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What The Advice Of A Qualified Senior Estate Planning Attorney Could Mean For You.
Mar 14, 2013
By Rick Law, Elder Law Attorney and Senior Advocate in Western Chicagoland, Illinois. The elder law a!orney provides legal advice and counsel to seniors so they can protect their home, their loved ones and their independence. We counsel clients so that they know the law. Just as a tax attorney advises clients how to arrange […]
Growing Old And Retiring – A Woman’s Plight.
Mar 13, 2013
By Rick Law, Estate Planner and Attorney in Chicagoland. You may have heard this statistic before, and it has remained relatively accurate through the years… Women will outlive their spouses by an average of five to seven years. Women are at a greater risk than they realize of not having enough money after their husbands […]
Long-Term Care: Unexpected Illness Should Be Expected.
Mar 12, 2013
By Rick Law, Elder Care Attorney in Chicagoland. As baby boomers, we saw our grandparents die of heart attacks, strokes, industrial accidents, agricultural accidents, and other “quick death” causes. When we were young, our peers died of unexpected illnesses and accidents. Now we’re grandparents! As we look back over our post-WWII life spans, medical advances have […]
Dodging the Wrecking Ball | by Rick Law, Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorney
Jan 17, 2013
As an elder law attorney, my clients are hard-working people who fought in our wars, worked in our factories, and sent their kids to college. They are honest people who always lived frugally. They paid off their homes and cars and now they live on two Social Security checks and sometimes a very modest pension. […]
Will Illinois Save Long Term Care’s Silver Lining?
Jun 13, 2012
Everyone knows that Illinois is a bankrupt state. But everyone doesn’t know that Illinois’ current shortfalls are bankrupting Illinois healthcare providers. Unfortunately, additional healthcare cuts have been proposed that will affect both hospitals and long term care providers. Is there a silver lining? One current bright spot is a program designed to de-institutionalize people—out […]
A Woman’s Story
Jun 16, 2010
He looked into his wife’s eyes and flatly stated, “I’ll put a gun to my head before I ever go to a nursing home.” But the sad truth is this: His wife will be the one to bear the burden caused by his long term care needs and her own aging challenges. This couple are […]
Choose Care, Not Curtains
Sep 16, 2009
Many of our elder law clients live at Countryside Care Center in Aurora, Illinois. We hear from our clients and their families that great care is provided for both private pay and Medicaid clients. When we are asked by families to recommend a skilled care facility, we often say, “Choose the care, not the curtains!” […]
The Wedding Singer Loves Seniors!
Jul 01, 2009
They say that when you meet a person, you know neither who they really are nor the path they have walked. I am grateful to introduce you to a very inspiring young leader, Jeremy Amster, a wedding singer and nursing home administrator. Recently I conducted my own personal investigation of Tower Hill Healthcare Center in […]
CMS Nursing Home Night Stalkers
Jun 25, 2009
This blog is not about strangers lurking in an alley. Nonetheless, nursing homes are routinely “invaded” in the wee hours and weekends, because they are subject to unannounced night and weekend visits by trained teams of Medicare inspectors. These snoopy night stalkers show up and “camp out” in the facility for days. These teams have […]
Wrongful Resuscitation
May 27, 2009
Often, older adults have told me stories of doctors and/or hospital staff who ignored the refusal of life-prolonging care wishes of a now-deceased loved one. They tell me that they had insisted that their loved one did not want life-prolonging treatment, but nonetheless a doctor ordered feeding tubes, ventilators, and other life-prolonging measures. I have wondered—is this fear of wrongful resuscitation real or imagined? The short answer appears to be that the fear is real.
Our Reviews
My wife and I had our first child three years ago. That’s when we decided to set up a trust, should anything happen to either of us. We reached out to Zach Hesselbaum to help us out. He was very thorough and professional throughout the whole process. Zach went above and beyond to make sure that we understood every detail of setting it up and he did an excellent job. We recently had our second child a few months ago. With the new baby, he helped us make the necessary revisions to the trust. Zach made this process great for us! I would definitely recommend using him for any of your estate planning needs!
Tom G., Naperville, IL