https://youtu.be/cYRP8h-gslg Hello, I’m Christopher Lavin, an attorney with the Lavin Law Group. We are an elder law firm in Lebanon, Ohio. And a big portion of elder law is long term care or crisis planning. And, long term care, that definition has grown over the years. It includes home health care, adult day …Read More
https://youtu.be/CP95jrJ1Pck Hello, I’m Christopher Lavin, an attorney with the Lavin Law Group. We are an elder law firm here in Lebanon, Ohio. Elder law is helping folks to long term care and medical emergencies. And, a big portion of that is navigating the Medicaid system. So a lot of folks will, when they …Read More
https://youtu.be/83p-T_Hw3Qw Hello, I’m Christopher Lavin, an attorney with the Lavin Law Group. We are an elder law firm here in Lebanon, Ohio. I’ve been doing this for a long time, and in the old days, a big part of the conversation were taxes, taxes and other types of taxes. Unfortunately, taxes are still …Read More
As an elder law firm, we deal with the estates. And a lot of clients are handling the estates on behalf of the parents because it’s just time. They’re taken over as a power of attorney, a trustee, or even an executor through the will when the loved one passes away. And one of the …Read More
A lot of folks in their position are trying to figure out the Medicaid system. There’s a few ways we pay for long term care. Private pay is an option. Some folks have some long-term care insurance. Some folks have enough financial assets to satisfy that. And then there’s the Medicaid system. But Medicaid is …Read More
A lot of folks will come to us with a loved one in a medical emergency, and they’re concerned about the expenses. And there are ways to cover the costs of care. There is certain insurance policies that can help with that. There are state programs through the Medicaid system and there are programs through …Read More
A lot of clients will come to us in what’s called a medicaid spend down situation. And what that basically means is the state of Ohio doesn’t really want to pay the bill any more than us. Medicaid is a needs based program. You have to have a medical need, but you also have to …Read More
A lot of folks will come to us because mom or dad has a memory issue dealing with Alzheimer’s or dementia. How do we care for that family member? There are programs out there for home health care there. Hospice programs out there that will help with that will assist in the Alzheimer’s Association is …Read More
Many times when I’m working with the family after the death of a loved one, I do what we call fill up the buckets. The first thing I have to identify is, is the different types of assets that the family has, whether it’s a house, a checking account, a brokerage account, an insurance policy, …Read More
A lot of folks will come to us with what’s called a community or healthy spouse. And unfortunately, that means one parent or loved ones in a facility, the other person or a loved one is able to stay at home in a community. One of the best deductions we have is the protection of …Read More
