Helpful Links

Helpful Resources

The following are self-help links for the do-it-yourself client who likes to research many of their questions and find answers on their own. Just click on the links below.

Preserving Wealth and Inheritance through Medicaid Planning for Long-Term Care

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) (our parent organization)

Helpful Resources

The following are self-help links for the public to help educate them on matters that concern our senior population.

Estate Planning

• Questions and Answers on Living Wills

• Questions and Answers on Powers of Attorney

• Washington Law on Domestic Partnership

• WSBA on Revocable Living Trusts

Senior and Elder Law

• AARP

• Center for Medicare Advocacy

• Evergreen Geriatric Regional Assessment Team (Crisis assessment)

• Home Medical and Personal Services -
  U.S. Administration on Aging website to help caregivers identify community-based services serving seniors.

• Medicare Coverage for Skilled Nursing Facilities (CMA)

• Northwest Senior’s online -
  This is a site for seniors and their caregivers to find activities to allow seniors to live a full life.

• Official Medicare Site

• Residential Care Locator

• Washington Long Term Care Ombudsman -
  The Ombudsman helps to answer questions that citizens have about LTC in our state.

• Center for Medicare Advocacy

• Medicare Information for 2013

Medicaid Qualification

• Medically Needy Spendown Program for those 65 or over who do not get SSI

• Questions and Answers on the Copes Program

• Trustee's Handbook for Special Needs Trusts -
  This is from the Special Needs Alliance website.

• Various Key Medicaid Standards for Qualification and Benefits

Social Security and Disability

• Social Security OnlineSocial Security SSDI

• Social Security SSDI

• Social Security information for 2013

• Social Security SSI

• Social Security’s Programs Operational Manual (POMS)

Senior Discounts

• AARP Discounts

• Gold Card For Healthy Aging

• Metro Transit Pass

• Property Tax Exemptions or deferral

• Utility Discounts

Probate

• Dealing With the Death of a Loved One

• Neptune Society -
  Cremation services

• People's Memorial Association -
  Cremation and burial services

• What to Do When a Death Occurs

Guardianship

• Alternatives to Guardianships

• King County Training for Proposed Guardians who are not Professional Guardians

• Questions and Answers on Guardianships

• Questions and Answers for Nursing Qualification

Veterans

• Department of Veteran's Affairs

• Department of Veteran's Affairs general Fact sheet on Benefits

• Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents and Survivors

• VeteranAid.org

• Veterans Aid and Attendance Program

• Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs

Vital Statistics

• Vital Records -
  How to Order Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Certificates