Elder Law Today Podcast

In the debut of his podcast, Elder Law Today, Yale Hauptman, a practicing New Jersey elder law attorney, explains what elder law is and how an elder law attorney can be a valuable counselor to seniors and their families.  Learn how elder law differs from traditional estate planning.  A will, while important, addresses only one scenario, what happens when one dies.  Elder law, however, encompasses so much more, what can be termed life planning or long term care planning.  In other words, what happens if I don’t die, but instead have a lengthy illness, need increased care, (ie. home care, assisted living, or nursing home care) and do not have the funds to pay for it indefinitely.        Yale discusses the need to have a plan in place, one that includes the necessary documents (ie. power of attorney, health care directive, will, trust) but also brings the family together to work towards a common goal of assisting the senior family member to tackle head on the legal and social issues associated with aging and nav