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Carney, Sugai &Sudweeks is one of only a few law firms in Northern California to offer Elder Care Services to our clients. We first learned the value of employing care coordinators in our law firm about four years ago when Janis Carney took a course offered by the Life Care Planning Law Firm Association (LCPLFA). …
Read MoreANNOUNCING: The EASE Plan Emergency Advocacy Support & Education We all know what an awful experience it is to be sick or injured and need to go to a hospital emergency room, especially when we have no one there with us to make sure we get the attention and care we need. Our own experiences…
Read MoreAs proud and dedicated members of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), we are helping to recognize and celebrate May as National Elder Law Month. Along with hundreds of elder law attorneys across the country, our entire firm focuses our practice on the issues of older individuals and individuals with special needs in…
Read MoreA recent story in the Los Gatos Patch illustrates that elder abuse can occur anywhere, even here in our beautiful little town of Los Gatos in the heart of the highly educated Silicon Valley. It is a growing problem everywhere. Certainly, we don’t know why the abuse happened in the particular case that was reported…
Read MoreMedi-Cal is California’s version of the federal Medicaid program that pays for medical and long-term care for patients who meet the eligibility criteria. In order to get the federal Medicaid funds, a state must set up and operate the program and contribute about half of the funds for it. Because it is operated by the…
Read MoreWhat is the effect on Veterans and their widows of the VA’s discontinuance of the EVR procedure? The VA has just announced that it is no longer going to send out the forms and require the annual Eligibility Verification Report (EVR) to reconfirm benefits that are based on financial need, such as the VA Pension,…
Read MoreAs I considered the meaning Veteran’s Day for an inspirational moment I gave at my Rotary Club meeting this morning, l realized that I wanted to share my feelings about all of the veterans in our country whom we will honor this Friday, Veterans Day. I searched online for words I could use to inspire…
Read MoreOver a year ago, our law firm joined a national organization called the Life Care Planning Law Firm Association, which is dedicated to helping our elderly clients live the highest quality of life available to them. This is accomplished, we believe, by assisting our clients to obtain the highest quality of care available to them…
Read MoreI just read an article from the LA Times that I have to share with you. The story is about the fact that the author just discovered, through a survey, that a large percentage of baby boomers are not planning to, or at least are not worried about, leaving an inheritance to their children. As…
Read MoreIt’s one of the biggest annual events in Los Gatos! We are talking about the Los Gatos Morning Rotary club’s Claws for a Cause Lobster Block Party, scheduled for 5:00 to 10:00 p.m., Saturday, September 10, 2011. This all-you-can-eat lobster party is held in Los Gatos in the block in front of CB Hannigans and…
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