From Left to Right: Brad, Tyler, Richard, Helen, Jadranko At the law firm of Bradley Vauter & Associates, P.C. we also call ourselves "the place for good counsel." We want to be the place you turn to in order to get information or advice or help when you need it--and we want folks to [...]
When we help clients with "estate planning' we also discuss planning for events while they are still living. Many of us have ideas about what to do with our legacy or estate, once we are dead. We might have family or friends or charities in mind--people or organizations who would take after our death because [...]
National Coming Out Day--a perspective--and some links
failure to improve or plateau is the wrong metric, maintaining current condition or preventing decline is actually a proper use under Medicare for payment of services
custodial care? skilled care? what's the difference if you are in a nursing home?
more than legal documents, living while disabled, unable to communicate--leave behind a values and wishes guide for caregivers
How do you cover nursing home bills, which can run from $7500 to $9000 a month in Michigan, and average about $8200? If you are old enough, or younger and on disability, there is a good chance Medicare will help--but Medicare typically only covers 100 days if you require skilled nursing or rehab--and afterwards people [...]
It can be very tough for caregivers, family members and spouses, when the capacity to communicate, or comprehend communications, starts to evaporate. The problems are sometimes easy to solve--if we are lucky. Usually they are much harder to solve. One starting point is to see if any adaptive technologies or devices or even practices can [...]
Richard Rooney, an attorney here, has heard from various friends over the years, far too many tales of woe about bad landlords--often from tenants who didn't really protect themselves properly. While some landlords will roll their eyes and recount their own tales of bad tenants, or "professional" tenants who play games, this article by Richard [...]
Now that the MiAble accounts have been launched in Michigan, just this week, families have even more options. Setting up a MiABLE account might be just the right thing for some families. But as attractive as such accounts might be, using a special needs trust is still the smarter way to go for other families. [...]
