensing laws, to advocate for the resident’s needs
• Advise you on lawful means to preserve family assets and become eligible for government benefits such as Medicaid
• Assemble, prepare and file the Medicaid application.
• File or defend court proceedings in cases of incapacity, or to create or correct a trust, or to obtain protective orders when there are family disputes about the care of elders.

We are here to make these stressful processes easier, so that you can take care of the other needs of yourself,  your family or your job. We provide "full service" for our elder care clients.