| Alan R. Horvath, Attorney at Law |
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| Care Planning Overview |
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| Your care plan must consider three basic concerns: What will your costs be? Who will make decisions for you if you can not make a legally binding contract yourself, and what resources will be available to them in order to provide for your care. |
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| What resources will they have? The assets of your trust will be available to your trustee to use on your behalf. This could include converting their form, and borrowing against them. Non-trust assets such as pensions, IRAs, Long Term Care insurance, Social Security, and MediCal can be accessed for you by your agent. |
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| What will your costs be? Approximate 2006 Calaveras County costs: In home assistance: $17 an hour Assisted Living: $3800 a month Skilled Nursing: $5000 a month |
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| Who will make decisions for you? You can not make a legally binding contract if you do not understand the consequences and are not able to bargain in your own best interests. Your trustee can commit to spend trust assets on your behalf. Your agent, under a power of attorney, can take any act on your behalf that you have authorized him to take. Only a conservator can compel or prohibit actions on your part. |
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| Serving Calaveras and Amador counties, California |
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| P.O. Box 81 37 Main St., Suite 202 San Andreas, CA 95249 |
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| Phone: 209 754-5291 Fax: 209 754-5293 |
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| ahorvathlaw@sbcglobal.net |
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