Uncertainty happens - a loved one enters a nursing home; your mom can no longer handle her finances; grandma dies; your aunt wanders from home and can't remember how to get back; a disabled child on Medicaid benefits receives money from a lawsuit settlement. The Law Offices of Kevin M. Gilhool is an elder law firm that assists families in Michigan facing long-term care costs protect their savings and maximize government benefits.
These benefits can include Medicare and Medicaid benefits, Veterans Administration benefits, and creative use of private finances. Our practice includes preparation and advice regarding durable powers of attorney, health care surrogates, living wills, trusts, and last will and testaments. We assist in the administration of decedent's estates including probate administration and trust administration.
These benefits can include Medicare and Medicaid benefits, Veterans Administration benefits, and creative use of private finances. Our practice includes preparation and advice regarding durable powers of attorney, health care surrogates, living wills, trusts, and last will and testaments. We assist in the administration of decedent's estates including probate administration and trust administration.
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The attorneys at the Law Offices of Kevin M. Gilhool recognize that dealing with a loved one's financial and medical affairs in the time of a health care crisis can be overwhelming. In fact, we have faced the same issues in our own families. We are empathetic to the stresses and strains facing our clients.
The Law Office of Kevin M. Gilhool is a law firm in Southgate Michigan, dedicated to helping clients facing difficult issues due to health care crisis, incapacity, disability or death.
Our services include elder law, Medicaid eligibility planning, Veteran's Administration, non-service connected disability benefits advice, estate and trust planning (including durable powers of attorney for finances and health, wills, trusts and deeds), special needs trusts, probate and trust administration (including ancillary probates), guardianship, advice regarding medical debt incurred by seniors, will and trust contests, and litigation regarding financial exploitation.
Our services include elder law, Medicaid eligibility planning, Veteran's Administration, non-service connected disability benefits advice, estate and trust planning (including durable powers of attorney for finances and health, wills, trusts and deeds), special needs trusts, probate and trust administration (including ancillary probates), guardianship, advice regarding medical debt incurred by seniors, will and trust contests, and litigation regarding financial exploitation.
Nursing home costs can quickly drain the savings that you or your loved one has worked so hard for over the years to accumulate. We will work with you and your family to develop a plan that seeks to maximize government benefits and protect savings to the fullest extent possible.
Government programs that assist with payment of nursing home costs are ever-changing and budget cuts in the future may force the elimination of some services that these programs currently provide.
Government programs that assist with payment of nursing home costs are ever-changing and budget cuts in the future may force the elimination of some services that these programs currently provide.
Some seniors may recognize that they may need some assistance in the home in order to maintain their safety and independence, but do not believe that they can afford it. Others may feel isolated in their homes and would prefer to move to an assisted living facility for the socialization this setting would provide, but do not know how they will be able to pay for the facility each month.
The emotional and financial challenges that the disabled face can take a toll on the disabled individual as well as his or her family. Often times, government benefit programs help relieve some of the financial burden by providing assistance with payment of care through programs such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid.
