We meet the lifetime legal needs of children and adults with disabilities, the elderly, and their families.
Long-term care is not just nursing home care, like many of us think. I often speak about the “Elder Care Continuum”, which describes what many of us and our loved ones will or are experiencing as we age or face health challenges. In the beginning you may have little to no real limitations, reside in your home with no cost…
Graduation season is nearly upon us as high school seniors across the state are making plans for their next adventure. If you have a disability and choose to go on to college, there are additional steps required, both in choosing the right university and in seeing that your needs are met. I’m talking to you, the student, not your parent.…
Medicaid and Medicare are the two largest publicly funded health programs in the country, with different missions that often overlap. Medicare provides health coverage to seniors and some individuals with disabilities. Medicaid covers adults and children who cannot afford insurance, or who have health care costs they cannot afford. Often, an individual will be eligible for coverage through both programs.…
Special Education Advocate Mary Jo O’Neill and young adult author Carolee Dean discuss Carolee’s new book; Story Frames for Teaching Literacy: Enhancing Student Learning Through the Power of Storytelling. Mary Jo wrote the chapter on “Advocating for Students: The Family Story”.
Medicaid eligibility rules are confusing, hard to understand and can seem completely random! Each Medicaid program has different eligibility requirements, and below we’ll break down three common questions asked about rules and resources. Resources are things that you own, including money, personal property and real estate. Your monthly income is not a resource and Medicaid has a different set of…
This week, Attorney Ethan Welch discusses how a special needs attorney can help your family.
Many of you are probably getting notices about parent-teacher conferences approaching. We know it’s yet another thing to add to your already busy schedule, but we highly encourage you to participate! Even if the parent-teacher conference is a virtual planform it still can be productive. Conferences are your opportunity to gather data and feedback in between progress reports, which typically…
Everyone has heard of Medicaid. It is one of the largest health insurance providers in Ohio and covers individuals and families who don’t have insurance and can’t afford to buy it. More than 2.9 million people in Ohio get health insurance through Medicaid every year. But did you know that Medicaid is much more than health insurance for the poor?…
When establishing your estate plan, you generally review your assets with an attorney. This ensures you create a plan according to your wishes. Your attorney will review things like beneficiary designations to determine those designations follow your requests and provide advice on the estate plan most appropriate for your assets. The question that then arises is should I share this…
Estate planning begins with an exercise of the mind – an uncomfortable internal question and answer session. What happens to my assets when I die? Who will manage my money if I’m in the hospital or a nursing home? For many, answering these questions is difficult and uncomfortable. Sometimes people don’t have relatives to leave their assets with or to…