Protecting Your Family's Assets in Florida

In Florida, private-pay costs at nursing facilities can exceed $6,000 per month!

In Florida, private-pay costs at nursing facilities can exceed $6,000 per month. Many families cannot afford to pay such excessive amounts which can total more than $70,000 per year.
The Florida Medicaid program can offer a solution to the high cost of nursing home and assisted living care. But Medicaid has such strict asset-and-income limitations that most people believe it can be used by only the very poor.
Fortunately, the U.S. Congress and Florida law provide opportunities to help families receive financial assistance through Medicaid and protect hard-earned assets. With proper planning, even those whose assets and income greatly exceed the limits for Medicaid can qualify for benefits.

Florida Eldercare Attorney John R. Frazier describes multiple strategies that families can use to qualify for Medicaid assistance. Protecting Your Family's Assets in Florida includes details covering the following topics, specific to both Florida and Eldercare:

• an overview of the benefits of Medicaid;
• the three Florida agencies that handle Medicaid;
• the three tests for Medicaid qualification;
• the three Medicaid programs for nursing homes and assisted living facilities;
• how single people can protect their assets;
• additional ways married individuals can protect their assets;
• the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) in Florida;
• an update on powers of attorney;
• an expanded Veterans Benefits section;
• life care planning;
• alternative housing choices;
• the role of geriatric care managers and how to select them;
• how to select an assisted living facility (ALF);
• how to select a nursing home;
• psychological aspects of aging;
• the unlicensed practice of law in Florid;, and
• a new Florida Medicaid managed care update.

Whether planning for a family's future or in immediate, desperate need of lawful answers for the reader, a spouse or a loved one, Protecting Your Family's Assets in Florida can help. Written in easy-to-read language, it provides examples for the most common Medicaid scenarios faced by families in Florida. Complete with a glossary that defines terms specific to both Eldercare law and applications for Medicaid in Florida.

Silver Medal Winner in both the Florida Adult Nonfiction and eBook categories of the FPA President's Book Award Competition.

About John R. Frazier, J.D., LL.M.--

John R. Frazier graduated Cum Laude from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia with a B.A. in Economics in 1986. He received his Master's degree in Business Administration from Virginia Tech in 1994; graduated Cum Laude from the University of Toledo, College of Law in 1997; and received his LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida, College of Law in 1998.

He is licensed to practice Law in both Florida and Georgia, and he practices primarily in the fields of Elder Law, Medicaid Planning, Veterans Benefits Law, Estate Planning, Asset Protection, Taxation, and Business Organizations.

John is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and he is accredited by the Veterans Administration to assist VA claimants present, prepare and prosecute claims with the VA. He is also a member of the National Organization of Veterans Advocates, Inc., the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, and the Florida Bar Elder Law Section.

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