Nursing Home Use By Medicaid Seniors Plummeting Long-stay nursing home care by seniors enrolled in Medicaid has been plummeting for 15 years. It is not clear exactly why, but there are probably several reasons. First, state Medicaid programs have been shifting care from nursing facilities to home and community-based settings — a step that seniors…
8th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day The 8th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is coming up this Saturday, June 15. Elder abuse, like domestic violence and child abuse, comes in many forms. It is recognized by experts as a public health crisis for which there are no socio-economic borders. Millions of older Americans are…
Social Security Administration Revises Policies Regarding Trusts The Social Security Administration has revised its Program Operations Manual System (POMS) to allow Self-funded Special Needs Trusts to pay for travel expenses incurred by family members to visit the disabled beneficiary. The revised POMS also allow payment of some administrative expenses upon early termination of the trust,…
Joseph McGettigan, the successful prosecutor of child abuser Jerry Sandusky, has joined McAndrews Law Offices McAndrews Law Offices recently announced that Joseph McGettigan, the successful prosecutor of child abuser Jerry Sandusky, has joined the firm. Mr. McGettigan travels to Mexico this week at the request of Mexican authorities to train local prosecutors in the practices…
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Establishes Task Force To Study Elder Abuse, Exploitation Issues The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has created an Elder Law Task Force charged with studying the growing problems involved with guardianship, abuse, and neglect, and access to justice involving the commonwealth’s senior citizens, according to the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts. The task force,…
United States Department of Education Hold Least Restrictive Environment Mandate Applies to Transition Programs The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services of the United States Department of Education issued a recent OSERS Letter which holds that IEP teams must comply with the mandate of Least Restrictive Environment in developing transition plans and assigning work…
Sandusky Prosecutor Josephy McGettigan Joins McAndrews Law Offices, P.C. When Joe McGettigan returned to the Attorney General’s Office in the Fall of 2011 and was immediately assigned to prosecute Jerry Sandusky, he was no stranger to prosecuting high profile cases. McGettigan had prosecuted John duPont, the richest murderer in American history, as well as many…
McAndrews Law Offices is excited to announce our newest addition to our firm. Elaine Yandrisevits Elaine T. Yandrisevits is an associate attorney at McAndrews Law Offices, P.C. in the Estates and Trusts department. During law school, Ms. Yandrisevits served as an associate editor of the Drexel Law Review and volunteered as a fellow with the…
McAndrews Law Office Wins Federal Court Decision For Tuition Reimbursement McAndrews Law Offices recently prevailed in another case in Federal District Court. In L.G. v. West Chester Area School District, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reversed a decision by a Pennsylvania Special Education Hearing Officer which granted only limited…
New Estate Tax Law Makes 2013 the Year to Review your Will As you may have heard during the recent extensive news coverage related to the “Fiscal Cliff,” in early January, 2013, Congress recently enacted significant legislation concerning the Federal Estate Tax. In this legislation, Congress made “permanent” the Federal Estate Tax threshold of $5,000,000…