Blog: For Your Information
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Leaving the Skilled Nursing Facility: A Guide for Families
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Advance Directives in Arizona: An Empowering Tool to Express Your Health Care Wishes
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Pension Benefits for Veterans and Their Surviving Spouses: Current Rate Information
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Veterans Benefits for Service-Connected Illness and Injury
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What is Life Care Planning?
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2024 Public Benefits Eligibility – Quick Reference Guide for Resources and Income
Recipients of Needs-Based Benefits Now Eligible for Discounted Internet Service
Marsha Goodman
July 25, 2022
It is almost impossible to complete school, look for a job, access public benefits or obtain healthcare without internet access. However, for many families, access to reliable internet is not…
Changes to Required Minimum Distributions
Marsha Goodman
June 15, 2022
The IRS has recently updated the tables it uses to determine the size of the Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) that need to be withdrawn from IRA or 401(k) accounts each…
Are You Responsible for Your Parents’ Care?
Marsha Goodman
May 18, 2022
While helping his father qualify for Medicaid Long Term Care benefits (known as “ALTCS” in Arizona), my client asked whether his father’s application might be denied based on the son’s…
2024 Public Benefits Eligibility – Quick Reference Guide for Resources and Income
Marsha Goodman
December 26, 2021
2023 Public Benefits Eligibility – Quick Reference Guide for Resources and Income Medicare Basic Part B Premium: $164.90/month (was $170.10 in 2022) Note: individuals with annual income > $97,000.00 or…
Leaving the Skilled Nursing Facility: A Guide for Families
Marsha Goodman
November 18, 2021
If a patient is unable to return home, where do they go? How will they pay for their care? Who will make the decisions? Increasingly, hospitals are places for only…
Advance Directives in Arizona: An Empowering Tool to Express Your Health Care Wishes
Marsha Goodman
November 18, 2021
If ever you are unable to voice your instructions concerning your medical treatment — the care you want to receive, and when you want and do not want to receive…
Pension Benefits for Veterans and Their Surviving Spouses: Current Rate Information
Marsha Goodman
November 18, 2021
The benefit available to the veteran or surviving spouse is the amount necessary to make up the difference between the applicant’s Income for VA Purposes (IVAP) and the maximum benefit…
Veterans Benefits for Service-Connected Illness and Injury
Marsha Goodman
November 19, 2018
Type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s disease and dementia are among the service-connected conditions for which veterans can receive benefits. Veterans who suffer from service-connected injuries or illnesses might be eligible for…
What is Life Care Planning?
Marsha Goodman
November 19, 2018
Diminished capacity, long term care and basic planning documents are important factors in effective Life Care Planning. Life care planning is a unique method of elder law where attorneys work…