Several year ago I drew up, for the Life Planning Network, a list of books that professionals should read to help them advise clients who prudently decide to plan for their 60s, 70s, or 80s. This week — while preparing for my elder law class at Suffolk Law School on...
Jimmo v. Sebelius
JUST BECAUSE “EVERYONE” SAYS THAT MEDICARE PAYMENTS FOR REHABILITATION STOP WHEN THE PATIENT’S CONDITION “PLATEAUS” DOESN’T MAKE THAT TRUE. Many of our clients begin post-hospitalization therapies in nursing homes or rehabilitation centers thankful that Medicare will...
“I made it to the Supreme Judicial Court!”
Daley & Nadeau, SJC 170125 The public doesn’t realize that only a small percentage of attorneys regularly appear in court. Still fewer ever appear before their state supreme courts. For a good part of my career I did appear quite regularly in courts, but only...
Chocolate More Effective Than Medications For Calming Alzheimer’s Patients
A client, “Liz,” is scouting facilities that might serve as a home for her mother who, in the past year, moved out of her home for health reasons and, after hospitalization, began to act inappropriately in a rehabilitation facility. Her agitation and anti-social...