In our April 9, 2020 newsletter, we informed readers of changes to the rules for establishing eligibility for home and community-based services, including the imposition of a penalty period for individuals who transfer assets in anticipation of an application for...
This edition of the Special Needs Estate Planner is a reprint of an edition we circulated some years back. As we head into tax season with so many different things on our minds, we thought it a good idea to reprint this article to remind special needs trust trustees...
As of the January 2021 edition, Attorney Tara Anne Pleat has been selected as a primary co-editor, along with Attorney Michael Kutzin of White Plains, of the LEXISNEXIS Publication “New York Elder Law”. The publication contains comprehensive analysis and...
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...
Thanksgiving Baskets from Wilcenski & Pleat PLLC and Adirondack Case Management & Advocacy LLC are being delivered to CAPTAIN Community Human Services in Clifton Park as part of their holiday and seasonal assistance...
Tara Anne Pleat is the new Co-Chair of the Fourth Judicial District, which covers Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren, and Washington counties. She co-owns the law firm Wilcenski & Pleat PLLC and practices in the...
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...
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