The Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is impacting hospice care facilities, nursing homes, and rehabilitation facilities all across the country. Loved ones are not able to visit their family members or friends in person. However, there are other ways to show your love. Many facilities in Florida are implementing helpful measures. If the facility your loved one […]
Category: Medicaid Planning
Medicaid-planning is a joint federal and state program available to fund medical services, including long-term care services. You may qualify for Medicaid-planning assistance even if you own a home, a car, and other property.
The Florida Health Care Surrogate: name the person who will make your health care decisions if you cannot.
Your right to self-determination and to make ethical decisions about your own medical treatment are protected under Florida law. What many people do not realize, however, is that these rights can be entrusted to a loved one, should you lose the capacity to make health care decisions yourself. In fact, the Designation of Health Care […]
New to Florida? Are Your Estate Plan Documents Still Good?
Many people move to Florida. Some move here for the sunshine, warm weather, and the beaches. Others come for new opportunities. We welcome all of you. Many who relocate to Florida are concerned that estate plan documents they had prepared in another state may not be valid in Florida. These documents could include last wills, […]
Durable Power of Attorney Increasingly Important for Aging Parents
As we see the aging of our parents, we are grateful for so many advances in caring for the physical wellbeing of them. Certain cancers, heart disease and broken bones are no longer a death sentence to the aging parent. However, with longer life comes deterioration of the mind, a mental decline that medicine has […]