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- Can a trust strengthen your estate plan?
- Candor in discussing your estate plan can preserve family harmony
- Estate planning considerations and needs for baby boomers in Missouri
- Estate planning for man's best friend
- Financial abuse of Missouri senior citizens
- Healthcare decision-making: Estate planning's about more than just money
- Paying for long-term care: an important aspect of estate planning
- Planning for incapacity in Missouri
- The importance of estate planning for single people
- Veterans' pension benefits should be part of long-term care planning
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- ‘I’m lovin’ you’: Woman with Alzheimer’s connects with daughter in viral video
- “IRS Relaxes Rules For New ABLE Accounts”
- #GivingTuesday is here!
- #GivingTuesday!
- 2015 Medicare Part B premiums and deductibles to remain the same as last two years
- 2016 Veterans Benefits Planning – Christine’s Informational Booklet
- 5-Year Anniversary of The Elder & Disability Advocacy Firm of Christine A. Alsop, LLC
- 6 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes
- 6 Questions to Ask Before Relocating in Retirement, including estate planning concerns
- 6 Ways You Can Help Your Elderly Neighbors This Winter
- 9 (Potential) Problems with Your Trust
- A bit of warm nostalgia on this cold day
- A student with learning differences and his mom reflect on his first year of college. Read more here.
- A warm testimonial from one of our lovely clients on, this, a snowy Tuesday.
- Accounting Is Not Only Important – It’s Mandatory
- ADVOCACY ALERT – Help Push for OAA Funding Increases: Call Your Senators this Week!
- Advocates Cracking Down On Sheltered Workshops
- Aging Matters: Healthy Living for Seniors (MEAAA Newsletter)
- Aliza Sherman’s daughter sues her father over mother’s financial account
- Alzheimer’s Facts
- An ABLE Account Could Be a Great Place for Your $1,400 Relief Payment
- Analysis shows widespread discrepancies in staffing levels reported by nursing homes
- Annuities and Medicaid Planning
- Apartment Rent and SSI Recipients
- April is approaching…
- April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month
- Attorney Christine A. Alsop Named to the 2018 Missouri Super Lawyers list.
- Attorney Christine A. Alsop Named to the 2019 Missouri Super Lawyers List.
- ATTORNEY FUN FACT: We are very excited to announce that Christine has secured a role in the female take of The Odd Couple!
- Avoiding family feuds over inheritances
- Better Than No Loaf: Medicaid Planning Using “Half a Loaf” Strategies
- Beware of recently circulated emails from “EJuror Program” that ask for personal information – this is a SCAM. DO NOT RESPOND.
- Beyond Inpatient Rehabilitation: Maximizing Quality of Life and Long Term Outcome for the TBI Survivor
- Biden Administration May Spell Significant Changes to Estate Tax and Stepped-Up Basis Rule for Those with Even Modest Estates
- Bobbi Kristina Brown’s Death Leaves Whitney Houston’s Estate in Limbo
- Boomer Sex With Dementia Foreshadowed in Nursing Home
- Breaking The Law During Late Adulthood Can Be A Sign Of Dementia
- Brooklyn Museum receives $5m endowment
- Can Social Security be garnished to pay debts?
- Can You Appeal When a Hospital Considers You an Outpatient?
- Can You Visit Nursing Home Residents After They are Vaccinated?
- Careful estate planning likely ensures Tampa Bay Bucs stay with Glazer family
- Caregiver Wage, Overtime Protections Struck Down
- Caregiver’s $700K theft shakes elder advocates
- Caregivers of people with dementia face financial hardships
- Cautions for those with foreign wills
- Cautions with a DIY last will and testament
- Check out our most recent blog entry on: Benefits of Trusts
- Check out our most recent blog post!
- Check out our testimonials page
- Check out this insightful infographic on the Cost of Compassion and Programs for Children with Special Needs
- Christine has co-authored the Retirement Benefits chapter of this Elder Law deskbook!
- Christine Presents at the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors’ Speaker Series
- Christine’s Boss’s Day Video
- Christine’s Educational Approach
- Christine’s Theatrical Debut!
- Christmas Day helpers deliver meals for homebound seniors
- Cleveland State University receives $733,000 gift: Higher Education Roundup
- Client Appreciation Lunch
- Client Event and International Women’s Day 2017
- Congress Eliminates SSDI Waiting Period for People with ALS
- Congress passes the ABLE Act
- Congress Weighing Tax-Free Disability Savings Accounts
- Conservatorships versus powers of attorney
- Coronavirus Relief Funds Paid to Deceased Americans Must Be Returned
- Could Silly Putty help treat neurological disorders?
- Court battles may loom over Whitney Houston’s estate
- Court denies benefits to retired Watervliet cop
- Creating trusts when a family has debt
- Creating valid wills in Missouri
- Creating wealth transfer plans in Missouri
- Creativity is Better When Aged
- Credit Shelter Trusts Aren’t Just for the Super Wealthy
- David Bowie’s financial acumen sets an example
- Debt Collection: Some Nursing Homes Seizing Control of Patients
- Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are not the same thing
- Developing Financial Skills in Kids with Autism
- Developmental Disorders More Common Than A Decade Ago
- Diagram – Four Ways that Property is Transferred at One’s Passing
- Disability Rights Group Complaint Alleges ADA Violations in Conservatorship Proceedings
- Distinguishing the different types of plans under Medicare
- Do you know the answer to this question?
- Down Syndrome Association of Greater St. Louis’ 40th Annual Trivia Night
- Dying without a will in Missouri
- Dynasty trusts to preserve family wealth
- Editorial: Raise wages for Missouri’s home health care providers
- Eight Common Estate Planning Objectives Of Married Couples
- Elder guardianship: “For two and a half years, I had no rights.”
- End-of-Life Care Decision Making
- Ensuring the executor fulfills his or her duties in Missouri
- eScrip for Mideast Area Agency on Aging
- Estate gift to SIC will benefit Hardin Co. students
- Estate Planning for Pets: 6 Rules
- Estate planning is not just for the old
- Estate planning should take digital assets into consideration
- Estate Plans and Divorce
- Estate tax repeal has a time-out, but House ready to rumble in Sept.
- Estate tax repeal has a time-out, but House ready to rumble in Sept., p2
- Ever wonder why older people sleep less?
- Everyone should have these basic estate planning documents
- Expand Excellence in Mental Health Act of 2016
- Face Value Comics Features First Hero With Autism
- Failure to Improve Is Still Being Used, Wrongly, to Deny Medicare Coverage
- Falls Prevention Health Fair! (September 17, 2014)
- Federal Disability Employment Hits Record
- Feds Call for Expanded Mental Health Coverage
- Feds Move Forward With Disability Hiring Mandate
- Feds Take Aim At Sheltered Workshops
- Firm Announcement!
- Four Ways the Coronavirus Pandemic May Affect Long-Term Care Insurance
- Free Flu Shots in St. Louis – 2016
- FREE PREPARATION OF HEALTHCARE DOCUMENTS IN HONOR OF NATIONAL HEALTHCARE DECISIONS DAY
- Get involved and help our seniors!
- Get Your Child with Special Needs Involved in the Kitchen
- Getting to the root of Parkinson’s disease
- Give STL Day
- Glen Campbell at center of Alzheimer’s care dispute
- Glen Campbell at center of Alzheimer’s care dispute p2
- Google To Use High-Tech Silverware To Reduce Hand Tremors
- Guide Explains New Rules for HCBS Medicaid Services
- Happy Birthday to Our Youngest Firm Pup!
- Happy Opening Day from The Elder & Disability Advocacy Firm of Christine A. Alsop, LLC!
- Happy Veterans Day!
- Happy Veterans Day!
- Have you planned ahead for your furry family members??
- Helping loved ones while protecting an estate
- Holiday Client Event – Ladies’ Day Out in Hermann, Missouri
- Holiday Open House!
- Home Care Rule Advocacy Fact Sheet: How to Prevent Service Cuts and Protect Consumer-Directed Programs
- How an estate plan should handle pre-death issues
- How Can You Transfer a Guardianship Between States?
- How Do I File for a Guardianship?
- How parents ensure their home is passed on to their children
- How Seniors Can Guard Against Robocall Scams
- How to Avoid Problems as a Trustee
- How to Create an Estate Plan That Includes Your Pet
- How to Divide Up Personal Possessions Without Dividing the Family
- How to Make Changes to Your Will
- How to Protect an IRA From Heirs’ Creditors
- How to Talk to Kids About Disability (and Voldemort)
- How Your Estate Is Taxed, or Not
- Husbands Usually Do Not Consider Their Wives’ Future When Deciding When to Take Social Security Benefits
- Importance of updating a will
- In Surprise Move, Budget Act Reverses Ahlborn, Gives State Medicaid Agencies Right to Recover from Entire Settlement
- Increase in the graduation rate for those with disabilities
- Increasingly, Adults With Down Syndrome Face Alzheimer’s
- Individual Voter Rights and Determining Capacity
- Interesting advancements in technology benefit our communities’ most vulnerable
- Interesting and enlightening article on the potential discrimination that people with dementia can be affected by
- Interesting article: Medicaid Funds Increasingly Going To Community-Based Services
- IRS Issues Final Regulations for ABLE Accounts
- Is a lack of deep sleep linked to Alzheimer’s?
- Is It Possible to Put a Retirement Plan in a Special Needs Trust?
- It may be time to update will
- Jay E. Matsler Estate donates $348,000 for historic preservation projects
- Judge to settle Craig County family farm dispute
- Julianne Moore’s Golden Globe acceptance speech has Alzheimer’s advocates upset over missed opportunity to gain awareness of the devastating disease
- Justice Department Developing Disability Training For Police
- KSDK Features the Mid-East Area Agency on Aging’s Meals on Wheels Program
- Lack of Proper Hospital Discharging Puts Vulnerable Patients At Risk
- Late real estate mogul’s $40M estate may have found heir
- Lawmakers Press For Full Funding Of Special Education
- Leaving an inheritance requires planning
- Lien on Me: What Personal Injury Attorneys Must Know to Protect Their Clients and Themselves
- Long-Reviled Military ‘Widow’s Tax’ Is Finally Being Phased Out
- Long-Term Care Benefits for Veterans and Surviving Spouses
- Make Sure Your Beneficiary Designations Match Your Estate Plan
- Many Still Unaware That Medicare Coverage Is Now Available for Chronic Conditions
- May Someone with Dementia Sign a Will?
- MEAAA volunteers deliver warm meals on Christmas Day
- Medicaid Protections for the Healthy Spouse
- Medicaid’s Power to Recoup Benefits Paid: Estate Recovery and Liens
- Medicare Revises Nursing Home Rating System
- Medicare Star Ratings Allow Nursing Homes to Game the System
- Medicare, Social Security Disability Fund Headed in Different Directions
- Medicare’s Limited Nursing Home Coverage
- Meet Stanley.
- Melissa Leavy presents on Medicaid Crisis Planning and Benefits Restoration
- Mickey Rooney’s family fighting over his will
- Missouri answers feds on Medicaid backlog
- Missouri residents should review their trusts regularly
- Missouri’s Medicaid enrollment dropped by 37,260 people in June, compared with its average enrollment from July through September of last year.
- Mom Appeals Estate Ruling In Taser Case
- My Son’s Disability Doesn’t Make Me a ‘Special Kind of Person’
- New Hampshire to Become First State To Ban Subminimum Wage
- New Medicare Advantage rules benefit seniors
- New Retirement Law Changes Special Needs Planning
- New Rules May Mean Jobs For Nearly 500,000 With Disabilities
- New York Times Article: U.S. Just Made It a Lot Less Difficult to Sue Nursing Homes
- November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Month
- November is National Alzheimers Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month
- Nursing Home Resident’s Son Liable Because He Signed Separate Financial Responsibility Contract
- Nursing Homes Are Evicting Residents to Make Room for Coronavirus Patients
- Obama Signs Autism Act Renewal
- OSU libraries, press get $100K estate gift
- Our clients’ needs come first.
- Our Holiday Staff Bus Trip
- Pandemic Relief: Retirement Account Owners Do Not Have to Take Required Distributions in 2020
- Paro – The Robot Seal and Dementia Patient Companion
- Paying for Long-Term Care: An Important Aspect of Estate Planning
- Paying Taxes When Selling an Inherited Vacation House
- Pet Protection
- Pet trust funds can be practical estate planning tools
- Picking a Nursing Home Shouldn’t Be Trial and Error
- POMS Update Clarifies SSI Treatment of Some Same-Sex Marriages
- Portrait Series of Kids with Down Syndrome Spreads Contagious Joy
- Potential Increase in Resource Limits for Adult MO HealthNet Claimants
- Powerful strategy can maximize Social Security benefits
- Powers of attorney in Missouri
- Probate Court to examine Boudreau estate
- Pros and Cons of a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust
- Protecting family wealth
- Protecting Spouses of Medicaid Applicants: 2023 Guidelines
- Protecting your Future: Proper plan helps minimize stress settling estates
- Protecting Your House After You Move into a Nursing Home
- Protein May Hold the Key to Who Gets Alzheimer’s
- Proud to wear purple!
- Read about potential income tax benefits for families with children who have special needs
- Receiving an Inheritance While on Medicaid
- REITs could be affected by rising interest rates
- Representative Payee: Not a Job to Be Taken Lightly
- Requirements for charitable trusts
- Researchers are using controlled trips to help the elderly reduce their chances of falling
- Retirees have concerns other than leaving behind an inheritance
- Revocable living trusts in Missouri
- Rockport man donates $500,000 to local animal shelters; assets to wildlife refuge
- Rooney’s contributions extended beyond Hollywood
- School Districts Stressed By Lack Of Trained Specialists
- SCIENTISTS HAIL ALZHEIMER’S BREAKTHROUGH
- Senator Looks To Ease Burden For Parents In IDEA Disputes
- Senators grill Social Security official over office closings
- Send a homemade card to a senior in your local area this Valentine’s Day!
- Seniors May Now Opt Out of Medicare Part A
- Seth Rogen shares a personal story about how Alzheimer’s has affected and changed his family
- Setting up special needs trusts
- Seven big mistakes couples make in retirement
- Signed, sealed but not delivered, beneficiary form doesn’t count
- Signs that your aging parent should not be living alone
- Single? You Still Need an Estate Plan
- So what are people saying about our firm?? Find out!
- Social Security Disability Benefits Running Out Of Money, GOP Claims Fraud, Democrats Want A Tax Fix
- Social Security Q&A: What Social Security Disability Insurance Options Are Open to People with Disabilities?
- Special Needs Trust Fairness Act of 2015
- Special Tax Deduction for 2020 Allows Donations of $300 to Charity Without Itemizing
- SpecialGlobe
- St. Louis Paralegal Association – Elder Law for the Paralegal
- State vets agency is looking for women who have served
- State’s lawsuit against Veterans Administration contains errors
- States Ask That Student Loans of Those with Disabilities Be Automatically Forgiven
- STAY INFORMED – VA UPDATE: Bill prevents the VA from terminating services to veterans who are homeless
- Stonington Man’s Estate Gifts $8 Million to Helping Connecticut Animals
- Taxing distributions from trusts
- TEENS + SENIORS + THE INTERNET = Cyber-Seniors Documentary
- The ABLE Act’s state residency requirement has been eliminated
- The Advocacy Update, our new and improved monthly firm newsletter, is here!
- The April issue of The Elder & Disability Advocacy Firm Update is now available!
- The Attorney’s Role in Medicaid Planning
- The benefits of trusts
- The concept of a revocable living trust in Missouri
- THE DISABLED MILITARY CHILD PROTECTION ACT has been finalized.
- The Durable Power of Attorney: Your Most Important Estate Planning Document
- The Elder & Disability Advocacy Firm of Christine A. Alsop, LLC, welcomes new Associate Attorney, Tom McCarthy!
- The Future of Robot Caregivers
- The Growing Need for In-Home Care to Meet the Demand of Aging Americans
- The Importance of Healthcare Decision-Making in Estate Planning
- The importance of keeping beneficiary designations updated
- The importance of long term care planning
- The Missouri ABLE Account; What You Need to Know
- The new e-version of The Advocacy Update is here!
- The New Year has arrived and so has the first 2016 issue of our firm newsletter!
- The older people are, the older they think they’ll be when they retire
- The probate process and living trusts
- The pros and cons of digital wills
- The pros and cons of trusts
- The Rights of Persons Under a Guardianship
- The role and duties of the executor of a will
- The role of a settlor in a trust setting
- The Secure Act and Its Impact
- The Special Needs Trust Fairness Act, as part of H.B. 34, the 21st Century Cures, has been passed!
- The Stephen Beck Jr. Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act
- THE TOP 5 HIGH RISK MEDICATIONS IN GERIATRICS AND LONG-TERM CARE
- The use of trusts in estate planning
- This estate mistake can tear your family apart
- Three Reasons Why Giving Your House to Your Children Isn’t the Best Way to Protect It from Medicaid
- Today is giveSTLday!
- Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
- Today is National Healthcare Decisions Day!
- Toddler With Down Syndrome Stars In Target Ad, Helps Raise Awareness For Condition
- Tony Scott’s Estate Valued at $5.5 Million
- Top 5 Strategies To Pay For Elder Care
- Top Three Scams Targeting Seniors
- Transferring Assets to Qualify for Medicaid
- Trust mistakes to be avoided
- Trusts empower people concerned that heirs will mishandle money
- Trusts provide specific benefits within an estate plan
- Trusts, wills and estate plans in Missouri
- Trusts: Protecting government benefits for disabled loved ones
- Understanding the Common Types of Trusts
- Understanding the Differences Between a Revocable and an Irrevocable Trust
- Unexpected losses highlight the importance of estate planning
- Updates on the ABLE Act
- Using a living will and health care proxy to dictate medical care
- Using Estate Planning to Prepare for Medicaid
- Using Estate Planning to Prepare for Medicaid
- Using power of attorney as part of Missouri estate planning
- Veterans Affairs falls particularly short on women’s health
- Veterans Affairs Watchdog Downplayed Medical Care Problems, Probe Finds
- Volume 1, Issue 5 of The Elder & Disability Advocacy Firm Update is now available!
- Volume 1, Issue 6 of The Elder & Disability Advocacy Firm Update is now available!
- Want to make a difference??
- Washburn receives $1.1 million gift
- Watch Out for These Potential Problems with Life Estates
- Ways people can avoid probate
- We truly wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving Week!
- Western Michigan’s University Arena to feature new $800,000 scoreboard, AD hopes for ‘early fall’ completion
- What are the benefits of a blind trust?
- What Are the House Ownership Options When Parents and Adult Children Live Together?
- What Does SSA Stand For?
- What Happens to Assets Left in a Special Needs Trust on the Death of the Beneficiary?
- What is a durable power of attorney?
- What is a Group Home?
- What is a will, what makes it legal, and what are its advantages?
- What Other Benefits Can I Get With SSDI?
- What to Do with Your Stimulus Check if You Are in a Nursing Home
- What You Can Do to Keep Your Loved One Safe at Their Nursing Home
- What You Can’t Do with a Will
- When a family of 8 kids turns on their mom for $51k, see what her granddaughter does – quick video – worth the watch
- When Does a Person Lack Capacity in a Guardianship?
- When there are problems with an executor
- Where there’s a will there’s a safeguard for your family
- Who Should Purchase Long-Term Care Insurance?
- Why a QPRT could be beneficial
- Why Trusts Should Never Be Static
- Will Electronic Wills Be the New Normal?
- Will Medicare Cover a Coronavirus Vaccine?
- Wills are like a box of chocolates: You never know what’s inside
- Wills are like a box of chocolates: You never know what’s inside p2
- Wills are like a box of chocolates: You never know what’s inside p3
- Wills need revising when major life changes occur
- Working longer and retiring later.
- Worried You May Be Developing Alzheimer’s? Check Your Eyes
- Writing a ‘Last Letter’ When You’re Healthy
- Your Facebook account’s afterlife
