Carl is Of Counsel at Zacharia Brown & Bratkovich. His practice focuses on assisting families with the legal and financial issues associated with long term and nursing home care. Carl has over 30 years of experience dealing with Elder Law and Estate Planning issues and creating planning strategies for families.
Carl has been actively licensed to practice law in the State of Florida since 1994 and is also licensed in Pennsylvania.
He received his undergraduate degree from W&J College and his law degree from Duquesne University School of Law, where he was a member of the Duquesne Law Review and served on the editorial board.
He is a frequent lecturer on estate planning and elder law topics and has published scholarly articles in the Duquesne Law Review, the Pittsburgh Legal Journal, and is the publisher a book available on Amazon.com entitled “Good Long Term Care. How to Find it, Get it and Pay for it.” This book explains in layman terms the programs and systems available to families when a loved one requires long term care services.
Carl has been voted a SuperLawyer for the past five years and is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and Pennsylvania Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
Carl splits his time between Florida and Pennsylvania and Carl and his wife, Gayle, have two children, Jeremy and Gabrielle and two grandchildren.
Medicaid can provide seniors with financial assistance for home care services. However, since the federal government and the individual states run Medicaid jointly, benefits coverage is different in each state.
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To qualify for Medicaid, you must have limited income and assets (in most states, no more than $2,000 in your name). If you have more than that, you may find yourself having to "spend down" your extra assets to meet the $2,000 limit.
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Each fall, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) renews the federal guidelines that seek to protect individuals whose...
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