catherine e. lafond, pa

Elder Law including Veteran's Benefits (Aid & Attendance) and Medicaid Crisis Planning; Estate Planning and Real Estate closings

This firm is focused on helping seniors protect their assets from the devastating costs of long term care. With average nursing home costs exceeding $6000 a month, only the very wealthy can privately pay for their long term care and even then it is at the expense of substantially depleting their estate. By using a myriad of strategies, including irrevocable trusts and veteran's benefits for wartime service veterans & their spouses, we can stave off the senior's complete reliance on government benefits as well as provide for distribution of the remaining assets at death. Our philosophy, however, is not based on preserving their estates for their heirs but, rather, setting it aside to supplement the senior's long term care and help them maintain their independance & dignity.