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Blog Posts
- 16th Annual Alzheimer’s Disease Education Conference and Expo 2019
- 2018 Medicaid Regional Rates
- 2020 changes underway for state Medicaid funding
- 2023 New York Medicaid Updates
- 2024 New York Medicaid updates
- 3 things to know when naming a health care proxy
- 5 common New York estate planning questions
- 5 reasons why every new parent needs a will
- 5 Things You Need To Know While Estate Planning
- A parent’s estate plan may preserve an adult child’s finances
- Aaron Futterman Presents At Gurwin Jewish-Fay J. Linder Residences in Commack
- Aaron Futterman Presents At The Amsterdam at Harborside in Port Washington, NY
- Adult children may be considering their parents’ long-term care
- Advance health care directives recognized in New York
- Advantages of irrevocable “gifting” trusts
- Age and safe driving from a personal injury attorney
- Ageism as a form of discrimination
- An advance healthcare directive can offer peace of mind
- Answers to your health care proxy questions
- Are you considering reviewing your estate plan?
- Ask these 2 questions before choosing a nursing home
- Asset protection myths debunked
- Asset protection tips for New York business owners
- Assets that do not pass according to the terms of your Last Will & Testament
- Avoid these mistakes with your important records
- Avoiding an Article 81 guardianship proceeding
- Basic elements of estate planning for elderly New Yorkers
- Benefits of adding a trust to your estate plan
- Benefits single adults may obtain from health care directives
- Bicycle cases from a personal injury lawyer’s perspective
- Can an irrevocable trust beneficiary claim a step-up in basis: understanding IRS Rev. Rul. 2023-2
- Can elder law help seniors address their topmost concerns?
- Can I sue my spouse in a car accident in New York?
- Can we protect seniors from financial abuse?
- Challenges that families face when looking at nursing homes
- Changes in your family life? Then change your estate plan too
- Choosing the right trust for you
- Chronic Care Medicaid pays retroactively
- Common estate planning mistakes when one spouse dies
- Community Medicaid In Hauppauge, NY: Medicaid Notice Challenged At Fair Hearing
- Community Medicaid in Nassau & Suffolk Counties – Personal Care Services in the Home
- COMMUNITY MEDICAID IN SUFFOLK & NASSAU COUNTIES
- Could a back-up plan help your trust-based estate?
- Could debt affect your heirs?
- Creating a living will can benefit anyone, including a Kardashian
- Different types of estate proceedings: small estates, probate and administrations
- Different types of estate proceedings: small estates, probate and administrations
- Digital assets and estate planning: What happens to your social media accounts after you die?
- Do all estates enter the probate process?
- Do I need a pour-over will in New York?
- Do I need to hire a personal injury attorney after a car accident?
- Do major life changes affect your estate plan?
- Do you know how to pick a nursing home?
- Do you need a plan to cover future nursing home costs?
- Do you need an advance health care directive?
- Do you still need an estate plan if you’re young?
- Does creating a trust make sense for you?
- Does Medicare pay for nursing home stays?
- Does my loved one need a nursing home or assisted living?
- Don’t Lose Your Restaurant Because of Unpaid Taxes: Three Things You Need to Know
- Don’t put off Medicaid planning in New York until it’s too late
- Drowsy driving and traffic accidents
- Elder abuse and legal competence
- Elder law attorneys – your lawyers for life
- Eligibility for Medicaid and retirement accounts
- Estate Administration – How to Transfer the Deceased’s Car in New York
- Estate Administration- When Do the Duties of an Executor Begin
- Estate planning as an older woman
- Estate Planning Considerations For LGBTQ+ Individuals
- Estate planning details to discuss with your elderly parents
- Estate planning documents relating to health care often vital
- Estate planning with a terminal illness in New York
- Estate Planning- Avoid a Disaster With a Common Disaster Clause
- Estate plans address your retirement and health, not just death
- Estate plans are not set in stone
- Estate tax in New York
- Estate tax update: 2023
- Executing powers of attorney for later means peace of mind now
- Eyewitness case example from a long island personal injury attorney
- Few have advance health care directives, despite known importance
- Florida Resident Information for New Yorkers from an Estate Planning Perspective
- Four reasons you want to avoid probate
- Free Contactless Consultations And In Person Meetings Now Available
- Frequently asked questions about advance care planning
- Futterman, Lanza & Pasculli and two of our attorneys have been nominated for Bethpage Best Of Long Island Awards
- Good News for Surviving Heirs: Higher Standards Imposed on Mortgage Lenders
- Grandchildren and your estate plan
- Guidance from a Long Island New York Medicaid planning attorney
- Have limited assets? Medicaid may pay for nursing home care.
- Headed into retirement? Consider your estate plan
- Health Care Proxy: Who Should Be Your Agent?
- How an advance directive benefits New York loved ones
- How can a trust help you avoid probate?
- How can seniors prevent falls?
- How can you address estate planning with your parents?
- How can you convince your aging parents to plan for Medicaid?
- How can you identify elder fraud?
- How can you transfer your business through your estate plan?
- How do first – and third-party special needs trusts differ?
- How do revocable and irrevocable trusts differ?
- How do you know you’ve picked a good estate executor?
- How does a Medicaid spend-down work?
- How does a pooled trust help someone with special needs?
- How does Medicaid assess penalties against applicants in New York?
- How is Medicaid eligibility determined?
- How many copies of your health care proxy do you need?
- How may a generation-skipping trust benefit your family?
- How Needs are Assessed for Medicaid Long Term Care Eligibility
- How the Senior Safe Act could help protect an elder’s assets
- How to choose your health care agent
- How to choose your health care proxy
- How to prepare for a personal medical crisis
- How to prevent an adult child from wasting his or her inheritance
- If I get hurt in a nursing home, does the money count against my Medicaid eligibility?
- Important first steps to consider when estate planning
- Important steps after a cancer diagnosis
- Important Topical Estate Planning and Elder Law Updates
- Income Tax Rates for Trusts and Estates 2016
- Income Tax Rates for Trusts and Estates 2017
- Income Tax Rates for Trusts and Estates 2019
- Income Tax Rates for Trusts and Estates 2020
- Information about your life insurance policy you’re probably not aware of
- Injuries can develop after an accident
- Insurance coverage perspective from a personal injury lawyer
- IRS Increases Gift Limits in 2018
- Is it the nursing home, or my mother?
- Keep Calm, Relax & Tax On Event
- Key considerations when drafting a living will
- Knowing when to update an estate plan
- Knowledgeable guidance for advance health care directive planning
- Lawyers need personal injury attorneys also
- Lessons learned from the battle over Aretha Franklin’s estate
- Living wills can allow New York residents to express wishes
- Medicaid limits in New York
- Medicaid look-back can be reduced to 57 months
- Medicaid lookbacks will change soon in New York
- Medicaid planning can help protect New York seniors’ assets
- Medicaid planning crucial as long-term care costs keep rising
- Medicaid planning for custodial care in New York
- Medicaid planning for nursing home and home health care expenses
- Medicaid planning: What assets are exempt in New York?
- Medicaid trusts may be a better planning option than transfers to a family member
- Medicare updates for 2022
- Mistakes to Avoid- Multiple Beneficiaries On Deed
- Motivating your heirs with their inheritance
- Motor vehicle insurance review by a personal injury attorney
- Motorcycle accidents from a personal injury lawyer’s perspective
- Motorcycle and car personal injury cases
- New law makes establishing a power of attorney easier
- New state program engages the office of the LTCOP
- New York elder care: estate planning just one issue to consider
- New York estate planning: What to do with the will
- New York estate tax update for 2022
- New York Medicaid planning and the caretaker child exception
- New York pedestrian injury case
- New York State Is Falling Behind Reviewing Nursing Home Complaints
- No fault in motor vehicle accidents
- Nursing home care may be necessary for some individuals
- NYS Department of Health Announced Conditions for Re-Opening Visitation in NHs and Adult Care Facilities
- NYSBA ELSN Member Spotlight – Felicia Pasculli
- Oral claim for one-third of an estate hits snag in court
- Patience from a personal injury attorney
- Personal injury and insurance company negotiations
- Personal injury and medical malpractice
- Personal injury attorney advice on motor vehicle insurance coverage
- Personal injury attorney perspectives on motor vehicle coverage (continued)
- Personal injury from a car accident
- Personal injury from a motor vehicle accident, case story
- Personal injury in older adults
- Personal injury law case study
- Personal injury lawyer discusses case
- Planning for estate taxes
- Planning for home health care expenses for aging New York parent
- Planning for old age when single and childless
- Planning for your funeral
- Power of Attorney – Fiduciary Duties
- Probate- Who Can Object to a Will?
- Pros & cons of naming more than one fiduciary in your will or trust
- Putting Rental Home Into a LLC or S-Corp is Sound Medicaid Planning
- Recognizing undue influence in estate planning
- Recovery of damages from Long Island car crash – case study
- Reducing the risks of identity theft for the elderly
- Relying On Medicare For Your Future Needs?
- Remembering 9/11
- Retirement Accounts- IRA’s & 401(K)’s & Medicaid Eligibility
- Revoking a Health Care Proxy
- Ron Lanza Interview Featured In Long Island Press
- Sale of House in Medicaid Asset Protection Trust
- Seeking guidance for probate and estate administration
- Should a college student have a health care proxy?
- Substantial increase in Medicaid eligibility levels in January 2023
- Talk to your parent about their estate plan before it’s too late
- Tax consequences of transferring assets: gifting vs. inheriting
- The attorney’s role in hospice care
- The basic components of an advance healthcare directive
- The difference between a living will and a medical power of attorney
- The eggshell skull theory in personal injury cases
- The essentials of a New York estate plan
- The impact of distracted driving accidents
- The importance of choosing the right agent for a healthcare proxy
- The importance of early Medicaid planning in New York
- The importance of having an advance healthcare directive
- The importance of having an advance healthcare directive
- The importance of Medicaid benefits
- The importance of planning ahead after an Alzheimer’s diagnosis
- The importance of timely asset protection planning in New York
- The potential effects of the Secure Act on your retirement plans
- The SECURE Act changes how heirs may inherit IRA plans
- The value of a second opinion from a personal injury attorney
- The value of having an advance health care directive
- These common estate planning mistakes can be costly
- Three documents you should have in your estate plan
- Traveling and traffic accident risks
- Trip and fall cases from a personal injury attorney
- Trust basics and why some trusts should be irrevocable
- Trust funding is essential
- Trusts 101: Do you need one?
- Trusts as part of asset protection in New York
- Trusts may help preserve assets in New York
- Trusts: Revocable vs Irrevocable
- Understanding Medicaid Spend-Down
- Updated 2022 Medicaid regional rates
- Use of a “pooled income trust” in connection with Community Medicaid
- Verdict & Settlement Highlight – Barrie E. Bazarsky
- What all goes into a DNR order?
- What amount of assets could be kept for Medicaid eligibility?
- What are potential signs of undue influence?
- What can you do to prevent falls?
- What can you expect from TBI treatment?
- What do I do when I’m in a car accident?
- What do you know about planning for Medicaid?
- What documents convey my wishes when I cannot?
- What happens if you die in New York without a will?
- What health care documents help to protect me?
- What information should you get after a car accident?
- What is a lookback period?
- What is a power of attorney?
- What is a revocable living trust?
- What is a special needs trust?
- What is a special needs trust?
- What is an advance healthcare directive?
- What is Medicaid planning?
- What is New York’s NHTD Medicaid Waiver program?
- What is the Excess Income program?
- What is the Five-Year Lookback for Medicaid?
- What is the New York State Partnership for Long-Term Care?
- What makes a will valid in New York?
- What medical decisions can my health care agent make for me?
- What people need to know about living wills and health care proxies in New York
- What should a good estate plan contain?
- What should I include in my advance health care directives?
- What should I know about a pour-over will?
- What should you think about when writing a living will?
- What traits do good executors share?
- What types of advance directives are available in New York?
- What you can do now to avoid probate later
- What you should know about the probate process
- What’s the best way to pay for nursing home care?
- When is a gift tax owed?
- When should you update your will?
- When to review your estate plan
- When to revisit and revise your estate planning documents?
- Who are the key figures in your estate plan?
- Who will make your medical decisions if you can’t?
- Why add an estate planning attorney to your network?
- Why am I a personal injury lawyer?
- Why an irrevocable trust can be a great estate planning tool
- Why are falls so dangerous?
- Why do some people procrastinate over estate planning?
- Why I became a personal injury attorney (Part 2)
- Why is long-term planning necessary?
- Why might you need Medicaid?
- Why New York’s 2020 Medicaid changes matter to your estate plan now
- Why single people need planning too!
- Why you need a Medicaid plan
- Why You Should Take a Look at Your Life Insurance Policy
- Will Medicaid exempt your parent’s home?
- Will my parents have to sell all their assets to get Medicaid?
- Without Medicaid planning, life savings may be quickly depleted
- Witness value from a personal injury attorney
- You Did Medicaid Planning, You Created An Irrevocable Trust. Now, Make Sure The Trustee Files A Tax Return (Or Not)
- You may still need a will with a trust-based estate plan
- You Must Have a Health Care Proxy with a HIPPA Release
- Your retirement and the SECURE Act