Written by nationally-known elder law practitioners, Robert B. Fleming and Lisa Nachmias Davis, the Elder Law Answer Book gathers the most current legal, regulatory, and practice guidelines from the core topics of elder law, long-term care, estate planning, retirement planning, healthcare decision making, and rights of the elderly -- and presents this information in a thoroughly integrated, easy-access reference.

The all-new Third Edition of Elder Law Answer Book helps you render sound advice and give reliable guidance on:

• Medicaid and Long-Term Care Planning
• Estate Planning
• Probate and Trust Administration
• Special Needs Trusts
• Medicare
• And More!

Only Elder Law Answer Book delivers

• ‘How-to’ explanations of the guiding rule or regulation, along with current citations to the relevant cases and statutes—including the Deficit Reduction Act
• Expert legal analysis of the special rules and how they typically apply
• Detailed information about each of the disparate, but frequently related, aspects of elder law practice—age discrimination, nursing home rights, Medicaid and other public benefits programs, as well as traditional estate planning and administration
• Real-world practice examples that help you implement the applicable rules or guidelines in a wide variety of situations
• Extensive cross-references to related topics—for fast and easy research
• Index and at-a-glance list of questions that help you zero in on the exact information you are looking for