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Meet Dennie Mayhone,

Dennie Mayhone,

Mayhone Elder Law, PLLC

Dennie Mayhone assists families integrate the legal, financial, and personal care needs of seniors and those with disabilities, and their families.  He is licensed to practice law in the state of Mississippi and has been accredited by the Veterans Administration to assist veterans and their spouses with VA benefit...

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Meet Erin Fleming

Erin Fleming

Stone Crosby PC

Mrs. Fleming’s areas of practice includes trusts, wills, estate planning, probate, business law, estate litigation, elder law, municipal law, and real property.

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Meet Keith Vanover

Keith Vanover

Vanover Law Firm PA

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Meet Tommy Smith

Tommy Smith

Smith Law, PLLC

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Meet Linda Melancon

Linda Melancon

Legacy Estate & Elder Law of Louisiana, LLC

Linda S. Melancon, the owner of Legacy Estate & Elder Law of Louisiana, L.L.C., has a practice devoted to helping Louisiana families leave a lasting legacy. She does this through her work in the areas of Elder Law, Medicaid planning, VA benefits planning, estate planning, successions, probate, and special nee...

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Meet Keith Vanover

Keith Vanover

Vanover Law Firm PA

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Meet Peter Losavio

Peter Losavio

Losavio & DeJean, LLC

Peter J. Losavio Super Lawyer 2010-2011 published by Louisiana Life Peter J. Losavio, Jr. is the only Louisiana Elder Law Attorney certified by the National Elder Law Foundation. He graduated from Louisiana State University Law School in Baton Rouge, and received his LLM in taxation from the University of Florida. He i...

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Meet Linda Melancon

Linda Melancon

Legacy Estate & Elder Law of Louisiana, LLC

Linda S. Melancon, the owner of Legacy Estate & Elder Law of Louisiana, L.L.C., has a practice devoted to helping Louisiana families leave a lasting legacy. She does this through her work in the areas of Elder Law, Medicaid planning, VA benefits planning, estate planning, successions, probate, and special nee...

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Meet Kelly Kyle

Kelly Kyle

Kyle Wynn & Associates PLLC

R. Kelly Kyle, a partner of Kyle Wynn & Associates, PLLC graduated from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana, earning a Bachelor of Science degree from the University’s College of Administration and Business.  He then attended Mississippi College School of Law, receiving his Juris Doctor degree...

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Meet Ronald Morton

Ronald Morton

Morton Law Firm, PLLC

Ronald C. Morton, LL.M., CELA, is the founding member of the Morton Law Firm, PLLC. His statewide practice is focused on estate planning, asset protection planning, elder law, business planning, and Medicaid planning. Mr. Morton graduated cum laude from Mississippi College in 1988 with a double major in public administ...

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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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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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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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