Although it may be preferable for seniors to end up in an assisted care facility or retirement home, many seniors end up in long-term care facilities due to a medical condition or circumstances outside of their control. Long-term care facilities are for seniors who require 24-hour monitoring, personal assistance, or nursing care because of a physical or mental condition. Choosing a long-term care facility can be difficult, so follow these steps to make the process a little easier.
Michael Monteforte, Jr. is the founding attorney of Monteforte Law, P.C., an estate planning and elder law firm in Woburn, Massachusetts. He was admitted to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in January 2002 and to federal practice in the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, in March 2006. He has practiced estate planning and elder law in Massachusetts for over twenty years.
