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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 [...]

If you are struggling with paying for Medicare Part B, or if you are putting off having a healthcare issue checked out by your physician because you haven’t met the deductible for your Medicare, [...]

  Common Abuse of Powers of Attorney You are NOT giving up the right to act for yourself!             Recently, neighbors called the police to an elderly gentleman’s home because of a [...]

When they discharged Fred from the hospital, they told Wilma, his wife, that Fred would need to go into a nursing home for rehab.  Wilma asked which nursing homes were good, and the hospital [...]