Intermediate Elder Law 2024

Agenda

9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction

Deepankar Mukerji, Esq.

Attorney at Law

White Plains, NY

9:05 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Medicaid Update

Including Recerts and the Unwind

• Current financial eligibility
• Status of the Community Medicaid “lookback”
• Status of recertifications and “unwind”
• Using “Immediate Need Medicaid”

Speaker:

Robin N. Goeman, Esq.

Law Offices of Robin Goeman

Brooklyn, NY

1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice

10:00 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.

Guardianship Update

• Update on Mental Hygiene Law Article 81 cases from New York State
• Review of guardianship cases of interest from other states
• Status of Supportive Decision Making in Article 17-A Guardianships

Speaker: 

Laura M. Brancato, Esq.

Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP

Mineola, NY

1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice 

10:55 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Break

11:00 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.

Trusts Update

• Recent Fair Hearing decisions on the availability of Trust principal
• Best practices in trust drafting

Speaker: 

Matthew J. Nolfo, Esq.

Matthew J. Nolfo & Associates

New York, NY

1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice 

11:55 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.

The New Home Care Process

• ADL requirements
• Statewide New York Independent Assessor (NYIA)
• MLTC advocacy

Speaker: 

Valerie J. Bogart, Esq.

New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)

New York, NY

1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice 

12:50 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Q&A