Lexis Nexis Elder Law Practice in Tennessee
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Elder Law Practice in Tennessee covers all aspects of elder law as it currently exists in Tennessee. This one volume treatise addresses senior citizens and the law relevant to the legal practitioner and others providing allied services. Using this book as a guide, you can feel confident when:
• planning for medical, financial, and quality of life decisions,
• setting up a conservatorship,
• making ethical considerations in elder law practice,
• choosing housing options for an elderly client, and
• planning for long-term care.
The appendices include an Elder Law Planning Questionnaire for client use, a table of current public benefits figures, life estate and life expectancy tables, as well as a resource directory.
Authors / Contributors
Takacs, Timothy L.
Timothy L. Takacs is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation and as a Certified Elder Law Specialist by the Tennessee Commission on CLE and Specialization. He has been in private law practice in Hendersonville, Tennessee, since 1980.
Mr. Takacs has been a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), the nation's preeminent professional organization for elder law attorneys, since 1991, and serves on NAELA's board of directors. He is a charter member of the Special Needs Alliance, LLC, a network of the country's leading disability lawyers. In 2000, he founded The Tennessee Pooled Trust, which is Tennessee's first ¿pooled trust.¿ Mr. Takacs is a charter member and the first chairperson of the Tennessee Bar Association's Elder Law Section.
Mr. Takacs writes for and gives presentations regularly to attorneys and other professionals about elder law. He is the founder of The NAELA eBulletin, a weekly newsletter of current news and cases that is published by the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys as a benefit exclusively for NAELA members. He is the author of Elder Law Practice in Tennessee, a treatise for Tennessee attorneys, published by LexisNexis.
He also speaks frequently to support groups, seniors' organizations, and health care professionals. He makes frequent appearances in local media and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal and Kiplinger's magazine.
Mr. Takacs is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the Vanderbilt University School of Law.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Overview of Elder Law
Chapter 2 Ethical Problems in Elder Law Practice
Chapter 3 Retirement and Disability Income and Benefits
Chapter 4 Paying for Health Care
Chapter 5 Medicaid
Chapter 6 Medicaid and Long-Term Care Planning
Chapter 7 Medicaid Transfer Strategies
Chapter 8 Medicaid Planning for the Married Client
Chapter 9 Asset Management
Chapter 10 Conservatorship
Chapter 11 Health Care Decision Making
Chapter 12 Housing Options for the Elderly
Chapter 13 Nursing Homes
Chapter 14 Creating and Administering Special Needs Trusts
Appendix 1 Elder Law Planning Questionnaire
Appendix 2 Public Benefits Figures
Appendix 3 Life Estate and Life Expectancy Tables
Appendix 4 Resource Directory
Index
