Growing older comes with many questions that nobody really prepares you for. Who makes medical decisions for you when you can’t? What happens to your home if you end up needing a nursing home? How can you protect the assets that you’ve worked a lifetime to accumulate while ensuring that you are receiving the care […]
How Elder Law Firms Can Serve You Beyond Estate Planning
By 2030, one in every five Americans is projected to be of retirement age. As our population ages, legal needs extend far beyond drafting wills and estate planning. When eighty-five-year-old Mrs. Alvarez fell in her home and faced mounting nursing-home bills, her daughter Maria assumed the worst: endless probate court battles and the dread of […]
What Is Elder Law? A Beginner’s Guide To Precedents And Their Importance
We at Suarez Law understand that getting older means confronting an entirely new set of problems, not just physically and emotionally, but legally as well. This is where elder law comes in. But what exactly is elder law? Elder law is a branch of legal practice that responds to the special needs of older adults, […]