For older adults living in skilled nursing facilities, a care conference with the facility staff is an important meeting. What are the signs that a care conference isn’t going as well as it should? Our elder Care Coordinator, Claire Merendino, has attended hundreds of care conferences over the years, and she can tell in an

If you think that a care conference for an elderly loved one is a meeting you can easily skip, Claire Merendino, RN suggest that you think again. As one of our elder care coordinators here at Bratton Law Group, Claire often runs into family members who don’t understand the purpose of these meetings. Though the

If someone you love needs Medicaid to help pay for long-term care in a nursing home, one Google search will reveal that there’s no shortage of traditional elder law attorneys who are ready and willing to help. But is a traditional elder law attorney, one whose practice focuses solely on getting older adults qualified for

We all think we’re aware of the pain caused by Alzheimer’s disease, but unless you’ve watched a loved one’s memory fade away or acted as a caregiver to a dementia patient, you really don’t know what it feels like to watch someone you love disappear before your eyes. With the holiday season quickly approaching, it

Established by the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) in 1995, National Assisted Living Week is a weeklong celebration that provides a unique opportunity for residents, their loved ones, staff, volunteers, and the surrounding communities to recognize the role of assisted living in caring for our senior population. For a legal consultation, call 856 770

An advance directive is a legal document to ensure that decisions about medical treatment are followed when an individual becomes incapacitated. Such documents identify what to do specifically when an individual cannot make choices and are valuable not only for medical treatment and care but also end of life decisions. In New Jersey, one type