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Transition Planning By Adrienne Arkontaky April 2009
Do You Have the Right Fiduciary By Bernard A. Krooks March 2009
Retirement Home Can Force Residents To Move to Higher Level of Care By Bernard A Krooks March 2009
How to Choose a Medigap Policy By Bernard A Krook March 2009
Things to Remember at Tax Time By Bernard A. Krooks March 2009
How to Find and Select an Elder Law Attorney By Bernard A. Krooks March 2009
Third-Party Special Needs Trusts: Peace of Mind for Caregivers By Bernard A. Krooks January 2009
Getting Personal - Relatives Can Get Paid For Providing Care By Victoria Knight for Dow Jones Newswires January 14, 2009
Not Just for the Rich and Famous By Bernard A. Krooks December 1, 2008
How Does Work Affect Your Social Security Payments? By Bernard A. Krooks December 1, 2008
Revoking a Power of Attorney By Bernard A Krooks December 1, 2008
A Roundup of Key Elder Law Numbers for 2009 By Bernard A. Krooks December 1, 2008
Annual Gift Tax Exclusion Jumping to $13,000 Next Year By Bernard A. Krooks November 1, 2008
Tax Deductions for Assisted Living Costs By Bernard A. Krooks November 1, 2008
Writing a Memorandum of Intent for a Special Needs Child By Bernard A Krooks November 1, 2008
FDIC Temporarily Boost Insurance Limit to $250,000, Including Trusts By Bernard A. Krooks November 1, 2008
The Importance of a Parental Designation and a Letter of Intent By Adrienne Arkontaky November 1, 2008
An Overview of Special Education Law By Adrienne Arkontaky October 1, 2008
How To Prepare For An Emergency By Adrienne Arkontaky October 1, 2008
Can't Clients Just Prepare Their Own Estate Plan? By Bernard A. Krooks September 1, 2008
New Rules Spell Out Rights of Medicare Hospice Patients By Bernard A. Krooks September 1, 2008
Senior Move Managers Help Make Moving Easier By Bernard A. Krooks September 1, 2008
So, You've Been Appointed Trustee Of A Trust By Bernard A. Krooks September 1, 2008
New Law Makes Changes to Reverse Mortgages By Bernard A. Krooks September 1, 2008
Legal Protections for Older Students: What's Left After The Idea? By Adrienne Arkontaky September 1, 2008
Special Needs Forum: Waivers in New York By Adrienne Arkontaky September 1, 2008
Millions of Retirees and Veterans are Leaving Stimulus Money on the Table By Bernard A. Krooks August 1, 2008
New Web Site Invites Reviews of Nursing Homes and Other Senior Care Service By Bernard A. Krooks August 1, 2008
How Parents Can Provide for a Caregiver Child By Bernard A. Krooks August 1, 2008
Online Calculator Gives Personalized Estimate of Future Social Security Benefit By Bernard A. Krooks August 1, 2008
Special Needs Trusts Give Families Peace of Mind By Janet Aschkenasy July 22, 2008
Special Children Line Up for Pre-K Diplomas By Candice Ferrette from The Journal News July 1, 2008
Retired Couples Will Need Average of $85,000 for Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums By Bernard A Krooks July 1, 2008
Redo Your Estate Plan Before You Remarry By Bernard A Krooks July 1, 2008
How to Fight a Nursing Home Discharge By Bernard A Krooks July 1, 2008
A $41 Trillion Market – Why Legacy Planning Matters, and What it Takes By Christina Pellett from Agent's Sales Journal June 1, 2008
Web Site Aims to Take the Rancor Out of Dividing Up an Estate By Bernard A Krooks June 1, 2008
Disinheriting a Relative Can Be Complicated By Bernard A Krooks June 1, 2008
Be Certain You Get the Pension You've Earned By Bernard A Krooks June 1, 2008
Second Marriages and Life Insurance By Bernard A. Krooks June 1, 2008
Planning For The Well Spouse By Bernard A. Krooks June 1, 2008
You Have The Power By Bernard A. Krooks May 1, 2008
Federal Nursing Home Site Now Notes Troubled Facilities By Bernard A Krooks May 1, 2008
Taking a Second Look at Your Early Social Security Benefits By Bernard A. Krooks May 1, 2008
Protecting Your House After You Move Into A Nursing Home By Bernard A. Krooks May 1, 2008
Special Needs Forum By Adrienne J. Arkontaky Spring 2008
Asset Protection Planning By Bernard A. Krooks & Michael Gilfix February 2008
Whew By Bernard A. Krooks & Michael Gilfix January 2008
Caution Use Power of Attorney Wisely By Correy E. Stephenson 2008
Medicare Open Enrollment Season Has Begun By Bernard A. Krooks 12/01/07
New Medicare Premium, Deductible, and Coinsurance Charges for 2008 By Bernard A. Krooks 12/01/07
How to Contest a Will By Bernard A. Krooks 12/01/07
Providing for Your Pet with a Trust By Bernard A. Krooks 12/01/07
Why Do Married Men Claim Social Security Benefits So Early? By Bernard A. Krooks 12/01/07
Charitable Gift Annuities: Making Your Generosity Pay By Bernard A. Krooks 11/01/07
Not Paying Property Taxes Can Lead to Loss of Home By Bernard A. Krooks 11/01/07
Social Security Benefits to Rise 2.3 Percent By Bernard A. Krooks 11/01/07
How a Guardian is Appointed By Littman Krooks LLP 10/01/07
Long-Term Care insurance Giant Raises Premiums on Existing Customers for First Time By Littman Krooks LLP 10/01/07
What Nursing Home Staff Levels Are Required? By Littman Krooks LLP 10/01/07
Should You Sign a Nursing Home Admission Agreement? By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. 08/01/07
When Getting Financial Advice, Don't Be Fooled by Impressive-Sounding Credentials By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. 08/01/07
Continuing Care Retirement Community Options Are Growing By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. 08/01/07
Nursing Home Abolitionist Offers Homelike Alternative By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. 08/01/07
2007 Long-Term Care Insurance Price Index Announced By Bernard A. Krooks 07/01/07
Avoid Sibling Disputes Over Caregiving By Putting It In Writing By Bernard A. Krooks 07/01/07
Spouses' Guesses About End-of-Life Wishes Not Always Accurate By Bernard A. Krooks 07/01/07
Assisted Living Company Begins Purge of Residents on Medicaid By Bernard A. Krooks Resource
States Now Limited in Their Authority to Recover Settlement Proceeds to Satisfy Medicaid Liens By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. 06/21/07
Consider Putting Gifts to Grandchildren in a Trust By Littman Krooks LLP 06/01/07
Receiving an Inheritance While on Medicaid By Littman Krooks LLP 06/01/07
GAO Study Finds Transfers by Elderly Are Infrequent and Small By Littman Krooks LLP 06/01/07
Report: Medicare Advantage Plans Can Be Too Good to Be True By Littman Krooks LLP 05/10/07
Elder Abuse Web Site Offers Resources and Contacts By Littman Krooks LLP 05/07/07
Nursing Home Room Now Averages $75,000 a Year, Survey Finds By Littman Krooks LLP 05/01/07
Tailoring a Will and Power of Attorney for Multiple States By Littman Krooks LLP 05/01/07
How to Choose a Nursing Home By Littman Krooks LLP 05/01/07
Preparing for the Rest of Our Lives By Bernard A. Krooks 05/01/07
Common Estate Planning Errors By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from ALZinfo.org 05/01/07
Deducting Medical Expenses From Your Taxes By Littman Krooks LLP 04/01/07
Will You Owe A Gift Tax This Year? By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. 04/01/07
States Go After Living Trust Scams By Littman Krooks LLP 03/28/07
Why Plan Your Estate? By Littman Krooks LLP 03/26/07
Make Sure Your Plan Beneficiary Choices Are Up to Date By Littman Krooks LLP 01/25/07
New Reverse Mortgage Products to Hit Market Soon By Littman Krooks LLP 01/23/07
Medicaid Recovery of Home Catches Many Families by Surprise By Littman Krooks LLP 01/05/07
Coordinating Medicare and Employer Coverage By Littman Krooks LLP 12/26/06
Asset Preservation and Long-Term Care By Bernard A. Krooks 11/01/06
What if Dad Starts Dating a Gold Digger? By N/A from Consumer Reports.org 10/01/06
Options for inherited 457s By N/A from Newsday 09/19/06
Who Will Mind Mom By Rachel Emma Silverman from The Wall Street Journal 09/01/06
Lawyers Weekly N/A 08/25/06
Latest Custody Battle By Rachel Emma Silverman from The Wall Street Journal 08/17/06
Elder Law Attorney-Fall 05 By Howard S. Krooks from NYBSA 02/20/06
Still Good For the Spouse, But Not for the Issue By N/A from Steve Leimberg's Elder Care Law Planning Newsletter 02/14/06
Congress Passes Major Medicaid Legislation By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Harrison Herald 02/01/06
Special Education Update By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Westchester Woman 01/01/06
CAVEAT EMPTOR: Be Careful Who You Listen To By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Westchester Woman 10/01/05
What Attorneys Need To Know About Special Needs Trust By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from ALI-ABA 10/01/05
Medicaid Planning Can Protect Your Savings But Beware of Common Errors By Bernard Krooks from Beyond The Numbers 10/01/05
Beyond The Numbers: Medicaid Planning can protect By Bernard A. Krooks from MK News 10/01/05
The New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part II) By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Harrison Herald 09/01/05
The New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part I) By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Larchmont Ledger 08/01/05
Elder Law Attorney-Summer 05 By Howard S. Krooks from NYBSA 07/27/05
Elder Law Attorney-Fall 04 By Howard S. Krooks from NYSBA 07/27/05
Elder Law Attorney-Spring 05 By Howard S. Krooks from NYBSA 07/27/05
Elder Law Attorney-Winter 05 By Howard S. Krooks from NYBSA 07/27/05
How to Evaluate an Assisted Living Facility By Bernard A Krooks from The Pelham Post 07/01/05
Common Elder Law Planning Errors By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Bronxville Bullentin 06/01/05
Medicare Dual Coverage & "Dual-Eligibles" By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Harrison Herald 05/01/05
Lessons From The Case of Terri Schiavo By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Westchester Woman 04/01/05
Medicaid Planning Can Protect Your Savings By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Bronx Senior News 03/01/05
Pataki Budget Restricts Access to Health Care By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Larchmont Ledger 02/01/05
Protect Your Will in Advance When Disinheriting an Heir By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq from Westchester Jewish Life 01/01/05
Common Estate Planning Errors By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Westchester Woman 12/01/04
Long-term care: A painful reality By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq from Westchester Jewish Life. 11/01/04
Elder Law Planning With 529 Plan Accounts By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Harrison Herald 10/01/04
Medicare v. Medicaid By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Larchmont Ledger 09/01/04
What Is a Guardianship? By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Harrison Herald 08/01/04
What is Probate? By Bernard A. Krooks from Harrison Herald 07/01/04
Nursing Homes & Alternatives: What New York Families Need to Know By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq from Westchester Jewish Life 06/01/04
NYS Proposed By Bernard A. Krooks from Westchester Woman 05/01/04
Elder Law Attorneys Offer Senior Citizens Hope By Bernard A. Krooks from Westchester Senior News 04/01/04
Elder Law Attorneys Observe National Elder Law Month By Bernard A. Krooks from Bronx Senior News 03/01/04
Elder Law and Disability Law Tax Planning By Bernard A. Krooks from Pelham Post 02/01/04
The New and Improved Medicare By Bernard A. Krooks from Harrison Herald 01/01/04
New Hurdles For Naming A Trust As Beneficiary Of An IRA By Bernard A. Krooks from Pelham Post 12/01/03
Selecting a Retirement Community That Fits Your By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq from Westchester Jewish Life 09/01/03
New Privacy Rates Restrict Family Access to Health Information By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Harrison Herald 08/01/03
Medicaid Planning with 529 Plans By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Larchmont Ledger 07/01/03
Misconceived Medicaid Plan Costs Heirs a Bundle By Bernard A. Krooks from Pelham Post, Esq. 06/01/03
When Your Pet Outlives You By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq from Westchester Jewish Life 05/01/03
Elder Law Attorneys Observe National Elder Law Month By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Bronxville Bulletin 04/01/03
Focus On Caregiver Agreements By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Jewish Home & Hospital 03/14/03
GUARDIANSHIP VARIES ACROSS COUNTIES: ELDER LAW By Bernard A. Krooks & Howard S. Krooks from New York Law Journal 03/11/03
Can We Talk? By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Harrison Herald 03/01/03
Designating a Supplemental Needs Trust as Beneficiary of a Retirement Plan By Bernard A. Krooks and Howard S. Krooks from DISTRIBUTION ADVISOR 02/01/03
Letter to the Editor By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Bronx Senior News 01/29/03
Planning for Long-Term Care By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Westchester Senior News 01/01/03
PUT IT IN WRITING: AVOID MEDICAID TRAPS AND FAMILY DISPUTES WITH A CAREGIVER CONTRACT By Howard S. Krooks, Esq. from Bottom Line Tomorrow, Volume 10 Number 12 12/01/02
DISTRIBUTION ADVISOR By Bernard A. Krooks, JD, CPA, LLM, CELA & Howard S. Krooks, JD by Volume 3, Issue 4, DISTRIBUTION ADVISOR 04/01/02
Cure Needed for Chronic Understaffing at Nursing Homes By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. 09/25/00
President Bush Signs Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 By Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. from Larchmont Ledger 01/01/00
Options for Inherited 457's By N/A 01/01/00

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