The Importance of Healthcare Planning Documents
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The Importance of Healthcare Planning Documents

Estate Planning

The Importance of Healthcare Planning Documents

Healthcare is an essential part of our lives, and sometimes our loved ones may require medical treatment or healthcare at a time when they are unable to communicate their wishes. Whether because of cognitive impairment, unconsciousness, or mental healthcare needs, proper legal planning and healthcare planning documents are helpful. With regard to medical decision-making, various documents exist to allow individuals to appoint another to make healthcare decisions in advance and to ensure their wishes are known (and followed) when they are unable to communicate those wishes. Healthcare planning documents, such as Healthcare Powers of Attorney and Advance Healthcare Directives, are [...]

Bryan Adler2024-03-08T11:08:35-05:00April 3, 2023|

The Value of Planning Before a Senior Healthcare Crisis
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The Value of Planning Before a Senior Healthcare Crisis

Aging, Estate Planning

The Value of Planning Before a Senior Healthcare Crisis

Recently, Tina Kane, one of our elder care coordinators, and I were invited to speak on the Givnish Spotlight hour on WWDB 860 AM. The show is led by representatives of the Life Celebrations family of funeral homes, a group that advocates for preneed burial and funeral planning. The reason for our invitation to join a few weeks ago was to discuss the value of planning as we age. Simple in concept, complex in execution. If there's a list of things we dislike or avoid talking about, I imagine death and dying would be near the top. Not far [...]

Bryan Adler2024-03-08T11:11:49-05:00February 3, 2023|

The Life Care Plan: A Complex and Confusing Puzzle
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The Life Care Plan: A Complex and Confusing Puzzle

Estate Planning, Aging

The Life Care Plan: A Complex and Confusing Puzzle

Navigating a successful life care plan is much like a puzzle. Every step must be correct to progress and complete the plan. I love puzzles. Crosswords, sudoku, cryptograms, almost any puzzle. My friends and family poke fun at me for casually glancing at a puzzle on the NY Times iPhone app when I should be engaged otherwise (like at dinner or at my daughters’ soccer games). Regardless of my penchant for puzzles at inopportune times, my wife, Stefanie, recently gave me The Puzzler by A.J. Jacobs. The book follows Jacobs’ “quest to solve the most baffling puzzles ever, from crosswords [...]

Bryan Adler2024-03-08T11:21:57-05:00October 14, 2022|

Elder Care Coordinators at Rothkoff Law Group
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Elder Care Coordinators at Rothkoff Law Group

Around the Office

Elder Care Coordinators at Rothkoff Law Group

Rothkoff Law Group follows a unique care-first approach to elder law, allowing Elder Care Coordinators (ECCs) to help our clients navigate the long-term care maze while advocating for their needs. The Elder Care Coordinators generally come from a background in long-term care, such as a subacute community, hospital, or local area agency on aging. When introducing ourselves and our roles, it is often received with an intrigued look along with, "What would a care coordinator do in a law firm?" The Elder Care Coordinators, in conjunction with other members of the firm, assist clients and their families in making certain [...]

Rothkoff Law Group2024-03-08T11:25:17-05:00August 23, 2022|

Advocating for Quality Long-Term Care in Pennsylvania
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Advocating for Quality Long-Term Care in Pennsylvania

Assisted Living

Advocating for Quality Long-Term Care in Pennsylvania

At Rothkoff Law Group, advocating for quality long-term care in Pennsylvania is a part of our day-to-day. As our loved ones age, their need for healthcare and personal assistance tends to increase. Whether your loved one is in the early stages of dementia, undergoing short-term rehabilitation after hospital admission, or in need of long-term nursing home care, accessing the best care and figuring out how best to pay for it can be overwhelming burdens. Wherever this journey begins, advocacy is important to address all of these issues. In pursuit of quality long-term care in Pennsylvania, our clients are often surprised [...]

Bryan Adler2024-03-08T11:30:24-05:00April 22, 2022|

Elder Care Law Services and the Power of the Written Word
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Elder Care Law Services and the Power of the Written Word

Aging

Elder Care Law Services and the Power of the Written Word

As we deal with the day-to-day issues of managing a law firm and providing elder care law services for clients and their loved ones, we sometimes unintentionally forget why we do what we do. It is a natural human reaction to address the here and now before you. Our focus as an elder care law firm is to ensure our clients receive the best care possible, determine how care can be reasonably paid for, and ease the burden on the caregiver family member. We received a handwritten note via mail from the child of a recently deceased client. We have [...]

Jerold Rothkoff2024-03-08T12:22:44-05:00October 1, 2021|

Medicaid Crisis Planning: Paying for Long-Term Care

COVID-19 has been devastating to long-term care residents. Although the situation has improved greatly after the availability of vaccines, family members are still hesitant to make the decision to place their loved ones in a nursing home setting. Nonetheless, there was and continues to be an important need for assisted living and/or nursing home care. Should placement in a long-term care community be necessary, it is important to adequately prepare for the significant financial costs of care. Medicaid crisis planning is a crucial step in preparing for the future and taming the unexpected. Medicaid crisis planning can help turn an [...]

Rothkoff Law Group2024-03-08T12:25:33-05:00July 9, 2021|

Medicaid Crisis Planning: Paying for Long-Term Care
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Medicaid Crisis Planning: Paying for Long-Term Care

Public Benefits

Medicaid Crisis Planning: Paying for Long-Term Care

Medicaid crisis planning is a crucial step in preparing for the future and taming the unexpected. And as with the case of Marie, a client I was happy to assist, Medicaid crisis planning helped turn an unexpected situation into the best possible outcome for her and her husband. $300,500.00 was most of Marie’s life savings. When she remarried while in her late 60s, it did not matter that her new husband had scant funds. Marie was happily working, and her new husband, Charlie, could help with the bills using his significant pension. No more than 10 years after their marriage, [...]

Rothkoff Law Group2024-03-08T12:28:06-05:00June 3, 2021|