Southern Illinois Elder Care Planning Practice Areas | Life Care Planning Practice Areas | Elder Law Practice Areas

As your parents or other elder loved ones age you begin to question the future. What will their long-term care be? How will we finance our parent's medical needs and living situation? How will Medicaid assist our aging parents? Do we need any legal documents for our elderly parents? This legal website helps southern Illinois families with elder care planning, life care planning and elder law issues.

Memory Loss / Alzheimer's Disease / Dementia / Stroke

Those diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, stroke or other forms of memory loss need legal assistance in planning for their secure future and the secure futures of their loved ones. At Habiger & Associates Elder Law Office (HAELO), we specialize in assisting families in southern Illinois struggling with the health care and long-term care issues of those who have Alzheimer’s or other forms of memory loss. Call us today for a free telephone consultation.

Medicaid Planning / Asset Protection

The decision to enter a nursing home or assisted living facility in southern Illinois is a tough one to make – but it can be even more difficult if you and your family are not sure how you are going to pay for quality care. Located in Southern Illinois, Habiger & Associates Elder Law Office (HAELO) can assist your family with Medicaid planning and help you make the transition to a nursing home, supportive living or assisted living facility safely and smoothly.

Veterans' Benefits

Are you an honorably discharged Illinois veteran, or the family member of an honorably discharged veteran? If so, you may qualify for benefits under the VA's Aid and Attendance Program to help with the high cost of home health care, assisted living, or Illinois supportive living.  Our firm has prepared a white paper which answers a number of questions about eligibility for this program and discusses how it may help you cover the cost of care and avoid using up all your hard-earned savings. Get the "Nuts and Bolts Guide to VA Benefits" today, or contact us to set up a free consultation to find out if you may be eligible.

Life Care Planning

Habiger & Associates Elder Law Office (HAELO) offer their clients comprehensive elder law and life care planning that assists families in finding, getting, and paying for long-term care for the elderly - including care at home, in assisted or supportive living, or in a nursing home. Give your loved one the asset protection and care coordination that they need to live their lives in comfort, safety, and dignity while also protecting their home and life-time savings to the extent legally permissible. Call us today to request a free telephone consultation.

Hospice Planning

If you or a loved one is receiving hospice care, the ability to make financial or health care decisions may decrease over time. Making informed decisions about personal, business, and health care issues may become more difficult or even impossible.  Fortunately, proper planning will assure that things are handled according to your wishes and that you've taken the best steps possible to protect your loved ones and to protect your family. Our free Consumer's Guide to Southern Illinois Hospice Care outlines the steps you can use to protect your loved one and their home and hard-earned savings. Request your copy today, or contact us to set up a free consultation to discuss your individual situation.

Special Needs & Disability Planning

You have dedicated yourself to the care of a special needs loved one – but do you have a plan for the future after you are gone? Or you have fought long and hard to obtain an award or settlement of a claim for a disabled person – but now need assistance to protect your client’s eligibility for Medicaid. Or you need to make a distribution from an estate or trust – but are concerned that the distribution will make the beneficiary ineligible for Medicaid or other governmental benefits. Habiger & Associates (HAELO) can help you devise a workable special needs plan for your special needs loved one or client that can ensure quality care and financial security for years to come. Call us today for a free telephone consultation.

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.