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Are you a senior citizen? Or perhaps you have a parent, relative, close friend or neighbor who is one. If so, then you won’t want to miss this important and informative podcast. Learn about elder law, a relatively new area of law, that encompasses the legal issues that acutely affect seniors and their families. Yale Hauptman, an elder law attorney, discusses the various problems and issues of aging in America today and interviews guests from other elder care fields.
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Elder Law Today Podcast Show #18 Continuing Care Retirement Communities
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Continuing care retirement communities can be a great option for many people. I can move into one community that can meet all my needs, from independent housing to assisted living to nursing home care as I need it. In Show 18 of his monthly elder law podcast, Yale Hauptman, a practicing elder law attorney, provides an overview of CCRCs, the pros an…
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Elder Law Podcast Show #17 Why Do I Need a Will
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The law allows every person to distribute property according to their wishes by a written instrument known as a Last Will. However, many people never execute one and miss that opportunity, the consequences of which can be devastating to loved ones. In Show 17 of his monthly elder law podcast, Yale Hauptman, a practicing elder law attorney, discusse…
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Elder Law Today Show #16 Mom is Not Capable of Handling Her Affairs - When is a Guardianship Appropriate
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Mom is unable to handle her affairs and either can’t or won’t accept assistance from other family members. Or maybe one child lives close by and is taking advantage of mom and other family members, who live a distance away, are frustrated in their attempts to protect mom. Is guardianship a solution? In Show 16 of his monthly elder law podcast, Yale…
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Elder Law Today Podcast Show #15 - You’ve Spent Down all Your Money and Still Can’t Get Medicaid – How Could This Happen?
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You’ve spent down the remaining assets on Mom’s care and have no more money left. You apply for Medicaid but are told, “Sorry, Mom’s not eligible for another 8 months.” How could this happen? What can you do to avoid this horrific outcome? In Show 15 of his monthly Elder Law Today Podcast, practicing elder law attorney, Yale Hauptman, explains why …
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Elder Law Today Podast Show #14 Married Couple - Crisis Long Term Care Planning
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So after listening to Show 13 you’re thinking, we should have taken action immediately after Dad’s diagnosis but didn’t so now what do we do? In the 14th installment of his audio podcast, Yale Hauptman discusses just that scenario, crisis planning. Although the picture is more complicated all hope is not lost. Yale discusses some of the options sti…
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Elder Law Today Podcast Show #13 Married Couple - Early Action Long Term Care Planning
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In the first show of Season 2 of his Elder Law Today Podcast, by listener request, Yale Hauptman has modified the format and shortened the length of his audio podcast. In a concise 10 minutes, Yale presents a common scenario that many families today are faced with. Dad has just recently been diagnosed with early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease (you c…
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Elder Law Today Podcast Show #12 The Talk - How to Communicate with your Parents about Aging and Long Term Care
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In show number 12 Yale Hauptman, a practicing elder law attorney sits down with Barbara Salvador of Nannymama.com and Barbara Friesner of Agewiseliving.com, a generational coach and author of “The Ultimate Caregiver’s Guide” to discuss how to have “the talk” with aging parents.Generational differences and lack of communication pose some real challe…
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Elder Law Today Podcast Show #11 The Current Economic Crisis. What Does it Mean for Medicaid and Long Term Care
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Much has happened in both the economic and political arenas since the last show, including the steep drop in the stock markets and the election of President Obama and changing of power in Congress from Republican to Democrat. In show number 11 of his podcast, Elder Law Today, practicing elder law attorney, Yale Hauptman discusses how this all will …
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Elder Law Today Show #10 The Ins and Outs of FDIC Insurance
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In show number 10 of his podcast, Elder Law Today, practicing elder law attorney, Yale Hauptman interviews Anthony Aiello, a compliance officer at Commerce TD Bank on the hot topic of FDIC insurance. For many Americans, the collapse of financial giants such as Lehman Brothers, AIG, Merrill Lynch and Wachovia reminds them of other troubled economic …
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Elder Law Today Podcast Show #9 Planning Needs of Elderly Parent with Disabled Adult Child
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In show number 9 of his podcast, Elder Law Today, practicing elder law attorney, Yale Hauptman welcomes as his guest Lauren J. Siegel, a registered nurse and certified life care planner. Lauren explains how she is typically brought into lawsuits brought by parents of disabled minor children and asked to devise a plan of care covering the various ne…
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Elder Law Today Podcast Show #8 Medicaid Horror Stories
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In show number 8 of his podcast, Elder Law Today, practicing elder law attorney, Yale Hauptman, discusses some real life case studies to illustrate how the Medicaid laws can trip people up and cause much stress and financial loss for the unprepared and unwary. Yale first discusses the case of the granddaughter caring for her grandmother full time, …
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In the seventh installment of his podcast, Elder Law Today, Yale Hauptman focuses on seniors and their home. Sometimes the senior can’t stay at home any longer. Yale discusses with Dan Yanofski, the owner of Elite Realtors of New Jersey, some of the challenges he faces in helping seniors sell their homes. Dan shares his opinions on how to make a ho…
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Elder Law Podcast Show #6 Long Term Care Planning - Are You Prepared?
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In the sixth installment of his podcast, Elder Law Today, Yale Hauptman invites guests Heidi Rinsky Schnapp and Lisa Cook Bayer of Life Management Resources, an elder care consulting firm and Gregory W. Bushwell, of B & M Brokerage Services, a long term care insurance specialist to a roundtable discussion on long term care. The panel first discusse…
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Elder Law Today Show #5 VA Aid and Attendance - The Best Kept Secret in Long Term Care
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In the fifth installment of his podcast, Elder Law Today, Yale Hauptman, takes Elder Law Today on the road to a Caregiving Symposium he spoke at recently. Yale interviews a geriatric care manager, a contractor who makes modifies homes for the elderly and other vendors who attended the symposium about the variety of services they provide to the elde…
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Elder Law Today Show #4 Long Term Care Planning - The Way to Avoid Nursing Home Care
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In the fourth installment of his podcast, Elder Law Today, Yale Hauptman, a practicing New Jersey elder law attorney, discusses how long term care planning actually decreases the likelihood of ever needing nursing home care. Learn how the long term care system actually works to push people towards nursing homes when they have no more money. Medicai…
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Elder Law Today Podcast #3 Live Call in
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In the third installment of his podcast, Elder Law Today, Yale Hauptman, a practicing New Jersey elder law attorney, answers listeners’ questions by phone and email. Yale corrects common misconceptions people have about some of the basic legal issues facing seniors today. For example, Yale explains that making gifts up to the annual gift tax exclus…
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Elder Law Today Podcast Show #2 The Basics of Medicaid
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In the second installment of Elder Law Today Podcast, Yale Hauptman, a practicing New Jersey elder law attorney, explains the basics of the Medicaid nursing home program. Yale explains how this needs-based program works, including the asset and income tests for eligibility. Learn what countable and non-countable assets, Medicaid transfer penalty an…
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Every so often, I come across a situation that illustrates so clearly the dangers of going it alone or getting bad advice when dealing with the common issues and dilemmas that are aging in America. I received a call this week from a son in Mississippi. Mom and Dad, no longer able to live at home alone, moved in with Son. They owned their home in Ne…
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