Dear clients and friends,
Earlier this morning, we released the July 2025 e-newsletter from R. F. Meyer & Associates. If you did not receive it by email, please see the link below, to access it in PDF from our website.
This month, the newsletter leads with some company news – our announcement of the appointment of Keith A. Stevens, CELA, as a Senior Associate at our Worthingon Elder Law and Estate Planning practice.
Keith is a great young man and brings a wealth of experience to the post. Read more below about his outstanding qualifications. He’s been on the job at R. F. Meyer & Associates since July 1. Welcome, Keith!
Other articles in our July 2025 newsletter cover:
- Monetary gifts and Medicaid: Yes, the IRS allows you to give up to $19,000 a year to each of your children without incurring a gift tax. Just be aware: Medicaid is not run by the IRS. If filing for Medicaid to pay nursing home care is in your future, such gifts will be considered in Medicaid’s “5-year look-back” at your finances – and could make you ineligible for nursing home benefits for a certain amount of time.
- Nursing home nutrition: A recent report from com, with data analysis assistance from Rutgers University, finds that more than a quarter of nursing home operators spend less than $10 per day on food per resident, and some spend as low as $4 a day. (NJ.com is home to the Newark Start Ledger and 11 other New Jersey newspapers.) The troubling findings of the news report raise alarms about whether the nutritional needs of the 1.2 million Americans who live in nursing homes can be met by such spending.
We hope you find our July 2025 newsletters interesting and informative. Should you or your family need legal help with any Elder Law, Estate Planning or Probate matter, please don’t hesitate to contact our experienced staff at R. F. Meyer & Associates.
Reach our Worthington law offices at 450 W. Wilson Bridge Road, Suite 380, by calling 614-407-7900 or simply filling out our website contact form at ElderLaw.us/Contact.
Sincerely,
Richard F. Meyer, Esq.