Category Archives: Veterans Affairs

More Veterans Benefits Scams

Michigan Veterans Benefits Lawyer shows there are more VA Scams going on.

How to Protect The Michigan Home From Medicaid Estate Recovery and Qualify for Veterans Benefits

If you’re a Michigan resident caring for a veteran or surviving spouse of a veteran who is facing on-going long-term care costs, please give our elder care law firm a call to discuss how we can assist your family by offering peace of mind in navigating this often confusing long-term care legal maze.

Michigan Veterans Benefits Lawyer Recognized in Veterans Today

I do quite a bit of work assisting Michigan veterans with their non-service connected VA Benefits, including helping them qualify for the VA Aid & Attendance benefit.  Thanks to my work, Veterans Today put together a press release that they ran on their Veterans Today website, which you can see here. Michigan Veterans Benefits Aid…

Medicare and Veterans Benefits; Do They Play Nice?

Michigan veterans benefits elder law attorney discusses VA Benefits and Mediare

The Key to Qualifying for The Aid and Attendance VA Benefit from an Elder Law Attorney

Did you know there is a VA Benefit that can pay up to $2,019 per month to a veteran who is need of assistance with daily living activities. As a VA accredited elder law attorney, I assist many Michigan families obtain the benefit that they deserve.

VA Benefits for Michigan Seniors

More and more my practice involves helping Michigan seniors who were veterans receive the veteran benefits that they deserve.  If your loved one was a veteran who served 90 days active duty, one day during a period of war and was not dishonorably discharged, then your loved one may be entitled to the non-service connected…

Is Insurance the Answer to Michigan Long-Term Care Planning?

A recent USA Today article states that there is an increase in seniors living over the age of 90.  According to author Haya El Nasser “The number of people living to age 90 and beyond has tripled in the past three decades to almost 2 million and is likely to quadruple by 2050”. Seniors who…

Michigan Medicaid Tax on Health Benefits

As a Michigan Medicaid lawyer, I stay abreast of what our law makers are up to in Lansing. The Michigan governement has been busy working on a new way to fund Medicaid.  Medicaid is a governmental health insurance that is used by almost 20% of Michigan’s resideents.  That is about 2 million people including children,…

How The VA Treats Asset Transfers and Homesteads Changing?

Fellow elder law & VA benefit attorney colleague, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) member, and all around great attorney Victoria Collier, met with the new VA Pension & Fiduciary Services department, including David McLenachen.  Through the meeting there were some indications that the VA Pension & Fiduciary Services department may make some changes…

Financial Planner: Is the Aid & Attendance VA Benefit a Scam?

Michigan elder law attorney describes why its important for financial planners to understand the VA aid & attendance program