Question: Do you know someone who MIGHT have to consider a nursing home placement and a Medicaid application within the next 5 years? Next Question: Is that fortunate person able to swing the … [Read more...]
Round Tuits and Lost Opportunities
It happens several times a year. The appointment ‘blurb’ in my calendar says, “Cindy Swanson and Cheryl Flinster. To discuss Medicaid and asset protection for Cheryl and Ron Flinster. Cindy is … [Read more...]
The Long Ignored Nursing Home Financing Mess
Based on a column first appearing in the Asheboro Courier-Tribune, January 26, 2018 What a mess. Nursing home care now runs around $8,500 monthly. Basically, there are three ways to pay for it: … [Read more...]
Dixie Chicks and the Boycott Boys
A tear rolled down the 80-year-old cheek of Susannah Johnstone as she pulled her shawl tighter and shivered. A squad of armed Redcoats marched past her drafty (and very cold) Boston home. How she’d … [Read more...]
A Family Affair
Originally published Asheboro, North Carolina, Courier-Tribune, Sept. 8, 2017 “Well, she’s some sorta cousin or somethin’.” I’ve spent hours as an attorney, a cousin, and an inlaw explaining how … [Read more...]
