After Massachusetts enacted its version of the Uniform Probate Code (UPC) in 2009, guardians no longer had the authority to admit individuals to nursing facilities without explicit authority. Individuals under guardianship who were in nursing homes when the law began could stay in their facilities, but their guardians required additional authority to re-admit the individual […]
Our new clients are sometimes concerned that they will have to be impoverished to pay for their spouse’s care in a nursing home. As opposed to treatment for cancer or diabetes, the cost of treatment for dementia or other issues that may require long-term care in a nursing facility are generally paid by families rather than […]
This is a question we hear over and over from clients, family members and friends. In general the answer is yes – people can usually benefit from – at a minimum—a basic estate plan, which would include a will, health care proxy and power of attorney. That being said, there are other estate planning tools […]
Welcome! We will be using this blog to help explain topics that may impact the lives of families, individuals and health care providers. This first post is about relatively recent changes to the law regarding substance abuse commitment. For quite a while the maximum length of a substance abuse commitment allowed in Massachusetts had been […]
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