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– A project of the Southeast ADA Center and Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University The ADA and Face Mask Policies Updated: 7/8/2020 Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has [...]

When they sent Archie home with hospice care, Edith, his wife, (names have been changed) knew that he didn’t have long to live. It was an emotional time and the couple had a long list of things [...]

On May 8, 2020, because of COVID-19, there was a big change in the law for nursing homes. Nursing homes are now “required to inform residents, their representatives, and families of those [...]

Two Big Covid-19 Legal Tips   When Wilma (all names changed) went to the hospital for Covid-19, they had to put her on a ventilator. But years ago, Wilma had signed something called a living [...]

Question: My Mom is in the nursing home on Medicaid. Can the nursing home take Mom’s $1,200  coronavirus stimulus payment? Answer: No. The Social Security Administration just posted a blog [...]

Every year, people of a certain age have to take money out of their retirement accounts. That age used to be 70 and a half, but is just recently changed to age 72. And here’s another change in [...]

MEDICAID PLANNING IN LOUISIANA Joseph R. Gilsoul Gilsoul & Associates, LLC Elder Law Attorneys Introduction This outline gives only the briefest explanation of Medicaid planning, which is but [...]

Fred and Wilma had $30,000 invested with an investment advisor.  When Fred died, Wilma tried to get the money.  But she couldn’t. That’s because in Louisiana, if one spouse dies, then the assets [...]

  I don’t want to get Alzheimer’s.  Is there anything I can do to decrease my risk? That’s a question that the World Health Organization recently tried to answer.  They found some things [...]

We often hear of people, particularly older people, who skimp when it comes to buying and taking their medications. They either take less than the prescribed amount, or completely opt out of [...]