By: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho What have you collected over your lifetime – buttons, baseball cards, Jim Beam bottles, thimbles, salt and pepper shakers, egg beaters, poker chips…? The list is endless. Your collection could be just a curiosity with little value (except to you), or it…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho A married couple planning for their retirement may want to consider strategies that maximize the Social Security income for both spouses, and for the survivor. Married couples should consider a number of variables before making a claim for their Social Security benefits.…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho Retirement has many parts. How much predictable income you receive when you are no longer working is a critical concern, and Social Security is part of that retirement income picture. If you have not signed up for Social Security retirement benefits, stop…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho Maybe. The Idaho Supreme Court recently held that a “remainder” interest in a home in which a deceased Medicaid recipient had reserved a “life estate” was subject to recovery. What does that really mean? Melvin Peterson gifted his house to his daughter…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho People covered by Medicare occasionally want to complain to Medicare to contest hospital discharge orders, nursing home care, home health services and hospice programs, all paid for by Medicare. Effective August 1, 2014, the toll-free phone numbers to call have been changed…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho I am amazed – I find at least 25% of my clients are supporting their adult children and grandchildren. Financial exploitation is the most common form of elder abuse. A recent study of 4,000 adults aged 60 and older living in New…
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