Elder Services

Nowadays seniors and their family members are increasingly challenged by unfamiliar questions:

• Where to find quality long-term care and how to pay for it
• How to navigate through the Social Security and Medicare systems
• How to plan for Medicaid coverage (and whether that is even a good idea)
• How to evaluate nursing home options versus home care
• How to select a health care or financial power of attorney

These issues are often laden with complex family dynamics which make decision-making difficult. Communication about these issues isn't easy. The paperwork and detail can be daunting, and the tasks become more complicated when family members are spread all over the country. Although some resources now exist to help with these concerns, the resources are scattered and time-consuming to locate.

Our Approach

Our goal is to help individuals and families with the legal and non-legal problems of aging. We favor using a holistic and multi-disciplinary approach to meet the social, psychological, medical and financial needs of our clients, rather than their legal needs alone. We also believe that we can best help our clients by recognizing the needs of all the generations affected.

Our Clients

We provide services to elderly people and their families, people caring for elderly people, Baby Boomers, people planning for retirement, people needing wills, trusts, and powers of attorney; and families needing help with probate.

Our Services

• Elder Law
  • Guardianships
  • Special needs trusts
• Estate Planning
  • Estate and gift tax planning
  • Document preparation
• Retirement Planning
  • Nursing home selection and applications
  • Retirement plan distributions
  • Long-term care insurance
  • Health insurance continuation
  • Asset liquidation (appraisers, auctioneers)
• Entitlements
  • Medicaid
  • SSI
  • Medicare
• Probate
• Litigation and Elder Advocacy

Our Service Area

In addition to our location in downtown Madison, Boardman Law Firm has offices in Baraboo and Sauk City. We recognize that not everyone can or wants to come into Madison. For people living outside Madison, we offer meeting space closer to their homes. We meet regularly with clients in our Baraboo and Sauk City offices, and we can make house calls from time to time. Our goal is to be responsive and accessible to our clients.

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