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Adults Have Right to Effective Counsel in Guardianship Cases

Adults Have Right to Effective Counsel in Guardianship Cases The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine held that adults who are the subject of guardianship or conservatorship proceeding...

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Nursing Home Waived Contractual Right to Arbitrate

Nursing Home Waived Contractual Right to Arbitrate The Iowa Supreme Court held that where a nursing home continued to litigate for seven months after its arbitration dem...

New Law Caps Home Equity for Medicaid Long-Term Care

New Law Caps Home Equity for Medicaid Long-Term Care A federal law going into effect in 2028 will cap the amount of home equity a person can have and still qualify for Medicaid long-term care at $1 milli...

Son Failed to Prove Father's Lack of Capacity to Sign Deed

Son Failed to Prove Father's Lack of Capacity to Sign Deed The Iowa Court of Appeals held that a plaintiff failed to meet his burden of showing that his father had lacked the me...

Appeal of Trust Dispute Dismissed for Fake AI Citations

Appeal of Trust Dispute Dismissed for Fake AI Citations In a case alleging that a trustee had breached his fiduciary duties, the Alabama Supreme Court dismissed the plaintiff...

Long-Term Care Pharmacy Crisis Hits Nursing Homes

Long-Term Care Pharmacy Crisis Hits Nursing Homes When Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, part of the goal was to lower prescription drug costs for Medicare patients. However, for mill...

What to Do If You Lose Your Medicare Advantage Plan

What to Do If You Lose Your Medicare Advantage Plan If your Medicare Advantage plan is terminated or leaves your area, you'll revert to Original Medicare, but you must act to keep drug coverage. Learn dea...

The Family Caregiver's Legal Checklist: 10 Things to Do Now

The Family Caregiver's Legal Checklist: 10 Things to Do Now Adult children and family caregivers who are caring for an aging parent can take these 10 steps to get ahead of a crisis.