Do you have a loved one considering a move to or living in an assisted living or skilled nursing facility?
Have you begun managing all of their bills?
Are you worried about “protecting your assets”?
Are you thinking about transferring your family home?
Has your parent or spouse been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia?
Do you need help managing your loved one's care?
With a single point of contact, we provide the most complete range of legal and life planning services to seniors, individuals with special needs and their families. We focus on eliminating the anxiety and confusion that can accompany the aging process allowing our clients to live with dignity and their families to have peace of mind.
Our dedicated professionals provide a vast array of legal services to seniors and their families such as estate planning (including wills, trusts, advance directives and durable powers of attorney), medicaid planning, reviewing documents associated with long term care placement and assisted living facilities.
Additionally, our firm provides the Senior Life Plan™ to assist clients and their families in determining the appropriate level of care for a loved one and help to identify the right care providers or facility. Our trained and dedicated care coordinators assist with identifying a client's needs, locating the appropriate type of care, coordinating private and public resources to finance the cost of care, and working to ensure that our client's right to receive quality care is honored. We specialize in assisting families who may live out of state or be unable to provide frequent oversight of a loved one's care.
Elder Law
Medicaid Planning
Long-term care planning
Estate Planning
Will and trusts, estate planning and administration
Probate and Estate Administration
Settlement of estates
Guardianship/Conservatorship
Guardian ad litem
Senior Life Plan™
Our Senior Life Plan™provides you and your loved ones with an individualized “road map” for current health and lifestyle planning needs. Developed by a nurse attorney, Senior Life Plan will guide you every step of the way, focusing on your good health, safety and well being.
The benefits of your customized Senior Life Plan™ are:
1. Single point of contact – Your personal Care Coordinator creates a Senior Life Plan™ that reflects your individualized needs and goals, making sure that your care is managed in the way you choose.Your Care Coordinator manages your day-to-day needs and collaborates with our network of providers (such as, social workers, financial planners, geriatric care specialists, health care providers) to advocate for your family, helping ensure that you receive the services needed and provide you (and your family) with peace of mind.
2. Quality of Care/Quality of Life - Whether at home or outside the traditional home setting such as in an assisted living facility or nursing home, our staff assists you or your family member in obtaining and maintaining quality care.
3. Advocacy – Your Care Coordinator understands your individual needs personally.He or she is available to accompany you or your family member to doctor’s visits, testing appointments and rehabilitation sessions.The Care Coordinator can act as your “second set of eyes and ears”, help you formulate and remember pertinent information that you may want to discuss with your doctor.
Summers, Summers & Associates, P.C. 179 Great Road, Suite 109, Acton, MA 01720 321 Central Street, Suite 201, Lowell, MA 01852
Phone: (978) 263-0006 or (978) 452-6655
Fax: (978) 263-0042
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