Basic Comparison Points for Medicaid Institutional Benefit vs. Veterans Aid and Attendance Benefit For the State of Idaho Issue Aid and Attendance (A&A) Medicaid Institutional Asset Test for a Single Person The person can keep …. Note: There are other assets allowed, the information presented here is general. [Other assets include cash, CDs, investments, 2nd home,…
DetailsI remember as a child, sitting at the Thanksgiving table and listening to the adults share stories about their lives and the lives of their long dead family and friends. I heard new stories and the same stories year after year and only slightly paid attention (because I was young and somewhat stupid). Now the…
DetailsBy Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho Are you thinking about your elderly parents’ finances and beginning to worry what you should do to help them in an emergency? Don’t expect your parents to be thrilled at the idea of discussing their finances if they have not been open…
DetailsBy Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho Can you keep up with all the things you need to be doing? No? Well, NO is my answer! The leaves are falling, I rake them every day, and in the morning they are back again. Pooh – I didn’t plan to…
DetailsBy Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho Caregivers of the elderly have a legal as well as a moral obligation to provide proper care for their charge. Allowing your 84-year-old mother to rot to death is considered illegal. Attorney, Marie-Therese Connolly, received the MacArthur Fellowship, the so-called “genius” grant,…
DetailsBy Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho This happened for the heiress of L’Oreal, a French cosmetics company. Liliane Bettencourt is 89¹. She and her daughter, Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers, have been suing one another for years. A French Court found the mother to have failing mental health and to be…
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