Law Office of Donald D. Vanarelli Blog

Members of the Elder Mediation Center of New Jersey will present an informative workshop entitled “Bioethical Decision-Making: Conflict Resolution in Health Care” at the annual conference of the National Association of Social workers (NASW) to be held at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City from May 4-6, 2008. Social Workers will earn 4 continuing [...]

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Certified Elder Law Attorney Donald D. Vanarelli, Esq. is among the contributors to The CPA’s Guide to Long-Term Care Planning, just published by American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and ElderLawAnswers – The Internet’s leading elder law resource for consumers and lawyers.
The demand and cost for long-term care services are expected to skyrocket [...]

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The Elder Mediation Center of New Jersey, a collaborative alliance comprised of independent mediators, attorneys, geriatric care managers and other eldercare professionals, is proud to announce the opening of its practice center as of March 1, 2008.
The Elder Mediation Center of New Jersey provides efficient, knowledgeable, affordable alternate dispute resolution services designed to resolve the [...]

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I recently litigated two different cases in the Superior Court, Union County, each involving the financial exploitation of the elderly. In one case, a non-relative “friend” took a frail, elderly widow into her home as a tenant. The elderly widow had no family in NJ. The friend acted as caregiver for the elder, and the [...]

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In recent presentations to staff at assisted living facilities, I was told that staff members hesitated to recommend to appropriate facility residents that they should apply for Veteran’s Administration (VA) Aid & Attendance benefits, even when the residents had limited income and/or resources and would financially benefit from the additional income that the VA benefit [...]

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A New Jersey appeals court ruled that $1.7 million in customer contracts held by a disabled man’s family business should be counted as a resource when determining his Medicaid eligibility rather than excluded under Medicaid rules which permit the exclusion of assets otherwise countable that are “used in a business … self-support activity.” G.T. v. [...]

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