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VA Pensions

Nursing home and assisted living care are getting expensive these days. As we live longer, and particularly as the largest demographic–the Baby Boomers–retire and become eligible for Medicare and Social Security, it’s apt to get more expensive as demand peaks. High-end assisted living units locally average better than $3500/month for [...]
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Downsizing Doesn’t Have to be Difficult

Nursing homes, community care facilities, and assisted living facilities may be among the most heavily-regulated industries in our State. It is a truism that heavy regulation can be a happy hunting ground for trial lawyers. So whatever you might think of trial lawyers, most objective observers agree that the tort [...]
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On Arbitration and Assisted Living

Nursing homes, community care facilities, and assisted living facilities may be among the most heavily-regulated industries in our State. It is a truism that heavy regulation can be a happy hunting ground for trial lawyers. So whatever you might think of trial lawyers, most objective observers agree that the tort [...]
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GAO Reports on Pension Abuse

Faithful readers may recall that last September I reported on an issue I thought to be of major importance to our community–the sale of irrevocable living trusts to veterans entering assisted living facilities or nursing homes to qualify for the VA aid and attendance (A&A) pension benefits. To refresh your [...]
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Grasping Hold of Letting Go

I was honored recently to be invited to a dinner meeting of the El Paso County Medical Society’s Medical Ethics committee. Surrounded by people of vastly greater distinction and achievement in the fields of philosophy, medicine, and law, I could only eat quietly and try to absorb what was being [...]
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The Ten Percent Solution

As you read this Casey Anthony is a free woman, having been acquitted by a jury in Florida of any criminal liability in the death of her two-year-old daughter, Caylee. As a rule, I don’t pay attention to such things, but I happened to catch the closing argument of the [...]
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Picking a Fiduciary – Emergency Guardian

Last month, we looked into how we might help our retired fighter pilot Ace Azimov with his finances when it became apparent he was no longer able to manage them himself. We arranged for a professional conservator to manage his money and finances, while still keeping him substantially independent. Ace [...]
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Help Me! My Escalade Payment is Overdue

Stop me if you’ve heard this. It’s 0200 and the phone rings. Good news seldom arrives at that hour, so you’re already on edge. “Grandpa?” says the female voice on the other side? Hearing isn’t what it used to be, so you reply, “Jessica, is that you?” “Oh yes! Thank [...]
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