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Meet Richard Schulze

Richard Schulze

Schulze Law Group

Richard's practice emphasizes Elder Law, tax, and estate planning for individuals. After receiving his bachelor of art degree from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Richard pursued his graduate education at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon receiving his Doctor of Jurisprudence and Master of Business Administratio...

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Richard Schulze

Schulze Law Group

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Meet Brian Wyatt

Brian Wyatt

Law Office of Brian D. Wyatt PC

Brian Wyatt has been practicing law in California for more than a decade. His practice focuses on trust and estate planning, probate, and special needs planning. He is a member of WealthCounsel, an association of some of America’s very best estate planning attorneys. Brian received his law degree from the Univers...

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Meet Barbara Sonin

Barbara Sonin

Sonin Law

Barbara Sonin developed a passion for the elderly and people with disabilities in her childhood. She treasured time with the neighborhood "grandma" who put candy canes on her pine tree every Christmas and told stories of her native Norway. She saw the difficulties faced by the neighbor with a profoundly disabled son, w...

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Meet Ronald Hillberg

Ronald Hillberg

Ronald W. Hillberg, Attorney at Law

Ronald W. Hillberg has been a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law (California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization ) since 1993. Mr. Hillberg is a Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation. He has practiced law in Turlock, California since July 1978. Areas of pract...

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Meet Scott Maxwell

Scott Maxwell

Scott K. Maxwell Professional Law Corporation

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Meet Jeffrey Hall

Jeffrey Hall

Law Office of Jeffrey Hall, Inc.

Jeffrey Hall is a Tax, Trust, and Estates attorney in Pleasant Hill and Benicia, CA. He protects wealth through estate and charitable tax planning. Primarily, Mr. Hall’s practice specializes in estate planning for retirees and those who are preparing to retire. He prepares wills, revocable living trusts, durable...

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Meet Aaron Feldman

Aaron Feldman

Feldman Law Group

Aaron Feldman is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara and Southwestern University School of Law. He has been practicing law for over 25 years and has been in the East Bay for twenty years. He has served on the Board at Temple Isaiah for the men's group and is active in many community events.

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Meet Gene Osofsky

Gene Osofsky

Osofsky & Osofsky

Gene L. Osofsky, our principal, has been designated as a Northern California “Super Lawyer“ in the field of Elder Law by Thomson--Reuters, a designation given to the top 5% of Elder Law attorneys in Northern California. The designation is based upon peer review, standing and achieve...

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Meet Stacy Turner

Stacy Turner

The Turner Law Offices

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Meet Philip Flanigan

Philip Flanigan

Law Offices of Philip M Flanigan

Philip M. Flanigan holds a B.S. degree from California State University-Fresno and a J.D. degree from Pepperdine University School of Law, having graduated cum laude. Mr. Flanigan is a member of the California State Bar Association, the Trusts and Estates Section of the State Bar, the Fresno County Bar Association, the...

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Meet Michael Gilfix

Michael Gilfix

Gilfix & La Poll Associates

Michael Gilfix is a nationally known authority in the field of law, aging and estate planning. A 1973 graduate of Stanford Law School, he is a Fellow of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), a co-founder of NAELA, and a Certified Legal Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law. Mr. Gilfix regu...

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Meet Sally Bergman

Sally Bergman

Law Office of Sally Bergman

Proudly serving California individuals and families since 1982.  

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Medicaid 101
What Medicaid Covers

In addition to nursing home care, Medicaid may cover home care and some care in an assisted living facility. Coverage in your state may depend on waivers of federal rules.

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How to Qualify for Medicaid

To be eligible for Medicaid long-term care, recipients must have limited incomes and no more than $2,000 (in most states). Special rules apply for the home and other assets.

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Medicaid’s Protections for Spouses

Spouses of Medicaid nursing home residents have special protections to keep them from becoming impoverished.

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What Medicaid Covers

In addition to nursing home care, Medicaid may cover home care and some care in an assisted living facility. Coverage in your state may depend on waivers of federal rules.

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How to Qualify for Medicaid

To be eligible for Medicaid long-term care, recipients must have limited incomes and no more than $2,000 (in most states). Special rules apply for the home and other assets.

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Medicaid’s Protections for Spouses

Spouses of Medicaid nursing home residents have special protections to keep them from becoming impoverished.

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Medicaid Planning Strategies

Careful planning for potentially devastating long-term care costs can help protect your estate, whether for your spouse or for your children.

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Estate Recovery: Can Medicaid Take My House After I’m Gone?

If steps aren't taken to protect the Medicaid recipient's house from the state’s attempts to recover benefits paid, the house may need to be sold.

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Help Qualifying and Paying for Medicaid, Or Avoiding Nursing Home Care

There are ways to handle excess income or assets and still qualify for Medicaid long-term care, and programs that deliver care at home rather than in a nursing home.

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Are Adult Children Responsible for Their Parents’ Care?

Most states have laws on the books making adult children responsible if their parents can't afford to take care of themselves.

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Applying for Medicaid

Applying for Medicaid is a highly technical and complex process, and bad advice can actually make it more difficult to qualify for benefits.

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Alternatives to Medicaid

Medicare's coverage of nursing home care is quite limited. For those who can afford it and who can qualify for coverage, long-term care insurance is the best alternative to Medicaid.

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ElderLaw 101
Estate Planning

Distinguish the key concepts in estate planning, including the will, the trust, probate, the power of attorney, and how to avoid estate taxes.

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Grandchildren

Learn about grandparents’ visitation rights and how to avoid tax and public benefit issues when making gifts to grandchildren.

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Guardianship/Conservatorship

Understand when and how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for an adult who becomes incapacitated, and how to avoid guardianship.

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Health Care Decisions

We need to plan for the possibility that we will become unable to make our own medical decisions. This may take the form of a health care proxy, a medical directive, a living will, or a combination of these.

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Estate Planning

Distinguish the key concepts in estate planning, including the will, the trust, probate, the power of attorney, and how to avoid estate taxes.

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Grandchildren

Learn about grandparents’ visitation rights and how to avoid tax and public benefit issues when making gifts to grandchildren.

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Guardianship/Conservatorship

Understand when and how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for an adult who becomes incapacitated, and how to avoid guardianship.

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Health Care Decisions

We need to plan for the possibility that we will become unable to make our own medical decisions. This may take the form of a health care proxy, a medical directive, a living will, or a combination of these.

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Long-Term Care Insurance

Understand the ins and outs of insurance to cover the high cost of nursing home care, including when to buy it, how much to buy, and which spouse should get the coverage.

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Medicare

Learn who qualifies for Medicare, what the program covers, all about Medicare Advantage, and how to supplement Medicare’s coverage.

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Retirement Planning

We explain the five phases of retirement planning, the difference between a 401(k) and an IRA, types of investments, asset diversification, the required minimum distribution rules, and more.

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Senior Living

Find out how to choose a nursing home or assisted living facility, when to fight a discharge, the rights of nursing home residents, all about reverse mortgages, and more.

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Social Security

Get a solid grounding in Social Security, including who is eligible, how to apply, spousal benefits, the taxation of benefits, how work affects payments, and SSDI and SSI.

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Special Needs Planning

Learn how a special needs trust can preserve assets for a person with disabilities without jeopardizing Medicaid and SSI, and how to plan for when caregivers are gone.

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Veterans Benefits

Explore benefits for older veterans, including the VA’s disability pension benefit, aid and attendance, and long-term care coverage for veterans and surviving spouses.

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