by KY ElderLaw | Jan 11, 2019 | Blog
Long-term care planning is the act of planning for your financial and medical needs. Despite how important planning is, many people forget to do it. Long-term care planning includes asset protection to prevent going bankrupt in a nursing home, designating a power of...
by KY ElderLaw | May 16, 2017 | Blog
Kentucky ElderLaw is proud to announce that partner Misty Clark Vantrease has earned her LL.M in elder law from Stetson University with High Honors. High Honors means Ms. Vantrease graduated with a 3.5 or higher grade-point average. In fact, she made an A in every...
by KY ElderLaw | Apr 2, 2017 | Blog
By Kelly Gannott, Partner at Kentucky ElderLaw PLLC Lots of people come to our office asking about estate taxes. Most of the time, they are both happy and sad to learn they will not owe estate taxes. They smile because it means they won’t owe taxes, but...
by KY ElderLaw | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog
When can a home be deeded to a child? When we speak to groups, we get this question a lot: I took care of Mom, so she can give me her house now that she needs a nursing home, right? Maybe. Let me explain. Medicaid is the system that will pay for a person’s nursing...
by KY ElderLaw | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog
Kentucky ElderLaw, PLLC has a booth at the Kentucky State Fair this year, providing information on Medicaid planning, VA Aid and Attendance, estate planning, probate and guardianship. Come visit one of our attorneys or staff members and add to your State Fair swag...
by KY ElderLaw | Apr 22, 2016 | Blog
On Saturday, April 16, John Dotson and Neil Aboulhosn, attorneys with Kentucky ElderLaw, PLLC volunteered with Habitat for Humanity as part of a group of members of the Kentucky Bar Association’s Elder Law Section. The group of attorneys volunteered in memory of John...
by KY ElderLaw | Apr 22, 2016 | Blog
Partner John Dotson was recently featured in Business First’s list of 20 People to Know in the aging care category. John sat down with Business First to answer questions about his work, the industry, and give some advice on how to handle the many challenges that come...
by KY ElderLaw | Dec 3, 2014 | Blog
The first time it was an email. John, the very attentive and sweet son of one of my clients, Ms. [1]Phillips, was writing me because he needed my help. He had just gotten a bill for Mom’s hospital stay and it wasn’t addressed to her: it was addressed to him,...
by KY ElderLaw | Mar 11, 2014 | Blog
Medicaid is the government program that pays for nursing home care for you if you cannot afford to pay for your own care. But if you gave money or other assets away in the 5 years before applying for Medicaid, Medicaid will penalize you for that. This is the five-year...
by KY ElderLaw | Jan 20, 2014 | Blog
That was the question a woman asked me earlier this week. She and her husband worked all of their lives to save for a comfortable retirement. They planned to travel Europe, but they only got to take one trip before her husband’s Alzheimer’s got too bad. She has...
