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- Alzheimer's disease is the "great unlearning"
- Brains Actually Inprove With Age & Are More Shrewd
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- Posted on 7/13/2010Free Seminar on New Illinois Medicaid rules to implement DRA...
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Memory Loss / Alzheimer's Disease / Dementia / Stroke
- Older Brains vs. Younger Brains
- When the Diagnosis is Alzheimer's, Dementia, Stroke, or Memory Loss Don't Hesitate
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.
Veterans' Benefits
- Military Veterans Entitled to Care Options, and $23,396 to Qualifying Veteran Household
- VA Benefits for War-Time Veterans & Widows Are Not Tied To Service-Connected Disability
- Veterans Administration Gives Money to Veterans and Their Widow(er)s to Pay for Care At-Home or in Assisted Living
- Veterans Benefits and Medicaid Secret # 2
Life Care Planning
- Life Care Planning - A Revolutionary Approach to the Challenges Created by Long Life
- Protect yourself, your spouse, your home and your life-time savings. Don't become a financial victim of the Elder Care Journey.
- As a person grows older, they move along the Elder Care Journey . . . what professionals call the Elder Care Continuum.
- Keeping Mom & Dad Safe at Home
- Are Children Legally Responsible For Their Parents' Care?
Special Needs & Disability Planning
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- Why LegalZoom is Not the Answer
- Financial Health and The Elder Care Journey
- Consult with Experienced & Knowledgeable Estate Planning Counsel regarding latest developments on Estate and Gift Taxes
- Let Us Help You with Your Elderly Loved One. Call for a Free Telephone Consultation.
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- Keeping Mom and Dad Safe at Home
- Memory Loss / Alzheimer's Disease / Dementia / Stroke
- Free Living Will and Advance Medical Directive
- Don't Hesitate When the Diagnosis is Alzheimer's, Dementia, Stroke or Memory Loss
- Alzheimer's disease is the "great unlearning"
- Brains Actually Inprove With Age & Are More Shrewd
- Brain Plasticity and Recovery From Stroke
- Stroke is a Major Factor in Nursing Home Admissions
- Special Needs & Disability Planning
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- Bankruptcy Can Be An Estate Management Tool
- A Word About Ethics & Confidentiality
- Learn So You Don't Get Burned...
- When Good Estate Plans Go Bad
- Don't forget your Digital Assets when doing your Estate Planning
- Include your Digital Assets in Your Estate Planning
- Taking Care of Digital Assets
- The Estate Tax is Not Dead
- Lawsuit claims LegalZoom is Unfair & Misleading
- Buying Tires vs. Legal Services
- Take a A Positive Step
- Take your Medicine…it’s Good for You and Your Loved Ones
- LegalZoom is Not the Answer
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- Elder Law attorney attends client's 99th Birthday Party
- Elder Law Planning is Like an Elephant that Must be "Eaten One Bite At A Time"
- Special Forces or the Whole Army?
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- Secrets to Qualifying for Illinois Medicaid & Veterans' Benefits
- Free Seminar on New Illinois Medicaid rules to implement DRA
- Press Release - National Elder Law Month
- Effects of Dementia on Functioning and Judgment
- Elder Law Seminar
- Elder Law attorney available for presentations to groups
- Elder Law Update Continuing Education Course
- Free Seminar at Supportive Living Facility
- Elder law firm announces Pet of the Month contest
- Presentation to students at SIU School of Allied Health
- "Santa" Richard Habiger visists residents at Supportive LivingFacility
- Team HAELO at 2007 Alzheimer's Memory Walk
- Team HAELO at Alzheimer's Memory Walk 2005
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- Older Brains vs. Younger Brains
- When the Diagnosis is Alzheimer's, Dementia, Stroke, or Memory Loss Don't Hesitate
- 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.
- Get Medicaid Out of Long-Term Care
- Life Estates & Medicaid Secret # 1
- Veterans' Benefits
- Military Veterans Entitled to Care Options, and $23,396 to Qualifying Veteran Household
- VA Benefits for War-Time Veterans & Widows Are Not Tied To Service-Connected Disability
- Veterans Administration Gives Money to Veterans and Their Widow(er)s to Pay for Care At-Home or in Assisted Living
- Veterans Benefits and Medicaid Secret # 2
- Life Care Planning
- Life Care Planning - A Revolutionary Approach to the Challenges Created by Long Life
- Protect yourself, your spouse, your home and your life-time savings. Don't become a financial victim of the Elder Care Journey.
- As a person grows older, they move along the Elder Care Journey . . . what professionals call the Elder Care Continuum.
- Keeping Mom & Dad Safe at Home
- Are Children Legally Responsible For Their Parents' Care?
- Financing Long Term Care and Life Care Planning
- Finding a One-Stop Shop Solution for Your Parent’s Long Term Care
- Insuring Your Retirement Funds
- Special Needs & Disability Planning
- Internships & Career Opportunities
- General
- Why LegalZoom is Not the Answer
- Financial Health and The Elder Care Journey
- Consult with Experienced & Knowledgeable Estate Planning Counsel regarding latest developments on Estate and Gift Taxes
- Let Us Help You with Your Elderly Loved One. Call for a Free Telephone Consultation.
- Let Us Help You Help Your Elderly Loved One. Free Telephone Consultation.
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- What is Elder Law and Why Should I Care
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- Are your Medicaid-related asset protection strategies really "legal and ethical"?
- If you can really do this, how come I have never heard about this before?
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?
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- VONAPP online
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- VA Office of Research and Development
- VA National Hepatitis C Program
- VA Loan Lending Limits and Jumbo Loans
- VA Life Insurance Handbook
- VA Best Practice Manual for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses and Veteran’s Relief All parts Directory
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- Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses April 11, 2002
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- Depleted Uranium Fact Sheet
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- Compensation Rate Tables, 12-1-03
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- National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association
- Medicare Rights Center
- Center for Medicare Advocacy
- IllinoisLawHelp.org
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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"?
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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.