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Gregory A. Baroni Esq.

Baroni Estate Planning & Elder Law

Gregory A. Baroni Esq.

Baroni Estate Planning & Elder Law

Gregory A. Baroni Esq.

Baroni Estate Planning & Elder Law

At Baroni Estate Planning and Elder Law everything we do is based on the belief that we can improve our clients lives.

We believe in giving people more options to access long term care without sacrificing their home, their life's savings, and their family's financial security to pay for it.

We believe in creating comprehensive instructions to guide those who will make financial and health care decisions if you become incapacitated.

We believe in protecting loved ones by carefully and thoughtfully structuring the transfer of assets upon death.

I help families protect their home and life's savings against the devastating costs of long term care by creating personalized plans to make sure their hard earned resources are protected. 

I help those who need more immediate care protect their resources and still get the care they deserve so their families can focus on them instead of worrying about how to pay the skyrocketing costs of care.

Firm Description

What We Believe: At the Baroni Estate Planning and Elder Law Firm, everything we do is based on the belief that we can improve our clients lives.

We believe in walking alongside our clients to create a clear path when a loved one needs long-term care and they are worried about losing their home, their life's savings, and their family's financial security to pay for it.

We believe in creating comprehensive instructions to guide those who will make financial and health care decisions if you become incapacitated.

We believe in protecting loved ones by carefully and thoughtfully structuring the transfer of assets upon death.

How We Do it: We use legal strategies to protect our clients assets in a way that allows them to decide what resources are appropriate to access if their health fails. This type of planning gives individuals and families choices and opens more doors so they can provide for themselves and their loved ones and prosper in every stage of life.

What We Do: We focus on providing personalized planning for every person or family that we work with no matter what stage of life our client is in.  We create plans for our clients so that if they need long term care, they have immediate access to the best care available and are not left scrambling to put the pieces together of how to pay for it.

We work with our clients to accomplish Medicaid Planning when a loved one needs skilled nursing care.  We develop comprehensive plans for our families that want to protect their life savings from creditors and predators.  We plan with younger families to name guardians (backup parents) to care for a minor child in the absence of the natural parents. We plan with families and individuals with special needs to provide the highest possible quality of life. We guide those supporting a loved one who has become disabled.  We help families through probate and estate administration when a loved one passes away.

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13 E. Central Ave.
Paoli, PA 19301

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Medicaid 101
What Medicaid Covers

In addition to nursing home care, Medicaid may cover home care and some care in an assisted living facility. Coverage in your state may depend on waivers of federal rules.

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How to Qualify for Medicaid

To be eligible for Medicaid long-term care, recipients must have limited incomes and no more than $2,000 (in most states). Special rules apply for the home and other assets.

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Medicaid’s Protections for Spouses

Spouses of Medicaid nursing home residents have special protections to keep them from becoming impoverished.

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In addition to nursing home care, Medicaid may cover home care and some care in an assisted living facility. Coverage in your state may depend on waivers of federal rules.

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How to Qualify for Medicaid

To be eligible for Medicaid long-term care, recipients must have limited incomes and no more than $2,000 (in most states). Special rules apply for the home and other assets.

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Medicaid’s Protections for Spouses

Spouses of Medicaid nursing home residents have special protections to keep them from becoming impoverished.

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Medicaid Planning Strategies

Careful planning for potentially devastating long-term care costs can help protect your estate, whether for your spouse or for your children.

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Estate Recovery: Can Medicaid Take My House After I’m Gone?

If steps aren't taken to protect the Medicaid recipient's house from the state’s attempts to recover benefits paid, the house may need to be sold.

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Help Qualifying and Paying for Medicaid, Or Avoiding Nursing Home Care

There are ways to handle excess income or assets and still qualify for Medicaid long-term care, and programs that deliver care at home rather than in a nursing home.

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Are Adult Children Responsible for Their Parents’ Care?

Most states have laws on the books making adult children responsible if their parents can't afford to take care of themselves.

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Applying for Medicaid

Applying for Medicaid is a highly technical and complex process, and bad advice can actually make it more difficult to qualify for benefits.

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Alternatives to Medicaid

Medicare's coverage of nursing home care is quite limited. For those who can afford it and who can qualify for coverage, long-term care insurance is the best alternative to Medicaid.

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ElderLaw 101
Estate Planning

Distinguish the key concepts in estate planning, including the will, the trust, probate, the power of attorney, and how to avoid estate taxes.

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Grandchildren

Learn about grandparents’ visitation rights and how to avoid tax and public benefit issues when making gifts to grandchildren.

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Guardianship/Conservatorship

Understand when and how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for an adult who becomes incapacitated, and how to avoid guardianship.

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Health Care Decisions

We need to plan for the possibility that we will become unable to make our own medical decisions. This may take the form of a health care proxy, a medical directive, a living will, or a combination of these.

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Estate Planning

Distinguish the key concepts in estate planning, including the will, the trust, probate, the power of attorney, and how to avoid estate taxes.

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Grandchildren

Learn about grandparents’ visitation rights and how to avoid tax and public benefit issues when making gifts to grandchildren.

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Guardianship/Conservatorship

Understand when and how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for an adult who becomes incapacitated, and how to avoid guardianship.

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Health Care Decisions

We need to plan for the possibility that we will become unable to make our own medical decisions. This may take the form of a health care proxy, a medical directive, a living will, or a combination of these.

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Long-Term Care Insurance

Understand the ins and outs of insurance to cover the high cost of nursing home care, including when to buy it, how much to buy, and which spouse should get the coverage.

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Medicare

Learn who qualifies for Medicare, what the program covers, all about Medicare Advantage, and how to supplement Medicare’s coverage.

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Retirement Planning

We explain the five phases of retirement planning, the difference between a 401(k) and an IRA, types of investments, asset diversification, the required minimum distribution rules, and more.

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Senior Living

Find out how to choose a nursing home or assisted living facility, when to fight a discharge, the rights of nursing home residents, all about reverse mortgages, and more.

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Social Security

Get a solid grounding in Social Security, including who is eligible, how to apply, spousal benefits, the taxation of benefits, how work affects payments, and SSDI and SSI.

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Special Needs Planning

Learn how a special needs trust can preserve assets for a person with disabilities without jeopardizing Medicaid and SSI, and how to plan for when caregivers are gone.

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Veterans Benefits

Explore benefits for older veterans, including the VA’s disability pension benefit, aid and attendance, and long-term care coverage for veterans and surviving spouses.

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