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Medicaid Planning / Asset Protection
- New Medicaid rules threaten Life Estates. Don't delay. Call now! Beat the date the new Illinois rules become effective.
- Protect Your Home & Assets. Call NOW before New Medicaid Rules Devaste Your Finances.
- Avoid Going Broke in a Nursing Home . . . . . Act NOW before Illinois adopts the federal Deficit Reduction Act (DRA).
- 2010 changes in the Estate Tax and tax basis rules on life estates have created problems for Medicaid and VA benefits planning.
- Call for free consultation before signing a nursing home admission agreement.
Life Care Planning FAQs | Elder Care Planning Frequently Asked Questions
Q: If you can really do this, how come I have never heard about this before?
A:
It is our experience that most lawyers do not know Medicaid law. So it is not surprising that the public - and even well-intentioned and well-educated individuals within the senior services network - are unfamiliar with the fact that there are legal and ethical protections available.
Habiger & Associates Elder Law Office (HAELO) provides legal services to elderly or disabled persons in Southern Illinois. The founder of the firm, Richard Habiger, is an elder law attorney with more than 30 years experience. We are an Elder Law and Life Care Planning Law Firm that provides legal and care coordination assistance, including: Medicaid planning; asset protection; estate protection; Medicaid applications; Medicaid appeals; VA pension benefits planning and applications for veterans and their surviving spouses; planning for those with Alzheimer's, dementia, or other forms of memory loss, and those who have suffered a stoke; Hospice planning; and special needs planning, including special needs trusts and supplemental needs trusts.
HAELO is located in Carbondale Illinois, and serves clients in twenty-seven Southern Illinois counties south of Interstate 70 highway. Southern Illinois Counties: Jackson County, Williamson County, Union County, Franklin County, Perry County, Saline County, Jefferson County, Hamilton County, Johnson County, Randolph County, Wayne County, White County, Washington County, Edwards County, Monroe County, Wabash County, Richland County, Clay County, Marion County, Clinton County, Bond County, Fayette County, Effingham County, Jasper County, Crawford County, Massac County, Pulaski County, Alexander County, Pope County, Hardin County, Gallatin County, and Lawrence County.
Southern Illinois Cities & Towns: Carbondale, Murphysboro, Carterville, Herrin, Marion, Anna, Vienna, Metropolis, Harrisburg, West Frankfort, DuQuoin, Benton, Chester, Pinckneyville, Mt. Vernon, McLeansboro, Carmi, Fairfield, Nashville, Waterloo, Centralia, Salem, Albion, Mt. Carmel, Flora, Olney, Lawrenceville, Newton, Robinson, Jonesboro, Eldorado, Shawneetown, Ridgway, Sparta, Golconda, Johnston City, Marissa, Coulterville, Carlyle, Ullin, Tamms, Elizabethtown, Galatia, Wayne City, Cobden, Lake of Egypt, Goreville, Brookport, Olive Branch, Cave-in-Rock, Carrier Mills, Energy, Cambria, Zeigler, Royalton, Christopher, Rosiclare, Sesser, Okawville, Woodlawn, Thompsonville, Steeleville, Raleigh, Olmsted, Baldwin, Villa Ridge, Mounds, Tunnel Hill, Red Bud, Trenton, New Baden, Ewing, Dix, Norris City, Creal Spring, Bridge Port, Sumner, Waltonville, Breese, Aviston, Germantown, Whittington, Vandalia, and Ina.
Free Books
Memory Loss - Legal Survival Guide
The Guide to Medicaid Planning
The Nuts and Bolts Guide to Veterans' Benefits
Consumers Guide to Hospice Care in Southern Illinois
The Complete Guide to Life Care Planning
Parents Guide to Special Needs Planning
Advisor's Guide to Special Needs Planning
Contact Us
Offices
Physical Address
2010 West Woodriver Drive
Suite 100
Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Phone: 618-549-4529
Mailing Address
200 North Emerald Lane
Suite 100
Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Phone: 618-549-4529
FAQs
Medicaid Planning / Asset Protection
But my caseworker / nursing home intake person / friend / beautician / other advisor has told me rules that are much different than what you are saying. How can you be so sure that you're right?
- If you can really do this, how come I have never heard about this before?
- Are your Medicaid-related asset protection strategies really "legal and ethical"?
Testimonials
Thank you for your excellent leadership and many insights at the Young At Heart Seminar at United Methodist Church of Murphysboro on July 13.- I appreciate all you have done over the years to help make this transition simpler for our family.
Janice Cherry - Thank you for taking the time to talk to my sister concerning my Dad.
Sharon B. - You were always there for me and I never felt you were just doing your jobs, your hearts were really in it. If not for you, I don’t think I could have gotten through the most trying time of my life.
S.W. - Thank you so much for getting my mom and dad’s affairs in order. If there is one thing that I could tell others it would be to plan ahead and seek your counsel early.
C.D.