Southern Illinois Elder Law Articles | Illinois Life Care Planning, Medicaid, and Memory Loss Information

As you or your loved one ages, questions begin to arise about the future. This section of our Elder Law and Life Care Planning Attorney website helps our readers learn more about the issues that concern them most regarding Southern Illinois elder care, life care planning, Alzheimer's disease, memory loss, Medicaid planning, nursing home placement, assisted living options, caretaking, and elder care crisis.

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• Memory Loss / Alzheimer's Disease / Dementia / Stroke
• Medicaid Planning / Asset Protection
• Veterans' Benefits
• Life Care Planning
• Special Needs & Disability Planning
• Internships & Career Opportunities
• General

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Life Care Planning:

• Life Care Planning - A Revolutionary Approach to the Challenges Created by Long Life   
  Description: HAELO is a Life Care Planning Law Firm. We use a holistic, elder-centered approach to respond to the challenges created by chronic illnesses. Our goal is to promote and maintain the good health, safety, well-being, and quality of life of elders and their families, while legally preserving their home and life-time savings.
• Protect yourself, your spouse, your home and your life-time savings. Don't become a financial victim of the Elder Care Journey.   
  Description: As a person ages, they begin the Elder Care Journey. At first, the person may be in good health. But over time, chronic health problems develop and the person may need help to remain at home. VA benefits and Medicare can help to pay some costs, but eventually other governmental programs or private sources must be used.
• As a person grows older, they move along the Elder Care Journey . . . what professionals call the Elder Care Continuum.   
  Description: As a person ages, they pass down what professionals call the Elder Care Continuum ... also called the Elder Care Journey. At the start of the Journey, the person may have no functional limts and live at home. But over time, chronic health problems develop and the person may need help to remain at home. With memory or mobility issues, the person may need to transition to assisted living or a nursing home. Government benefit programs such as VA and Medicare may cover some of the costs . . . but ultimately, most persons must ultimately apply for Medicaid. Before you spend-down your life-time savings call for a free telephone consultation.
• Keeping Mom & Dad Safe at Home   
  Description: There are many home-care resources. Yet, your Mom's and Dad's medical conditions may make care at home questionable. Moreover, their financial resources may be limited. We can help. Call today.
• Are Children Legally Responsible For Their Parents' Care? [PDF]   
  Description: Adult children are legally responsible for their parents’ financial support, including the payment of their parents’ nursing home bills, in 30 states according to The Elder Law Journal (2008). These 30 states have statutes called filial responsibility laws that can be financially devastating!
• Financing Long Term Care and Life Care Planning [PDF]   
  Description: Preparing for the possible costs of future impairment and long-term care is, regrettably, a task that everyone faces as they age. You may never need long-term care. Yet, the odds are against you.
• Finding a One-Stop Shop Solution for Your Parent’s Long Term Care [PDF]   
  Description: Long term illnesses and disabilities raise tough questions for families. Some of those families may be sandwiched between care for their aging parents and children who have not yet left the nest.
• Insuring Your Retirement Funds [PDF]   
  Description: In today’s economic environment, it might not sound strange to be told to insure your retirement funds. After all, you have worked hard and diligently saved your money for your golden years. Like most of us, wouldn't you want to make sure that the funds will be there for you when you need them?

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.