Texas Disability and Elder Law Attorney With Experience in Public Health
Creating Comfort by Planning for Your Future Living and Medical Care Needs
Government assistance programs - Medicaid, Medicare, and Veterans Pensions - provide people with access to medical and long-term care services that they could not otherwise purchase with their income. Unfortunately, the eligibility rules and the procedures for applying for these programs have become so complex that they are extremely confusing to the people they are designed to help.
At the firm of Nancy Stone, JD, MPH, Attorney at Law we are dedicated to helping older people and the disabled, in the Houston, Texas area, obtain government benefits and access to quality care, while ensuring they have the benefit of every legal opportunity to protect assets. Nancy Stone has the legal knowledge needed to help seniors and their families and caregivers obtain the best results at a competitive rate. Contact us at 713-425-4936 to discuss your situation in a free initial consultation.
Attorney Nancy Stone completed a joint degree program in health law and public health, earning a Master of Public Health degree, as well as a Jurisprudence Doctorate. Licensed by the Texas State Bar since 1993, she has worked with health law and policy issues throughout her career as an attorney. Nancy Stone has both the professional and personal experience to compassionately and skillfully assist her clients with navigating complex public health and government assistance programs. She is certified by the VA. She has also worked extensively with health care policy issues, drafting and testifying on legislation in the Texas Legislature and advocating on health care issues in the U.S. Congress. She serves on the board of directors of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Texas Chapter, and was awarded its Outstanding Achievement Award for 2009. In addition, Nancy Stone is a public speaker and published writer on elder law and public health issues.
Elder and Disability Law
Our firm provides the following services:
- Consultation on how to pay for long-term care while protecting hard-earned savings, drawing from a variety of pay-sources including
- Medicare (limited to 100 days of rehabilitation after a 3-day hospital stay
- Medicaid, including nursing home and home care programs, such as Community Attendant Services and Community-Based Alternative
- Veterans Non-Service Connected Disability Pensions for home care, assisted living, and nursing home care
Our goal is to help the client obtain the most appropriate long-term care setting and to remain at home in the community for as long as possible.
- Medicaid planning, including crisis planning, spend-down, Miller Trusts, spousal impoverishment protections, application process, and appeals
- Assistance with special needs planning and eligibility for Social Security Disability benefits
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Retirement planning, including Medicare and Social Security Retirement Benefits
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Estate and disability planning, including preparation of essential legal documents:
- Durable Power of Attorney
- Medical Power of Attorney
- Authorization to Release Protected Health Information (HIPAA)
- Directive to Physicians
- Declaration of Guardian
- Last Will
- Revocable Living Trust
- Special Needs Trust
- Miller Trust
Contact us to schedule a free initial consultation and learn more about the valuable legal services we provide. Our goal is to make this process as easy for clients as possible. We are centrally located in Houston's Greenway Plaza, however if you are unable to come to our office, we will visit you in your home, hospital room or long-term care facility. Additional offices are located in the Westchase and FM 1960/Champions areas. We are open on weekdays from 8 until 5 and can provide weekend appointments upon request.
