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Elder Law Articles
- 2011 Federal Budget Cuts Will Hurt Seniors
- Civilians Eligible for Veterans Benefits?
- Dealing With Dementia – An excellent pamphlet from theTexas Young Lawyers Association
- Helping Veterans Pay for Long-Term Care – This is a thorough discussion of veterans pension benefits, the qualifications required to receive them, and how they can be used to help pay for home health care or for assisted living care.
- How To Choose A Nursing Home — From the Attorney General of Texas
- Identity Theft – How to Protect Yourself, and What To Do If It Happens to You
- Just Hang Up: Protect Yourself From Dishonest Telemarketers and Con Artists
- Living Trust Scams and the Senior Consumer – Don’t fall victim to these scams
- Long Term Care Benefits Available to Surviving Spouses of Wartime Veterans
- Maximizing Social Security Retirement Benefits for Married Baby Boomers
- Medicare Medicaid, and SSI – A General Guide
- An Overview of Long-Term Care Options
- Planning for Disability – The Good, The Bad and The Necessary
- Protecting the Incapacitated: A Guide to Guardianship in Texas
- Seniors — Be Careful When Buying Life Insurance or Annuities
- Seniors & the Law: A Guide for Maturing Texans
- Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
- Social Security Disability Benefits – Applying and Qualifying
- Social Security Disability: What Every Lawyer Should Know
- To Will or Not To Will – This pamphlet has been prepared to inform the public of what happens legally to the property of a person when he or she dies with a will or without a will. The Texas Young Lawyers Association seeks to make Texas residents aware of how the law (the Texas Probate Code) affects them and their families.
- Top Elder Law Stories of 2011
- Understanding the Fiscal Cliff Legislation
- VA Service-Connected Disability Compensation
- The Value of Using Irrevocable Trusts in Medicaid Planning
- Wills and Probate – Our firm has written this short article to provide you with simple information regarding Wills and Probate in Texas.
Internet Resources
- Eligibility for Burial in a VA National Cemetery
- Military Records — How Do I Find Them?
- Periods of War for VA Benefits Eligibility
- Social Security Administration’s Program Operations Manual System
- Social Security Disability Glossary
- Texas Medicaid Eligibility for the Elderly and People with Disabilities Handbook
- Texas Medicaid Glossary
- VA Benefits A-Z Index
- VA Benefits Abbreviations
- VA Burial and Plot-Interment Allowances
- VA Health Care Eligibility & Enrollment Glossary
- VA Survivors and Dependents Benefits – Death After Active Service
- VA Survivors and Dependents Benefits – Death In Active Service
- VA Web Automated Reference Material System, Rewrite
- Veterans Caregiver Glossary
- Veterans Compensation Benefits Rate Table
- Veterans Improved Disability Benefits Pension Rate Table
- Veterans Surviving Spouse Improved Death Pension Rate Table
Featured Links
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