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    Healthy and planning ahead: With time to plan you can get your “ducks in a row” to protect yourself and your family. Explore articles about living trusts, Medicaid planning, how to afford care at home, protecting your family and more.

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    While you’re healthy with retirement savings, here are legal and financial steps to consider even without buying long-term care insurance.

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    Whether you’re planning ahead or confronting a care crisis, this site serves North Carolina seniors, boomers and those who love them. Here’s where things start to get better. You can breath easier. Learn your legal options and get a trustworthy guide as your first steps toward peace of mind.

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This easily understood guide walks you through important planning estate planning steps for boomers and seniors in North Carolina.

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When the Medicaid bomb is ticking, you’ll need help fast to learn about help paying for care for your spouse, parent or other loved one.

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Meet your team and get to know us. We’ll look forward to meeting you too, when you’re planning for the second half of life.

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We’ve built tools to help you plan for care costs in North Carolina. Use our online Medicaid income calculator for spouses, and more.

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Helpful articles and videos answering frequently asked questions about elder care, wills and trusts, probate, Medicaid, and more.

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Visiting this site could change your life. Here’s how.

You might find a game changer at this site. Game changers make the difference in success and failure. They are the little hinges that swing big doors. Why might this site be a game changer?

Well as the saying goes, “It’s easier to get old than it is to get wise.” Clearly you’ve gained wisdom over years because you’ve asked yourself questions that worry you and you’re here seeking answers. The fact that you’re reading this means you’re ready to find your trustworthy guide for your planning.

Most people come here for one of two reasons, or sometimes both. The first is because they want to plan ahead and want to do it in a smart way. The other reason is that life has suddenly become a lot more complicated because you’re having to deal with health care worries for yourself or a loved one.

Now that you are asking these questions, know this: your answers are ready. We have an extensive library of articles to help North Carolina boomers and seniors who face these questions and concerns. Plus, we meet with clients who seek our guidance, knowing that we focus on serving seniors and those who love them.

A major part of our our mission is providing useful education to help folks navigate elder law estate planning in North Carolina. A pioneer in elder law, Dennis Toman became frustrated and sad that so many people could be helped but they never got the information they needed in time. So he started by writing articles and giving talks to share information that lawyers and the system traditionally used to make things complicated. Then came the internet and he began his first website in 1996 to make that information more freely available.

Our clients love this. The more information we give away, the more clients call us and let us help. The secrets we share gives families knowledge and confidence about their options: how to get started and what’s important.

We still give free seminars and community talks, and we still publish articles and mail our newsletters. Today our website has become very popular, and we’ll keep giving away free information and the secrets to anyone who will listen.

Our success is based on sharing information with hard working families in North Carolina. This is where you’ll feel better and we’re here to help.


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Dennis Toman, Founder of The Elderlaw Firm
“Serving Seniors and Those Who Love Them”

Testimonials

Dear Dennis, I truly appreciate the kindness, legal advice and direction you have given me over the past few years. You and your staff have eased my anxieties and helped me to face an otherwise uncertain future. Please know that I will continue to recommend your firm for all legal matters pertaining to elder care and the steps one needs to take to protect their assets.

Nancydee Maxey
Greensboro

After talking with Mr. Toman and his staff, I was able to understand what my responsibilities were to help my mother get all the services she deserved or required. Had I not had this guidance, surely I would have forgotten something that would have been important for getting Medicaid approval. Since then, I have had numerous questions and concerns and they have been there for me each time. I am very grateful for their services. There is no way I could have succeeded in getting this approval without their professional help.

Kay Drake
Greensboro

Dennis, thank you for taking care of my wife and her parents. It is amazing. My wife is very peaceful and settled and you know how that translates throughout a family. Thanks for bringing an answer.

Chris R.
Kernersville

Your next step toward peace of mind...

People always say, they want to find the strategy that provides them the best plan. That plan will combine the right private pay and public benefits strategies with the right legal documents.

If you'd like to get started right away, you can enter your questions in the form below and you'll hear from one our our caring staff members shortly.

When we meet, you'll know what actions will help you reach your goals and gain peace of mind. Or you'll learn that there's nothing you need to do right now. Either way you'll feel better knowing.

Warmly, Dennis Toman, Certified Elder Law Attorney

(Here's the legalese: of course we are not representing you unless you sign a written legal services agreement. Also, we know we're not the right lawyer for everyone, and so we may not be able to offer you an initial appointment. However, we do our best to try to give you some direction on next steps, even if we can't otherwise help. This email does not create an attorney-client relationship and if for some reason we don't respond to you, be sure to follow up with us or with another experienced Certified Elder Law Attorney. Thank you, that wasn't so bad now, was it?!) We hope to meet you soon....