Areas of Practice
Attorney Elizabeth Hurwitz serves people who are ahead for the second half of their lives, by reviewing their financial profiles and their preferences for themselves and their loved ones. These services include drafting wills and trusts, living wills, durable powers of attorney, medical proxies, and exploring ways to maximize financial returns on investments for immediate care issues.
Ms. Hurwitz also provides legal services to people who are
faced with an unexpected diagnosis of a physical or mental impairment and wish
to maximize their ability to care for themselves in the short term and secure
reliable assistance for themselves in the long term.
Ms. Hurwitz offers legal services in the following areas of elder law:
- Preservation and transfer of assets
- Supplemental and long-term healthcare issues
- Nursing home and assisted living decision making
- Disability planning
- Caregiver support and training
- Conservatorship and guardianship
- Estate planning, including Medicaid planning in the state of Michigan
- Long-term care planning
- Retirement issues, including pension and investment analysis
- Medicaid and Medicare claims and appeals
- Social Security Disability Insurance claims and appeals