Elder law involves many estate planning issue particularly relevant to older people (seniors). With your input, a local elder law attorney addresses a wide range of needs spanning protecting assets, planning for Medicaid and Medicare, making sure their health care directives/needs are in order, and ensuring the needs of their own children and family can be met. For these reasons, elder law planning often includes activities such as setting up health care proxies, arranging long-term health care, setting up wills and trusts, documenting powers of attorney and pursuing other financial planning strategies. They may also deal with issues relating to social security, retirement planning, special needs and even the mitigation of risks associated with scamming Seniors (a common problem).
