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“Senior Dreams Come True” Winner, Ronkonkoma, Selects New Mattress

January 2011 Program for Low Income Seniors Sponsored by LI Law Firm Cona Elder Law For over three years, Ralph Mercadante and his wife Catherine, both in their 70s and residents of […]

“Senior Dreams Come True” Winner, Ronkonkoma, Selects New Mattress

Program for Low Income Seniors Sponsored by LI Law Firm Cona Elder LawFor over three years, Ralph Mercadante and his wife Catherine, both in their 70s and residents of Ronkonkoma, […]

Pooled Income Trusts: Preserving Excess Income for Medicaid Home Care

December 2010 by Melissa Negrin-Wiener, Esq. Recent changes in the laws governing Medicaid have made it very clear that lawmakers are not looking to expand the benefits of the Medicaid program.  However, […]

Pooled Income Trusts: Preserving Excess Income for Medicaid Home Care

Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012 – 6:30pm to 8:30pmLocation: Day Haven Adult Day Services, 2210 Smithtown Avenue, Ronkonkoma, NYMelissa Negrin-Wiener, Esq. will discuss legal options for paying for the high cost of […]

Dream Weavers

​Jennifer B. Cona, Esq. – Founder, Cona Elder Law Charitable Events ‘Senior Dreams Come True’November 10, 2010by Beverly Fortune​Retirement used to mean a pension, savings and Social Security. But these […]

Jennifer B. Cona, Esq., Appointed to Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation Board of Trustees

Jennifer B. Cona, Esq., managing partner of the Melville based elder law and estate planning firm Cona Elder Law has been appointed to the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation (LIAF) Board […]

Putting an End to the Statistical Games in Medicaid Home Care Cases

September 2010 by Jennifer B. Cona, Esq. The county Departments of Social Services (“DSS”) have a long history of taking months to open Medicaid Personal Care Services/Home Care cases.  However, their tactics […]

Cona Elder Law Announces Winner of the 2010 Buddy Carle Memorial Music Scholarship

The 2010 Buddy Carle Memorial Music Scholarship has been awarded!  The winner is MARK VIAVATTINE, a sax player and sophomore at the Eastman School of Music.  Mark is pursuing a […]

Cona Elder Law Launches “Senior Dreams Come True”

Many L.I. seniors with limited incomes are finding that life continues to be more of a challenge where even a simple need or wish, which most of us take for […]