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Washington Elder Law & Medicaid Consultations

Aberdeen, WA    Brown James, Phillips Krause & Brown, Grays Harbor County      Click to request assistance
Bainbridge Island, WA    Law Office of Paulette Peterson PLLC. , Kitsap County      Click to request assistance
Bellevue, WA    DeSmet Erv, DeSmet & Associates, King County      Click to request assistance
Bellevue, WA    Jeppesen Eric, Jeppesen Gray Sakai, PS, King County      Click to request assistance
Bellevue, WA    Palmer John, Law Office of John S. Palmer, King County      Click to request assistance
Bellingham, WA    Vetter-Hansen Ann, Attorney at Law, Whatcom County      Click to request assistance
Bellingham, WA    Law Offices of Barry M. Meyers, PS , Whatcom County      Click to request assistance
Bothell, WA    Sanchez Jose, Attorney at Law, Snohomish County      Click to request assistance
Bremerton, WA    Schock Eileen, Sanchez Paulson et. al., Kitsap County      Click to request assistance
Chehalis, WA    Jones David, Vander Stoep Remund et al., Lewis County      Click to request assistance
Davenport, WA    McGuire Rusty, Brock Carpenter & McGuire, PS , Lincoln County      Click to request assistance
Edmonds, WA    Bush Jan, Attorney at Law, Snohomish County      Click to request assistance
Everett, WA    Adams Johnson & Duncan Inc., PS , Snohomish County      Click to request assistance
Everett, WA    Law Offices of Barry M. Meyers, PS , Snohomish County      Click to request assistance
Federal, WA    Wilton Sandra, Wilton Law Firm, King County      Click to request assistance
Federal, WA    Nagaich Rajiv, Johnson Nagaich, PS , King County      Click to request assistance
Freeland, WA    Seymour Jane CELA, Attorney at Law, Island County      Click to request assistance
Kelso, WA    Ott Dennis, Attorney at Law, Cowlitz County      Click to request assistance
Kennewick, WA    Liebler Craig, Ivey & Connor, Benton County      Click to request assistance
Kent, WA    Albertson Mark, Albertson Law Group, PS , King County      Click to request assistance
Kirkland, WA    Kooistra Mary, Berkey & Kooistra, King County      Click to request assistance
Kirkland, WA    Gregorek Richard, Brislawn Lofton Gregorek PLLC, King County      Click to request assistance
Lacey, WA    Carrington Janis, Attorney at Law, Thurston County      Click to request assistance
Longview, WA    Rorden David, Law Office of David H. Rorden, Cowlitz County      Click to request assistance
Lynnwood, WA    Menashe Jacob, Hickman Menashe, PS , Snohomish County      Click to request assistance
Lynnwood, WA    Dolan Lawrence, Attorney at Law, Snohomish County      Click to request assistance
Lynnwood, WA    Hickman William, Hicman Menashe, PS , Snohomish County      Click to request assistance
Lynnwood, WA    Bergstedt Spencer, Bergstedt Wolff, PS , Snohomish County      Click to request assistance
Marysville, WA    McConnell Paul, Hansen McConnell et. al., Snohomish County      Click to request assistance
Monroe, WA    Law Office of Melinda K. Grout PLLC, Snohomish County      Click to request assistance
Moses Lake, WA    Harper Julie, Dano & Harper PLLC, Grant County      Click to request assistance
Moses Lake, WA    Pinkerton Bruce, Attorney at Law, Grant County      Click to request assistance
Mount Vernon, WA    Johnson Elliott, Elliott W. Johnson Inc., PS , Skagit County      Click to request assistance
Mount Vernon, WA    Law Office of James B. Dolan PLLC, Skagit County      Click to request assistance
Mount Vernon, WA    Law Offices of Barry M. Meyers, PS , Skagit County      Click to request assistance
Newport, WA    Denise Stewart Attorney at Law PLLC, Pend Oreille County      Click to request assistance
Olympia, WA    Wright Nancy, Attorney at Law, Thurston County      Click to request assistance
Olympia, WA    Bauer Katharine, Bjorgen Bauer PLLC, Thurston County      Click to request assistance
Olympia, WA    Parr John, Parr Law Firm, PLLC , Thurston County      Click to request assistance
Port Angeles, WA    Larson-Alexander Law LLC, Clallam County      Click to request assistance
Poulsbo, WA    Rudman Rhonda, Attorney at Law, Kitsap County      Click to request assistance
Puyallup, WA    Rose Richard, Law Offices of Richard F. Rose, Pierce County      Click to request assistance
Renton, WA    McDaniel Beth, Law Offices of Beth A. McDaniel, King County      Click to request assistance
Renton, WA    Kellogg Dan CELA, Law Offices of Dan Kellogg, King County      Click to request assistance
Richland, WA    Smith Leslie, Attorney at Law, Benton County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Isenhour Barbara, Isenhour Bleck PLLC, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Howle Suzanne, Thompson & Howle, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Porter Benjamin, Porter Kohli & LeMaster, PS, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Ashcraft Geniel, Betts Patterson & Mines, PS , King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Lee Christopher, Betts Patterson & Mines, PS , King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Bleck Sean, Isenhour Bleck PLLC, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Olver Michael, Betts Patterson & Mines, PS , King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Carol Bailey & Associates, PLLC , King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Byram Barbara, Dussault Law Group, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Greenfield Peter, Columbia Legal Services, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    West Barbara, Reed Longyear et. al. , King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Graunke Michelle, Attorney At Law, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Strong Catherine, Attorney at Law, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Emerick Edwin, McCune Godfrey & Emerick Inc., King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Thompson & Howle University District Office, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Millsap Robert, Millsap Law Firm, PS , King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Lawless Janine CELA, The Lawless Partnership, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Wills Richard, Washington Probate, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Butler Richard, Cook Berst Landeen & Butler, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Wolney Mary, Attorney at Law, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Flaccus Karl, Law Office of Karl Flaccus, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Kohn Roger, Law Office of Roger S. Kohn, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Sarles Neil, Law Office of Neil R. Sarles, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Tarutis Gerald, Tarutis & Barron, PS, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Brinkman Troy, , King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Law Offices of Karen P. Sluiter PLLC, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Cochelin Deborah, Law Office of Deborah L. Cochelin, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Llewellyn John, Attorney at Law, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    de Vrieze Heather, Sharon E. Best & Associates PLLC, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Best Sharon, Sharon E. Best & Associates, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Hertog John, Hertog & Coster PLLC, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Jones Larry, Attorney at Law, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Kocer Julianne, Law Office of Juliann Kocer, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Van Nuys Heather, , King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Smith Janet, Law Office of Janet L. Smith, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Titus D., Attorney at Law, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Regeimbal Michael, Snure & Regeimbal PLLC, King County      Click to request assistance
Seattle, WA    Cushing Diane, Attorney at Law, King County      Click to request assistance
Sequim, WA    Hastings Michael, Michael R. Hastings, PS , Clallam County      Click to request assistance
Sequim, WA    Neudorfer Theresa, Attorney at Law, Clallam County      Click to request assistance
Shelton, WA    Wilson-Hoss Robert, Hoss & Wilson-Hoss, Mason County      Click to request assistance
Spokane Valley, WA    Bitz Jane, Attorney at Law, Spokane County      Click to request assistance
Spokane, WA    Sayre Karen CELA, Sayre & Sayre, PS , Spokane County      Click to request assistance
Spokane, WA    Sayre Richard CELA, Sayre & Sayre, PS , Spokane County      Click to request assistance
Spokane, WA    Rudman Dianne, Rudman Law Office, Spokane County      Click to request assistance
Spokane, WA    Bayley Michael, Paine Hamblen et. al., Spokane County      Click to request assistance
Spokane, WA    Stanyer Brent, Douglas Eden et. al., Spokane County      Click to request assistance
Spokane, WA    Law Offices of Lynn St. Louis PLLC, Spokane County      Click to request assistance
Spokane, WA    Redmond Robert, Hennessey & Edwards, PS , Spokane County      Click to request assistance
Spokane, WA    Hunter Carol, Eymann, Allison, Spokane County      Click to request assistance
Spokane, WA    Gilleran Richard, Attorney at Law, Spokane County      Click to request assistance
Spokane, WA    Moulton Rial, Moulton Law Offices, Spokane County      Click to request assistance
Sunnyside, WA    Shoemaker Charles, Attorney at Law, Yakima County      Click to request assistance
Tacoma, WA    Lysne Linda, Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara, Pierce County      Click to request assistance
Tacoma, WA    Balsam Robin, Attorney at Law, Pierce County      Click to request assistance
Tacoma, WA    Rehmke Jonete, Morton McGoldrick, PS , Pierce County      Click to request assistance
Tacoma, WA    Law Office of Timothy E. Williams, Pierce County      Click to request assistance
Tacoma, WA    Peterson Eileen CELA, Gordon Thomas et. al., Pierce County      Click to request assistance
Tacoma, WA    Hibbard E.A., Attorney at Law, Pierce County      Click to request assistance
Tacoma, WA    Michaels Robert, Smith Alling Lane, PS , Pierce County      Click to request assistance
Tacoma, WA    Kiesel Diana, Diana L Kiesel Inc., PS , Pierce County      Click to request assistance
Tacoma, WA    Yando David, Brown Yando & Kampbell PLLC, Pierce County      Click to request assistance
Tacoma, WA    Pemberton Tanya, Law Office of Tanya Pemberton, Pierce County      Click to request assistance
Tacoma, WA    Law Office of Stephanie Haslam, P.S. , Pierce County      Click to request assistance
Tacoma, WA    Luce Kenyon, Luce & Associates, PS , Pierce County      Click to request assistance
Vancouver, WA    Janney Philip, Landerholm Memovich et. al., Clark County      Click to request assistance
Vancouver, WA    Ferguson Lori, Gregerson & Langsdorf, Clark County      Click to request assistance
Vancouver, WA    Phelan Margaret, Attorney at Law , Clark County      Click to request assistance
Vancouver, WA    Perry Elizabeth, Landerholm Memovich et. al., Clark County      Click to request assistance
Wenatchee, WA    Moxley Peggi, Attorney at Law, Chelan County      Click to request assistance
Wenatchee, WA    Speidel Russell, Speidel Law Firm, Chelan County      Click to request assistance
Wilbur, WA    Grant Joshua, Joshua F. Grant, PS , Lincoln County      Click to request assistance
Yakima, WA    Lyon Weigand & Gustafson, PS , Yakima County      Click to request assistance
Yakima, WA    Kirkevold Kevin, Attorney at Law, Yakima County      Click to request assistance
Yakima, WA    Gilbert Russell Lyon , Weigand & Gustafson, PS , Yakima County      Click to request assistance
Yakima, WA    Shirey J. Lyon, Weigand & Gustafson, PS, Yakima County      Click to request assistance

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About Elder Law and Medicaid Consultations

Elder Law Advice
Medicaid Advice (Medicaid Planning)

Elder Law Advice

An attorney specializing in elder law helps older people and their families or caregivers with elder-specific legal issues, estate planning and long term care planning.

Many of these attorneys spent a great deal of their time helping individuals or couples qualify for Medicaid and preserve assets from Medicaid spend down and recovery. Property ownership, special transfer allowances, application for hardship review, Miller trusts and family-beneficial use of spend down monies are areas where their services can protect family members and healthy spouses from undue hardship. Although they typically can't charge to fill out a Medicaid application, elder lawyers, through advice and guidance, can often accelerate the approval process saving the family a great deal of money. This often more than compensates for their fee.

On the other hand many elder attorneys do not just limit their practice to Medicaid planning but help elders and their families with all types of issues. Below is a partial list of what an elder or Elder Law attorney might do:

Preservation or transfer of assets seeking to avoid spousal impoverishment when a spouse enters a nursing home
Medicaid qualification and application and Medicaid planning strategies
Medicare claims and appeals
Social security and disability claims and appeals
Supplemental and long term health insurance issues
Disability planning, including use of durable powers of attorney, living trusts, "living wills," for financial management and health care decisions, and other means of delegating management and decision-making to another in case of incompetency or incapacity
Conservatorships and guardianships
Estate planning, including planning for the management of one's estate during life and its disposition on death through the use of trusts, wills and other planning documents
Probate
Administration and management of trusts and estates
Long term care placements in nursing home and life care communities
Nursing home issues including questions of patients' rights and nursing home quality
Elder abuse and fraud recovery cases
Housing issues, including discrimination and home equity conversions (reverse mortgage)
Age discrimination in employment
Retirement, including public and private retirement benefits, survivor benefits and pension benefits
Health law
Mental health law

Medicaid Advice (Medicaid Planning)

A person facing the prospect of long-term care with moderate income and assets may eventually have to rely on Medicaid to pay part or all of the cost of care. But many states rob a healthy spouse of a previously adequate income by allowing too little in protected resources and income. Likewise, children, relatives and friends are not recognized for the financial sacrifices they make in providing the early care before a recipient becomes bad enough to need Medicaid funded professional help.

Medicaid planning, using a professional Medicaid planning advisor or qualified elder law attorney, allows you to correct inequities in the system. Medicaid planning has gotten a bad name because some individuals, who would normally have too many assets to ever qualify for Medicaid, deliberately use it, many years in advance, to give away everything to their family so as to qualify for Medicaid. It is wrong to abuse the system in this way and to use taxpayer dollars to insure an inheritance for the family. And if that person is not anticipating immediate care, this strategy is just plain dumb.

Medicaid planning is no different from tax planning. In fact a Supreme Court decision condones honest methods of eliminating income taxes or estate taxes. Just like tax planning, Medicaid planning uses existing laws to structure legal strategies.

Tax planning and Medicaid planning both put an additional burden on taxpayers, but one is considered ethical and the other not.

We believe that all strategies have their place in the scheme of things. Medicaid planning fits certain circumstances usually where families are in a crisis mode trying to preserve a few assets such as a house or a savings plan. There is no attempt to take advantage of the taxpayers. Using other strategies for paying the cost of care is much better for a younger generation wanting a plan that will allow for home care, assisted living and a choice in care services.