Join Senior Partner Melissa Negrin-Wiener and guest Mike McClernon, Owner of Assisted Living Locators of Long Island. Join us to learn: -Tips for Choosing the Right Assisted Living Facility for Your Loved One -Medicaid Benefits and Qualifying for Assisted Living Coverage -Dementia and Alzheimer’s Care -Veteran's Benefits

Join Cona Elder Law Senior Partner Melissa Negrin-Wiener and Steve Held, Executive Director of Just Kids Early Childhood Learning Center, to learn how to plan for your child with special needs. This program will focus on: ·         Multigenerational Estate Planning: How to Protect an Inheritance for a Child with Special Needs ·         Educational Options Available […]

Join this panel of estate and financial professionals to learn how your beneficiary designations connect to your will, trusts, IRA account, TOD accounts and more. We'll discuss: • Importance of naming beneficiaries (primary and contingent) • Review and update for life events (birth, death, marriage, divorce, etc.) • Coordinate with your will and trust • […]

As the Executor or Administrator of your loved one’s estate, you'll have many responsibilities. Join Partner Marcus O’Toole-Gelo as he reviews the Top 10 most common probate and estate administration mistakes you'll want to avoid, including: • Actions resulting in financial accounts being locked or frozen • Income tax and estate tax traps • Medicaid […]

Join award-winning attorneys Senior Partner Melissa Negrin-Wiener and Associate Patricia A. Craig to learn: -How to Protect an Inheritance for a Child with Special Needs -Estate Planning with Special Needs Trusts: What You Need to Know -Preparing for Continuity of Healthcare and Financial Decision Making once Your Child Reaches Adulthood -Surrogate’s Court 17A Guardianships vs. […]

From Asset Protection Planning, Application Submission and Approval, Scheduling Assessments, Care Coordination to implementation of Care Plans, the Medicaid process can be daunting. Award-Winning Senior Partner Melissa Negrin-Wiener will review how to proactively prepare to receive Medicaid services and what the entire picture entails.

April 16th is National Healthcare Decisions Day, a day for all of us to take stock and ask ourselves: “Do I have Advance Directives: a Health Care Proxy, Living Will and Power of Attorney? Who will make health care decisions for me if I am unable to? What are my end-of-life wishes and have I […]

Qualifying for Medicaid nursing home benefits requires careful attention to detail and advanced knowledge of the requirements and limitations involved. Join award-winning Senior Partner Melissa Negrin-Wiener to learn about: Medicaid Eligibility Requirements Asset and Income Limits Look-Back Period Asset Protection Planning Irrevocable Trusts Promissory Note Planning