Although Huntington’s Disease is a relatively rare disease that affects about 1 in 10,000 persons, the families that suffer from this killer often sustain a 50% casualty rate. Here at Law Elder Law, we have decided to help work toward a cure.
Rick Law has been named as an Approved Speaker and Advisor for the Provena Medical Center Speaker’s Bureau. The Provena Medical group operates several hospitals and long-term care facilities in Illinois.
As an approved Speaker/Adviser, Mr. Law participates in the training of medical personnel such as discharge planners, nurse case managers, social workers, and members of the senior community. The topics for these seminars focus either on Medicaid and Long-Term Care or Advance Directives (Living Wills, Powers of Attorney for Health Care, Do Not Resuscitate Orders, and The Five Wishes).Value billing is based on the idea that one should charge a fee that is appropriate and ethically reasonable for the value provided to the client. It is my viewpoint that both clients and lawyers can enjoy better relationships if lawyers charge value-based fees. Read on to see how we might make value-billing work…
Celebrating New Year’s Day after a kayak run on the Fox River, I was just about knocked to the floor when I overheard someone say, “I’ve seen some wonderful deaths.” When I recovered from hearing this statement and recognized the sparkling eyes of the nurse who said it, I asked if I could meet with her at another time to learn about “wonderful deaths.”
“Like millions of boomers, I chose not to marry or have children. But I don’t think that we unmarried boomers fully realize that there’s a lot more to worry about now than just long term care for our geriatric parents.”