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Houston Chronicle

• "Some issues supersede premarital agreements", August 2010
• "Divorce has special problems for seniors", July 2010
• "Legal actions sought against nursing homes’ financial abuse", June 2010
• "Social Security expands automatic disability list", May 2010
• "Similar estate planning terms are confusing", April 2010
• "There’s more than one plan to provide for disabled grandchildren", March 2010
• "VA benefits not just for low-income families", February 2010
• "Medicaid proposes exemption of real property", January 20, 2010
• "Approach of the new year signals a time to be proactive", December 2009
• "When VA, Medicaid rules collide", November 2009
• "Title company reverses policy on Medicaid claims", October 2009
• "Learn how Medicaid defines ‘home’", September 2009
• "Attorneys help with Medicaid Estate Recovery", August 2009
• "Note the new changes in VA claims procedures", July 2009
• "When should the elderly stop driving?", June 2009
• "Disinheriting A Child May Leave Scars", April 2009
• "Will I Lose My Home If I Accept Medicaid In A Nursing Home", March 2009
• "Trust Can Allow Assets to Pass to Disabled Family Members", February 2009
• "Relief Could Come For Disabled in Medicare Wait ", January 2009
• "Life-Care Planning Helps Maintain Sense of Dignity ", December 2008
• "In Texas, New Long-Term-Care Partnership Program Outlined ", November 2008
• "Privatized MA Programs Can Hurt Beneficiaries", October 2008
• "Medicaid Is Not The Same In Every State", Septemeber 2008
• "Continuing-Care Retirement Communities Not for Everyone", August 2008
• "Veterans Often Overlook Benefits", July 2008
• "How Do You Talk to Elderly Parents When They are No Longer Able to Take Care of Themselves?", June 2008
• " Beware Many Nursing Homes Don’t Follow Nursing Home Reform Law", May 2008
• "SSA Challenges ARC of Texas Trust ," April 2008
• “Medicaid Programs Often Overlooked,” March 2008
• “Medicaid-Friendly Trusts ,” February 2008
• “2008 Public Benefits Update ,” January 2008
• “Texas Passes Judicial Review of Medicaid Denials,” December 2007
• “Medicaid Protects Holocaust Victims Receiving Reparation Payments,” November 2007
• “New FDIC Limits Increase Insured Personal Savings for Retirement,” August 2007
• “New Rules Regarding Assets, Medicaid Assistance,” May 2007
• “Medicaid Makes it More Difficult for Seniors to Protect Assets ,” March 2007
• “Reverse Mortgages,” May 2003
• “The Abuse of Annuities,” April 2003
• “Medicaid Estate Recovery,” March 2003
• “Master Pooled Trusts Allows Sheltering of Assets,” February 2003
• “Statutory Trust Helps Disabled Obtain Public Benefits,” January 2003
• “Transfer Rules for Medicaid Different Than IRS,” December 2002
• “Lack of Knowledge or Bad Knowledge Hurts Those Needing Benefits,” November 2002
• “Selecting a Nursing Home,” October 2002
• “State Retains Medicaid Technique to Help Preserve Spousal Assets,” September 2002
• “Medicaid is the Centerpiece of Elder Law,” August 2002
• “Housing Options for Older Adults,” July 2002
• “Who Will Transact Your Business When You No Longer Can?” June 2002
• “Out of Hospital DNR may Avoid Disrupting Wish to Die at Home,” April 2002
• “Communicating End-of-Life Decisions Now May Avoid Problems Later,” March 2002
• “Medical Power of Attorney,” February 2002
• “Avoid Guardianships and Family Disharmony with Healthcare Planning,” January 2002
• “Baby Boomers and Their Aging Parents,” December 2001
• “Elder Law Notes,” November 2001
• "The Miller Trust - A Golden Tool for Nursing Home Medicaid Eligibility," April 2001
• “Passing On Wealth: Proper Planning Key to Passing Wealth to Beneficiaries ,” April 2000
• "Special Trust Protects from Medicaid Rules," February 2000
• "Rules Confusing for Many Consumers - It Pays to Know the Intricacies of Nursing Home Medicaid Program," January 1999

The Houston Lawyer Magazine, May/June 2006

• "Dramatic Changes to Medicaid Funding of Long-Term Care"

Estate Planning Magazine, August 2005

• "Planning Effectively to Cope with Medicaid Estate Recovery"

The Source Newsletter, The Arc of Greater Houston, Spring 1995

• "Guardianship Law Information - The Ten Most Important Questions and Answers Regarding Guardianship of Developmentally Disabled Persons"