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Health Issues
12
Mar

What is Adult Protective Services (“APS”)?

March 12, 2025
Adult Protective Services, or “APS,” is a program within the New Jersey Division of Aging...
Elderly father sits in wheelchair, attended to by his caregiver daughter.
28
Sep

Providing Care for Your Aging Parent? Consider Entering into a Caregiver Contract

September 28, 2024
With a growing number of adults providing substantial care to an aging parent, adult children...
Medicaid Eligibility and Child Support Illustration.
09
Jul

Medicaid Applicant’s Assets Placed in Trust for Child Support are Not “Available” in Calculating Medicaid Eligibility

July 9, 2024
Appellate Division Reverses Final Agency Decision W.F. is a legally incapacitated person who has been...
Men's health awareness illustration featuring father and son.
18
Jun

Celebrate Father’s Day and Men’s Health Month

June 18, 2024
As we celebrate Father’s Day and Men’s Health Month, let us take the time to...
26
Mar

Dispute Between Adult Children About Their Parents’ Nursing Home Placement Is Not Domestic Violence

March 26, 2017
This case arose from the conduct of siblings who held divergent views regarding placing their...
18
Jan

New Resident Protections in the Revised Nursing Facility Regulations

January 18, 2017
The federal Nursing Home Reform Law was enacted in 1987, and became effective in October...
11
Jan

Older Adults Can Improve Memory and Attention Span Through Vigorous Exercise and Strenuous Mental Effort

January 11, 2017
Why do some older adults remain mentally agile with excellent memory and attention span while...
04
Jan

2017 MEDICARE, MEDICAID, SOCIAL SECURITY and VA AID and ATTENDANCE Numbers Released

January 4, 2017
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Social...
07
Dec

Attend the Dignity Forum Virtually

December 7, 2016
Last year, the National Senior Citizens Law Center (NSCLC), an important voice for low-income seniors for...
01
Nov

November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

November 1, 2016
President Obama has proclaimed November 2016 as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. The President has...
17
Oct

Medicare’s Annual Open Enrollment Period Runs From October 15 to December 7. It’s Now Time to Reassess Medicare Choices

October 17, 2016
Medicare’s annual open enrollment period runs from October 15 to December 7–the period when enrollees...
11
Oct

“Graduates Timeline” Helps Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Transition from School to Adulthood

October 11, 2016
“Graduates Timeline” Helps Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Transition from School to Adulthood New...
10
Oct

Court Directs Son and His Family to Vacate Mother’s Home, Allowing Home to be Sold to Pay for Mother’s Care Needs

October 10, 2016
The plaintiff, Marjorie Fister, is the mother of defendant Kevin Edward Fister. In 2010, the...
08
May

Disability Planning for New Jersey Residents (Video)

May 8, 2016
  Vanarelli & Li, LLC provides Special Needs Trusts and Disability Planning Attorney Services throughout...
02
May

Administrative Law Judge Reverses Reduction in Medicaid Personal Care Assistant Hours

May 2, 2016
I represented the 84-year old petitioner in P.R.-P. v. United Healthcare , a case in...
07
Apr

Alzheimer’s Association Issues 2016 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures Report

April 7, 2016
The Alzheimer’s Association has issued its 2016 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report. The report is “a statistical...
08
Mar

NJ Law Revision Commission Considers Statutory Revision to Codify Supreme Court Decision in Saccone Case

March 8, 2016
The New Jersey Law Revision Commission (“NJLRC”) is an independent legislative commission of the State...
15
Feb

Where to Find the Final Decisions issued by all New Jersey administrative agencies

February 15, 2016
Readers of this blog know that applicants for public benefits often appeal the decisions made...
12
Feb

New Brochure on Elder Abuse by Caregivers

February 12, 2016
25
Jan

Medicaid Denial Reversed; Agency Failed to Accommodate Disabled Applicant or Assist in Obtaining Information and Documents

January 25, 2016
After he was admitted to a nursing home in 2013, petitioner, R.P., accrued unpaid bills...
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