Over the last several months we have seen story after story about families being unable to visit their loved ones living in skilled nursing facilities, group homes or other congregate settings. The stories we hear from our friends and colleagues are often...
We send The Special Needs Estate Planner to over 4,000 email recipients, and over the years our newsletters get passed along to people across the state and beyond. By far the most popular issue has been the one originally entitled, “Dear Grandma and...
A crisis is unfolding. We have enjoyed the expansion of Medicaid home care benefits through the Nursing Home Transition and Diversion (NHTD) Waiver, the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), the Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) Program and similar...
A couple of months back we informed our readers of some changes that were on the horizon in the New York State Medicaid program for those who hope to receive home and community-based services, including the imposition of a penalty period for individuals who transfer...
The Achieving a Better Life Experience (“ABLE”) Act was signed into law by President Obama in December of 2014. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed New York’s ABLE Act into law in December of 2015, but it took until September 10, 2017 for New Yorkers to be...
At the risk of sounding trite, the coronavirus pandemic has caused most of us to consider whether we are truly prepared for the unexpected. As we read the news and experience the changes in the patterns of our day-to-day lives, we cannot help but reflect. When we...
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