Joan Reed Wilson Esq. - Managing Partner
Practices in the areas of
estate planning,
elder law, Medicaid planning, conservatorships,
probate and trust administration, and
real estate. Admitted to practice in the States of Connecticut and California, she is the
Vice President of the CT Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), an active member of the Elder Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, accredited with the PLAN of CT for Pooled Trusts, with the Veteran’s Administration to assist clients with obtaining Aid & Attendance benefits for long-term care needs and with the Agency on Aging’s CareLink Network.
In our estate planning, probate, and elder law practice here at Reed Wilson Case we often see family squabbles that erupt because of unmet expectations. Many of these expectations involve emotionally valuable personal property. And many of them erupt after the passing of a loved one. In many instances, had the family disc used these…
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FALSE FACT Vol. 1, Issue 1: If you don’t protect your money, the State will take it. This is probably the most common “inaccurate” statement that I hear in my elder law practice. We do help clients protect their assets, but not because the State will take them if you don’t protect them. Welcome to…
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Medicare Advantage Plans Update Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that beginning in 2019, Medicare Advantage plans will cover supplemental non-skilled home benefits that include daily maintenance. This is the first time that CMA has allowed a service that covers daily maintenance to be eligible as a supplemental benefit.…
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The Veteran’s Aid and Attendance (A&A) Pension provides Veterans benefits for qualified veterans and their surviving spouses who require the regular attendance of another person to assist in eating, bathing, dressing, and undressing or taking care of the needs of personal hygiene (known as Activities of Daily Living). This could include home care or care…
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So your agreement is signed and approved by a judge who declared you single – you leave the courthouse thankful that you will never step foot in it again. Unfortunately, many divorced couples find themselves back in family court for a variety of reasons with post divorce conflict. A large part of my practice consists…
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When I was about to marry my first husband, we were given a Myers-Briggs personality test about left/right brain thinking by the priest who was to marry us to predict our compatibility. I do not recall what the results were, but I seem to remember a look of disappointment? (or maybe fear?) on the face…
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