Elder Law in Virginia

Publication Date: 2021
Electronic Forms: 31
Available Formats: Print (730 pages, softcover, 1 volume)
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Content Highlights

  • Elder Law Practice
  • Financial Planning and Security
  • Housing
  • Nursing Facilities
  • Home Care
  • Paying for Long-Term Care
  • Managing Incapacity
  • Wills, Powers of Attorney, and Advance Directives
  • Guardians and Conservators
  • Special Needs Trusts
  • Medicaid Practice

“This fourth edition of Elder Law in Virginia continues to draw on the extensive experience of members of the Virginia Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (VAELA) to provide substantive information in areas such as long-term care and Medicaid planning, incapacity planning, financial security, housing issues, special needs trusts, and related issues.” – Fourth Edition Introduction by Christopher McCarthy, Immediate Past VAELA President and Editor of this edition

Elder law practice has grown in response to the burgeoning senior population over the past few decades—by 2050, the senior population of the United States will likely double. The response from within the legal community to the needs of this increasing population has been the growth of the practice area known as elder law. Once considered a practice dedicated exclusively to Medicaid planning and other wealth preservation techniques, elder law now encompasses an array of complex issues and disciplines associated with today’s aging and disabled populations. The modern elder law attorney must be versed in both traditional asset protection and estate planning as well as a number of topics related to incapacity, health and long-term care, social security, housing, age discrimination, and elder abuse and fraud. This new planning paradigm is based on relationships and values, not forms and transactions. It also requires the acquisition of new skills, more knowledge, and the ability to advise on financial products and services.

Elder Law in Virginia is the premier treatise in this area of practice for Virginia attorneys. In addition to the substantive issues, the handbook also gives practical information on managing an elder law or Medicaid practice and handling the ethical issues and conflicts of interest that elder law attorneys so commonly face, especially when dealing with agents and those with compromised cognitive abilities.

New topics addressed in the 2021 edition include changes to the Medicaid Manual including CCC Plus Waivers, expanded coverage of financial planning services, special needs trusts strategies, and new cases, legislation, and regulations.