Expertise I can answer questions regarding nursing home Medicaid eligibility questions, senior benefits including Medicare, Medicaid, prescription drug coverage, Veteran's benefits including Aid and Attendance, durable powers of attorney, advanced health care directives and living wills, wills, trusts and estates, guardianship and conservatorship and other areas of elder law including financial questions regarding collection, gifting, etc. All answers will refer questioners to a licensed attorney in their specific state, unless the question involves an issue of Alabama or Florida law, or Federal law as many of these issues will.
Experience
Experience in the area I have practiced law in Florida and Alabama for 15 years. My firm has over 60 years collective experience in elder law issues, including Medicare, Medicare D, Medi-gap and related health insurance issues as well as nursing home Medicaid eligibility.
Organizations Alabama State Bar
Florida State Bar
Organizations Alabama State Bar Association, Florida State Bar Association, Elder law section of Alabama and Florida Bar Associations, admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Alabama, all state courts in Florida and the Northern District of Florida, admitted to practice before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeal
Education/Credentials
Education/Credentials Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, J.D. 1993
University of New Orleans, B.S. Business Administration 1990
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Q: My mother will soon enter a nursing home & has this decision to make,should she get a private room ... A: Randy, it depends. In Alabama, the average cost is about $ 168 per day for a semi-private room. If ...
Q: My mother is 81 yrs old and has fallen three times - at least. Injured her knee, broke her arm. ... A: Gordon, call your local area agency on aging and get a referral to an elder law attorney who can ...
Q: I am the legal guardian of my father. He suffers from alcohol-induced dementia and should not drink. ... A: Laura, your guardianship may or may not give you access to financial documents, depending upon the ...
Q: My 94 year old father who is in relatively good health in Florida but needs assistance getting up, ... A: Deborah, there's not alot you can do. If your father has dementia and is unable to go against his ...
Q: If I were on one of those chat lines...I would be called "desperate in Arizona". Here is the short ... A: Kim, sounds like he needs to be committed and eventually placed in a nursing home. Call your ...
Q: My mother is paying a penalty on medicare that she is told is for life. She was working for the ... A: Kathleen, tell your mother to call her SHIP counselor for a free, very well trained expert in this ...
Q: My Parents have both recently (for past 6 weeks) both become very ill very suddenly. My Mother went ... A: Mary, you should run, not walk, to your local area agency on aging and get a referral to their ...
Q: I have my mother living with me. She suffering for various stages of dimentia and Altzheimer's. I ... A: Gary, I am sorry to hear of your situation. So many people are in the same situation, sadly. At ...
