Tcl - How to Protect Your Family's Assets from Devastating Nursing Home Costs: Medicaid Secrets - April 2007 - Review of Legal Resources

• Publication year: 2007
• Pages: 59
• Citation: Vol. 36 No. 4 Pg. 59

36 Colo.Law. 59 Colorado Lawyer 2007.

2007, April, Pg. 59. TCL - How to Protect Your Family's Assets From Devastating Nursing Home Costs: Medicaid Secrets - April 2007 - Review of Legal Resources

The Colorado Lawyer
April 2007
Vol. 36, No. 4 [Page 59]

Departments
Review of Legal Resources

How to Protect Your Family's Assets From Devastating Nursing Home Costs: Medicaid Secrets

by Kenneth W. Schroer

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HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY'S ASSETS FROM DEVASTATING NURSING HOME COSTS: MEDICAID SECRETS
by K. Gabriel Heiser (Phylius Press, 2007: 464 Blackfoot St Ste. 101, Superior, CO 80027; (303) 447-6855 http://www.medicaidsecrets.com); 238 pp.; $47.

Reviewed by Kenneth W. Schroer
Schroer is a sole practitioner in Colorado Springs, emphasizing estate planning, probate, and elder law. He is a member of the Colorado, El Paso County, and Missouri Bar Associations - ken@schroerlaw.com.

Most Colorado attorneys who practice in the areas of elder care and estate planning are familiar with K. Gabriel Heiser. Heiser, a Boulder elder law attorney, is a frequent source of expertise and advice at CLE programs and on the CBA Trusts and Estates Section listserv. Heiser's latest book, How to Protect Your Family's Assets From Devastating Nursing Home Costs: Medicaid Secrets (Medicaid Secrets), provides Medicaid-related information and requirements and includes practical suggestions and examples.

Heiser employs a plain-English approach and down-to-earth writing style, making Medicaid Secrets an easy read - if you don't allow yourself to get bogged down...