Medicaid planning rules to protect the home in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania Medicaid application asks this question about an applicant’s home: “Are you planning to return to the property? __ Yes __ No.” What happens if you say yes or no, and what happens then? Here are some of the basic Pennsylvania rules governing a...Adults of every age should have advance health care directives
A colleague told me about receiving the middle-of-the-night call no parent wants to get – her daughter at college had been rushed to the hospital and was unconscious. Desperate to know what had happened, she called the emergency room but no one would give her any...Ready to Start
I noticed an interesting comment in an opinion from the Fiduciary Reporter: [A]n agent under a power of attorney does not have the power to execute a testamentary document on behalf of his or her principal. This concept is axiomatic – so much so that we can find and...About Andrew Sykes
The founder of Sykes Elder Law, Andrew Sykes is recognized as a leading elder law authority in Pennsylvania. He is a Certified Elder Law Attorney with over 20 years of experience helping clients with estate planning, estate administration, and Medicaid planning.
