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Advising Aging Clients: Benefits and Best Practices

Explore Medicaid planning, trust structures, asset protection, and benefits strategies to safeguard aging clients' financial and healthcare interests.

Created byNYS Academy of Trial Lawyers
BeginnerUpdated Mar 29, 2025
Advising Aging Clients: Benefits and Best Practices

What You'll Learn

check_circleUnderstand Medicaid eligibility rules, asset protection strategies, and look-back periods for long-term care planning.
check_circleAnalyze the role of different types of trusts, including supplemental needs trusts and pooled income trusts, in securing benefits.
check_circleAdvise clients on government benefit programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and Veterans’ assistance.
check_circleEvaluate housing options, including rent freeze programs, Section 8, and home energy assistance, for aging clients.

About This Course

Join us for the second part of this series on the documents your clients need in place to ensure independence and comfort as they age. Topics will include: Trusts for Means-Tested Benefits Eligibility, Benefits, Reverse Mortgage Options, Long-Term Care Insurance, Transferring the Home with Retention of a Life Estate, Pitfalls in Outright Transfers, Eleventh Hour Planning, and more!

Topics List:

  • Medicaid Planning: Income and Asset Protection Strategies
  • Supplemental Needs Trusts (First-Party, Third-Party, and Pooled Trusts)
  • Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts (MAPTs) and Look-Back Periods
  • Navigating Medicare, Supplemental Insurance, and Long-Term Care Coverage
  • Veterans’ Benefits: Eligibility and Strategic Planning
  • Housing Assistance Programs: Section 8, Rent Freeze, and HEAP
  • Reverse Mortgages: When Are They Beneficial?
  • Transferring the Home with a Retained Life Estate: Pros and Cons
  • Pitfalls in Outright Transfers and the Risk to Medicaid Eligibility
  • The SECURE Act and Estate Planning: Changes to Retirement Asset Management

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NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers
NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers
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The NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers is the largest statewide trial bar in the US with 5,700+ lawyer and judge members. We are committed to protecting, preserving and enhancing the civil justice system. Our highly acclaimed CLE programming features extraordinary presenters covering the most timely and important topics.

Fern  Finkel, Esq.
Fern Finkel, Esq.

Founding Attorney of Fern Finkel & Associates, PLLC

Fern J. Finkel, Esq., is the founding attorney of Fern Finkel & Associates, PLLC, where she concentrates her practice in elder law, estate planning, asset protection, benefits, special needs planning, trusts, Medicaid, and probate. She has been in private practice since 1990. Fern brings a wealth of experience and compassion to her clients. She is known for her skillful analysis of financial and personal circumstances and for providing practical planning to enable seniors and disabled clients to remain as independent as possible. Fern graduated with honors from New York University College of Business and Public Administration, in 1981. She received her Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law in 1984. She has been recognized as a New York Super Lawyers selectee in Elder Law from 2014 to 2023.

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