6 elder law attorneys serve Berlin. Their work centres on paying for long-term care — Medicaid eligibility and planning, nursing home contracts, guardianship and conservatorship, special needs trusts and elder financial exploitation.
Plan before the crisis if you can. Once someone is already in a facility the options narrow, and transfers made during the Medicaid look-back period can trigger a penalty with no coverage at all.
Ask about alternatives to guardianship, and be cautious with advisers selling annuities or trusts as a Medicaid fix — ask how they are paid.
Lawyers listed in Berlin also cover Estate Planning (6) and Probate (5). Berlin is the only city in Connecticut where the directory lists attorneys in this practice above the listing threshold.