Blog: Florida Elder Law

I just returned from three great days at Disney World with my daughter. It’s great to be a kid and see the world through a child’s eyes – ah the wonder and joy.  Have you ever noticed how almost every Disney movie begins with something tragic happening but ends happily ever after? If real life…

Federal Medicaid law protects Holocaust reparations from being considered as countable resources or countable income when applying for Medicaid assistance. It is suggested that reparations not be commingled with other assets but rather, kept in a separate account. This will make it easier to get through the Medicaid application process. It can be difficult to trace…

A hotly contested issue in the Florida Legislature this month concerns spousal refusal. ‘Spousal refusal’ is both a federal and state law that enables a married person to obtain Medicaid assistance when one spouse refuses to make their assets available to the spouse who requires long-term care. The person applying for Medicaid must sign a form that assigns…