How Families Protect Their Life Savings from Long-Term Care Costs
Thursday, August 27, 2026
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Most families assume they have time to plan, until a health crisis forces the issue. The cost of long-term care in Florida can erode a lifetime of savings in months, and without the right legal strategy in place, families are left with far fewer options.
Join Jacob Solkoff, third-generation Elder Law attorney at Solkoff Legal, for a practical session on how families can protect their assets before long-term care becomes a reality. This session is designed for adult children navigating these decisions on behalf of aging parents, and for the professionals who advise them.
Who Should Attend
- Adult children helping aging parents plan for long-term care costs
- Families with elderly parents
- Estate planning attorneys, financial advisors, and geriatric care managers
- Social workers, senior placement professionals, and home health providers
- Anyone concerned about protecting savings from a long-term care event
What You’ll Learn
- How long-term care costs can quickly deplete family savings, and what the real numbers look like in Florida
- The three ways to pay for long-term care, and which one most families are unknowingly relying on
- What a Lady Bird Deed is and how it protects your home from Medicaid recovery
- How Elder Law Powers of Attorney and Health Care Advance Directives differ from standard documents and why it matters
- What Medicaid and VA Pension cover, who qualifies, and how to plan around the rules
- Which legal tools — Protected Trusts, Income Trusts, and Caregiver Agreements — apply to your family’s situation
Meet the Speaker
Jacob Solkoff, ESQ.
Jacob Solkoff is a third-generation Elder Law attorney at Solkoff Legal, P.A. Jacob’s father, Scott Solkoff, founded Solkoff Legal, P.A., in Delray Beach, Florida. Jacob’s grandfather, Jerome Solkoff, was one of the founders of the field of Elder Law.
Jacob is a graduate of the Elder Law College 360 program and a member of Elder Law College. Having grown up around the field of Elder Law, Jacob understands the importance of assisting the elderly and disabled in planning for their future and navigating the Medicaid and Veterans Benefits systems.
Jacob spent his early life growing up in South Florida before earning his bachelor’s degree from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, and his juris doctor degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a member of both the Florida and Massachusetts bars. In his free time, Jacob enjoys reading, traveling, and watching baseball.
Event Details
Thursday, August 27, 2026
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Thursday, August 6, 2026
02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Long-term care planning is one of the most consequential financial decisions a family can make and one of the most often delayed. By the time most Florida families confront the real cost of care, the strongest legal strategies are no longer available to them.
Join Scott M. Solkoff, Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law, and Jacob Solkoff, third-generation Elder Law attorney at Solkoff Legal, for a focused session on what’s still possible when long-term care is already a reality. This session is designed for families navigating a sudden health event, and for the professionals, discharge planners, social workers, and care managers, supporting them under time pressure.
Who Should Attend
- Adult children of parents 65+
- Mature couples planning for their own future care
- Financial advisors and CPAs serving Florida clients
- Geriatric care managers and senior placement professionals
- Anyone concerned about protecting savings from a future care event
Topics
- What nursing homes, assisted living, and nursing home care actually costs in Florida today
- The only three ways families can pay for long-term care, and why most people end up going broke without planning.
- Introduction to Medicaid and asset protection.
- How to legally protect your assets often without any “five look back” period
- The role of Elder Law documents like special powers of attorney, trusts, Lady Bird Deeds, income trusts and more.
- When and why to start planning
What You’ll Learn
- Solkoff Legal’s methods (we write the leading text book for lawyers) to protect our clients’ assets against the cost of long-term care.
- How Elder Law Attorneys differ from traditional Estate Planning Attorneys, and why it matters
- How to protect the home, maintain control of your assets and still qualify for Medicaid.
- How to get into your facility of choice on Medicaid or stay in your own home.
Meet Speakers
Scott M. Solkoff, Esq.
Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law | Founder, Solkoff Legal, P.A.
Florida’s most recognized Elder Law attorney and co-author of the leading legal textbook on the subject, now in its 14th edition. Scott has served as Chair of The Florida Bar’s Elder Law Section, President of the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, and is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Named to Florida Super Lawyers every year since 2005 and quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Kiplinger’s Magazine.
Jacob Solkoff
Jacob Solkoff, ESQ. Jacob Solkoff is a third-generation Elder Law attorney at Solkoff Legal, P.A. Jacob’s father, Scott Solkoff, founded Solkoff Legal, P.A., in Delray Beach, Florida. Jacob’s grandfather, Jerome Solkoff, was one of the founders of the field of Elder Law. Jacob is a graduate of the Elder Law College 360 program and a member of Elder Law College. Having grown up around the field of Elder Law, Jacob understands the importance of assisting the elderly and disabled in planning for their future and navigating the Medicaid and Veterans Benefits systems. Jacob spent his early life growing up in South Florida before earning his bachelor’s degree from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, and his juris doctor degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a member of both the Florida and Massachusetts bars. In his free time, Jacob enjoys reading, traveling, and watching baseball.
Event Details
Thursday, August 6, 2026
02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Thursday, July 23, 2026
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Most families assume they have time to plan, until a health crisis forces the issue. The cost of long-term care in Florida can erode a lifetime of savings in months, and without the right legal strategy in place, families are left with far fewer options.
Join Jacob Solkoff, third-generation Elder Law attorney at Solkoff Legal, for a practical session on how families can protect their assets before long-term care becomes a reality. This session is designed for adult children navigating these decisions on behalf of aging parents, and for the professionals who advise them.
Special Offer for Attendees
Attendees who choose to make an appointment will receive $300 off the cost of the $300 consultation.
Register Now to Claim Your Spot →Who Should Attend
- Adult children helping aging parents plan for long-term care costs
- Families with elderly parents
- Estate planning attorneys, financial advisors, and geriatric care managers
- Social workers, senior placement professionals, and home health providers
- Anyone concerned about protecting savings from a long-term care event
What You’ll Learn
- How long-term care costs can quickly deplete family savings, and what the real numbers look like in Florida
- The three ways to pay for long-term care, and which one most families are unknowingly relying on
- What a Lady Bird Deed is and how it protects your home from Medicaid recovery
- How Elder Law Powers of Attorney and Health Care Advance Directives differ from standard documents and why it matters
- What Medicaid and VA Pension cover, who qualifies, and how to plan around the rules
- Which legal tools — Protected Trusts, Income Trusts, and Caregiver Agreements — apply to your family’s situation
Meet the Speaker
Jacob Solkoff, ESQ.
Jacob Solkoff is a third-generation Elder Law attorney at Solkoff Legal, P.A. Jacob’s father, Scott Solkoff, founded Solkoff Legal, P.A., in Delray Beach, Florida. Jacob’s grandfather, Jerome Solkoff, was one of the founders of the field of Elder Law.
Jacob is a graduate of the Elder Law College 360 program and a member of Elder Law College. Having grown up around the field of Elder Law, Jacob understands the importance of assisting the elderly and disabled in planning for their future and navigating the Medicaid and Veterans Benefits systems.
Jacob spent his early life growing up in South Florida before earning his bachelor’s degree from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, and his juris doctor degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a member of both the Florida and Massachusetts bars. In his free time, Jacob enjoys reading, traveling, and watching baseball.
Event Details
Thursday, July 23, 2026
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Thursday, June 11, 2026
2:30 – 3:30 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Long-term care planning is one of the most consequential financial decisions a family can make and one of the most often delayed. By the time most Florida families confront the real cost of care, the strongest legal strategies are no longer available to them.
Join Scott M. Solkoff, Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law, for a practical session on the legal foundations every family should put in place before a health event occurs. This session is designed for adult children planning ahead for aging parents, mature couples preparing for their own future, and the professionals who advise them.
Who Should Attend
- Adult children of parents 65+
- Mature couples planning for their own future care
- Financial advisors and CPAs serving Florida clients
- Geriatric care managers and senior placement professionals
- Anyone concerned about protecting savings from a future care event
Topics
- What nursing homes, assisted living, and nursing home care actually costs in Florida today
- The only three ways families can pay for long-term care, and why most people end up going broke without planning.
- Introduction to Medicaid and asset protection.
- How to legally protect your assets often without any “five look back” period
- The role of Elder Law documents like special powers of attorney, trusts, Lady Bird Deeds, income trusts and more.
- When and why to start planning
What You’ll Learn
- Solkoff Legal’s methods (we write the leading text book for lawyers) to protect our clients’ assets against the cost of long-term care.
- How Elder Law Attorneys differ from traditional Estate Planning Attorneys, and why it matters
- How to protect the home, maintain control of your assets and still qualify for Medicaid.
- How to get into your facility of choice on Medicaid or stay in your own home.
Meet Speaker
Scott M. Solkoff, Esq.
Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law | Founder, Solkoff Legal, P.A.
Florida’s most recognized Elder Law attorney and co-author of the leading legal textbook on the subject, now in its 14th edition. Scott has served as Chair of The Florida Bar’s Elder Law Section, President of the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, and is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Named to Florida Super Lawyers every year since 2005 and quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Kiplinger’s Magazine.
Special Offer for Attendees
Attendees who choose to make an appointment will receive $300 off the cost of the $300 consultation.
Register Now to Claim Your Spot →Event Details
Thursday, June 11, 2026
2:30 – 3:30 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Thursday, June 11, 2026
2:30 – 3:30 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Long-term care planning is one of the most consequential financial decisions a family can make and one of the most often delayed. By the time most Florida families confront the real cost of care, the strongest legal strategies are no longer available to them.
Join Scott M. Solkoff, Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law, for a practical session on the legal foundations every family should put in place before a health event occurs. This session is designed for adult children planning ahead for aging parents, mature couples preparing for their own future, and the professionals who advise them.
Who Should Attend
- Adult children of parents 65+
- Mature couples planning for their own future care
- Financial advisors and CPAs serving Florida clients
- Geriatric care managers and senior placement professionals
- Anyone concerned about protecting savings from a future care event
Topics
- What nursing homes, assisted living, and nursing home care actually costs in Florida today
- The only three ways families can pay for long-term care, and why most people end up going broke without planning.
- Introduction to Medicaid and asset protection.
- How to legally protect your assets often without any “five look back” period
- The role of Elder Law documents like special powers of attorney, trusts, Lady Bird Deeds, income trusts and more.
- When and why to start planning
What You’ll Learn
- Solkoff Legal’s methods (we write the leading text book for lawyers) to protect our clients’ assets against the cost of long-term care.
- How Elder Law Attorneys differ from traditional Estate Planning Attorneys, and why it matters
- How to protect the home, maintain control of your assets and still qualify for Medicaid.
- How to get into your facility of choice on Medicaid or stay in your own home.
Meet Speaker
Scott M. Solkoff, Esq.
Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law | Founder, Solkoff Legal, P.A.
Florida’s most recognized Elder Law attorney and co-author of the leading legal textbook on the subject, now in its 14th edition. Scott has served as Chair of The Florida Bar’s Elder Law Section, President of the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, and is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Named to Florida Super Lawyers every year since 2005 and quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Kiplinger’s Magazine.
Special Offer for Attendees
Attendees who choose to make an appointment will receive $300 off the cost of the $300 consultation.
Register Now to Claim Your Spot →Event Details
Thursday, June 11, 2026
2:30 – 3:30 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
By Scott M. Solkoff, Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law, Founder, Solkoff Legal
Most families believe they have done the hard work. They have saved for retirement, set up investment accounts, maybe even signed a will. They have thought carefully about market risk, interest rate exposure, and how to stretch their income across the decades ahead. What they have almost never thought carefully enough about is the single financial threat most likely to undo all of it: the cost of long-term care.
I have been practicing elder law for more than 33 years. I have sat with thousands of families who did everything right by conventional measures, and I have watched the cost of a nursing home, an assisted living facility, or even in-home care dismantle what took a lifetime to build. The average cost of nursing home care in the United States is now $10,500 per month for a shared room in an average facility. A quality nursing home in South Florida runs $15,000 to $16,000 per month. Assisted living typically costs between $5,000 and $8,000 per month. In-home care, even through informal arrangements, runs $35 an hour or more for consistent coverage. These are not edge cases. They are the standard, and they are not slowing down.
The goal of this article is to give you the same honest picture I give every family that walks into my office: what long-term care actually costs, how the law allows you to protect what you have built, and why the time to act is before the crisis arrives.
The Threat Most Retirement Plans Miss
When people plan for retirement, they tend to think in terms of monthly budgets and income streams. They guard against stock market volatility and rising interest rates. These are legitimate concerns. But the most destabilizing financial event most people will face in their later years is not a market correction. It is a fall, a stroke, or a dementia diagnosis that removes the ability to live independently.
Nobody chooses to go to a nursing home. And yet nursing homes are full. They are full because they are the only place a person can receive around-the-clock skilled care from licensed healthcare professionals. Most people go not because they planned to, but because a hospitalization ends in a discharge that makes returning home unsafe. One healthcare crisis can change everything, and by the time it happens, the window to do meaningful planning has often already closed.
For most Americans, if they have less than $2 million in assets, they are not wealthy enough to pay indefinitely for skilled care and not poor enough to qualify automatically for government assistance. They sit in the middle, which is exactly where a long-term care crisis causes the most damage.
Three Ways to Pay, and What Each Really Means
There are three sources of funding for long-term care: personal assets, long-term care insurance, and need-based government benefits. Most people rely primarily on the first and discover too late how quickly it runs out.
Long-term care insurance can be a useful tool, but most families do not have it, and the policies that exist vary enormously in what they actually cover. That leaves Medicaid, specifically long-term care Medicaid, as the primary safety net for the vast majority of American families.
Long-term care Medicaid is not the same program discussed in political debates about health coverage for low-income Americans. It is a distinct program with separate funding, separate caseworkers, and separate rules. In Florida, it covers even the best nursing homes, in-home care, assisted living, memory care, adult daycare programs, and home modifications. It is, when properly accessed, a genuinely powerful benefit. The challenge is qualifying for it without first spending down everything you have.
Most people are not doing this out of greed. They are doing it to avoid impoverishment. If you have a million, or even two million dollars, Long-term care costs can easily wipe out hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars.” – Scott M. Solkoff, Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law
What Medicaid Actually Requires, and What It Does Not Have to Mean
To qualify for long-term care Medicaid, an applicant must fall below strict asset and income thresholds. For a single applicant, countable assets must be reduced to $2,000. For a married couple where one spouse needs care, the community spouse may keep up to $160,000. If both spouses need care, the combined limit is $3,000. The government’s preference is straightforward: spend everything down to those limits, then apply.
That approach is not your only option.
The law provides a range of legitimate planning strategies that allow families to protect assets, qualify for Medicaid, and do so without hiding anything or violating any rule. We open our books entirely to the government. We show them exactly what we have done and why the law requires them to approve it. What we do is use their own rules, in full transparency, to reach a better outcome for our clients.
The most widely used tool is the irrevocable trust. If I transfer assets into an irrevocable trust and give up legally sufficient control over the principal, the government cannot count those assets against me for Medicaid eligibility purposes. The limitation is the five-year look-back period: the government reviews the prior five years of financial activity when a Medicaid application is filed, and gifts made during that window can trigger a penalty period. Irrevocable trust transfers are subject to that same look-back, which is exactly why early planning creates options that crisis planning cannot.
Components of a Sample Elder Law Plan with Pre-Planning
- Revocable trust for probate avoidance and lifetime asset management
- Irrevocable trust for Medicaid asset protection
- Lady Bird Deed to protect the homestead from Medicaid estate recovery
- Durable power of attorney with elder law-specific authority
- Healthcare advance directives with surrogate liability protections
- Family caregiver agreement to convert transfers into non-gift transactions
- Pre-need guardian designation
- Protected trust for surviving spouse (for married couples)
- Income-only trust to address Medicaid income caps
Protecting the Home
The family home is often the largest asset in an estate and one of the most misunderstood when it comes to Medicaid planning. A revocable trust does not protect it from Medicaid estate recovery. After a Medicaid recipient passes away, the government has the right to seek reimbursement from the estate for benefits paid. In Florida, that includes assets held in a revocable trust if the estate itself is insufficient to cover creditor claims.
The Lady Bird Deed is the most effective and widely available tool for protecting the homestead. The concept was pioneered and named by my father, Jerome I. Solkoff, who recognized its application in a Medicaid planning context decades before it became standard practice. A Lady Bird Deed allows the owner to retain full control of the property during their lifetime, including the right to sell, mortgage, or transfer it, while naming beneficiaries who receive it automatically upon death. It preserves the homestead tax exemption, remains non-countable for Medicaid eligibility, and passes outside of the estate entirely, placing it beyond the reach of Medicaid estate recovery.
There is no look-back period associated with a Lady Bird Deed. There is no loss of control. For most clients who own their home, it is among the first tools we put in place.
The Documents That Actually Protect Your Family
A complete elder law plan is not just about assets. It is about making sure the right people have the right authority to act on your behalf when you cannot act for yourself, and making sure they are protected when they do.
A standard durable power of attorney, drafted in a traditional estate planning context, prohibits your agent from engaging in transactions that benefit themselves. That is normally a sensible protection. In an elder law context, it becomes a barrier. If your child is your agent and you need to transfer assets to qualify for Medicaid, a standard power of attorney may prevent them from doing so. We draft powers of attorney that expressly authorize the kinds of transactions elder law planning requires, while building in the safeguards that protect both the client and the agent.
Healthcare advance directives carry the same hidden risk. Hospitals and nursing homes routinely ask family members to sign admission paperwork that buries payment guarantees in the fine print. Your children are not legally responsible for your bills, but if they sign those documents without understanding what they contain, they can become so. We include language in every healthcare surrogate designation that makes an agent’s representative capacity explicit and removes individual liability from the outset.
The Look-Back Rule: What Families Need to Understand
- The government reviews 5 years of financial activity when a Medicaid application is
filed - Gifts made during the look-back window can trigger a penalty period of ineligibility
- Transfers between spouses are exempt from the look-back rule
- Irrevocable trust transfers are subject to look-back
- Lady Bird Deeds are not subject to look-back
- Family caregiver agreements, when properly structured, convert transfers into non-gift
transactions - Most crisis-planning strategies carry no look-back period and can be implemented
quickly
Why Timing Changes Everything
Human nature works against good elder law planning. Nobody wants to think about needing a nursing home. Nobody wants to imagine a moment when they can no longer manage their own affairs. By the time most families call my office, a crisis has already arrived, and the options that were available a year earlier are no longer on the table.
Planning done in advance allows us to use every available tool, including the irrevocable trust, the Lady Bird Deed, the family caregiver agreement, and specialized income trusts, in combination. Crisis planning usually means choosing from a much shorter menu, under time pressure, with a client whose capacity may already be compromised. Once that mental capacity is gone, the lawyers at Solkoff Legal go to “Plan B” which can still save hundreds of thousands of dollars but which can be more complex to implement. Sometimes this involves getting a judge to authorize the transactions.
The lawyers at Solkoff Legal have taken special courses in assessing and dealing with capacity. It sometimes means we can “find” the requisite capacity even where someone may already have a dementia diagnosis. We know how to talk to people of marginal capacity to explain principles simply and to assess capacity. Even people in the most advanced stages of incapacity do planning, either because existing documents are “useable enough” for some planning or by way of a guardianship proceeding.
The government has also tried repeatedly to eliminate many of these tools. Some have survived court challenges. Some are currently under legislative pressure. The ones that exist today may not exist in the same form in three years. Using them now, while they are available and while you have the capacity to act, is not just smart planning. It is the only planning that is guaranteed to work.
The Bottom Line
A retirement plan without a long-term care strategy is an incomplete plan. The cost of skilled care at the level most families would want is high enough, and sustained long enough, to erase assets that took decades to accumulate. The law provides a range of legitimate, transparent tools to prevent that outcome. Using them requires competency, timing, and a plan tailored to your specific assets, family structure, and health situation.
The families who protect themselves are not the wealthiest ones. They are the ones who had a conversation early enough to do something about it.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Scott M. Solkoff
Scott M. Solkoff is a Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law and the founder of Solkoff Legal, one of Florida’s leading elder law firms. He served as Chair of the Florida Bar Elder Law Section and as President of the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, and has been recognized as a Florida Super Lawyer continuously since 2005. He is the co-author of the nation’s leading elder law textbook, now in its 14th edition, and is the founder of Elder Law College, the most comprehensive elder law training program in the United States. With more than 33 years of active practice, Scott has pioneered landmark planning strategies, including key appellate decisions establishing the use of family caregiver agreements in Medicaid planning, and continues to represent families navigating long-term care, incapacity, and asset protection throughout Florida.
Thursday, April 2, 2026
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Most families assume they have time to plan, until a health crisis forces the issue. The cost of long-term care in Florida can erode a lifetime of savings in months, and without the right legal strategy in place, families are left with far fewer options.
Join Scott M. Solkoff, Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law, for a practical session on how families can protect their assets before long-term care becomes a reality. This session is designed for adult children navigating these decisions on behalf of aging parents, and for the professionals who advise them.
Special Offer for Attendees
Attendees who choose to make an appointment will receive $300 off the cost of the $300 consultation.
Register Now to Claim Your Spot →Who Should Attend
- Adult children helping aging parents plan for long-term care costs
- Families with elderly parents
- Estate planning attorneys, financial advisors, and geriatric care managers
- Social workers, senior placement professionals, and home health providers
- Anyone concerned about protecting savings from a long-term care event
What You’ll Learn
- How long-term care costs can quickly deplete family savings, and what the real numbers look like in Florida
- The three ways to pay for long-term care, and which one most families are unknowingly relying on
- What a Lady Bird Deed is and how it protects your home from Medicaid recovery
- How Elder Law Powers of Attorney and Health Care Advance Directives differ from standard documents and why it matters
- What Medicaid and VA Pension cover, who qualifies, and how to plan around the rules
- Which legal tools — Protected Trusts, Income Trusts, and Caregiver Agreements — apply to your family’s situation
Meet the Speaker
Scott M. Solkoff, Esq.
Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law | Founder, Solkoff Legal, P.A.
Florida’s most recognized Elder Law attorney and co-author of the leading legal textbook on the subject, now in its 14th edition. Scott has served as Chair of The Florida Bar’s Elder Law Section, President of the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, and is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Named to Florida Super Lawyers every year since 2005 and quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Kiplinger’s Magazine.
Event Details
Thursday, April 2, 2026
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Thursday, April 2, 2026
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Most families assume they have time to plan, until a health crisis forces the issue. The cost of long-term care in Florida can erode a lifetime of savings in months, and without the right legal strategy in place, families are left with far fewer options.
Join Scott M. Solkoff, Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law, for a practical session on how families can protect their assets before long-term care becomes a reality. This session is designed for adult children navigating these decisions on behalf of aging parents, and for the professionals who advise them.
Special Offer for Attendees
Attendees who choose to make an appointment will receive $300 off the cost of the $300 consultation.
Register Now to Claim Your Spot →Who Should Attend
- Adult children helping aging parents plan for long-term care costs
- Families with elderly parents
- Estate planning attorneys, financial advisors, and geriatric care managers
- Social workers, senior placement professionals, and home health providers
- Anyone concerned about protecting savings from a long-term care event
What You’ll Learn
- How long-term care costs can quickly deplete family savings, and what the real numbers look like in Florida
- The three ways to pay for long-term care, and which one most families are unknowingly relying on
- What a Lady Bird Deed is and how it protects your home from Medicaid recovery
- How Elder Law Powers of Attorney and Health Care Advance Directives differ from standard documents and why it matters
- What Medicaid and VA Pension cover, who qualifies, and how to plan around the rules
- Which legal tools — Protected Trusts, Income Trusts, and Caregiver Agreements — apply to your family’s situation
Meet the Speaker
Scott M. Solkoff, Esq.
Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law | Founder, Solkoff Legal, P.A.
Florida’s most recognized Elder Law attorney and co-author of the leading legal textbook on the subject, now in its 14th edition. Scott has served as Chair of The Florida Bar’s Elder Law Section, President of the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, and is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Named to Florida Super Lawyers every year since 2005 and quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Kiplinger’s Magazine.
Event Details
Thursday, April 2, 2026
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Thursday, April 2, 2026
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Most families assume they have time to plan, until a health crisis forces the issue. The cost of long-term care in Florida can erode a lifetime of savings in months, and without the right legal strategy in place, families are left with far fewer options.
Join Scott M. Solkoff, Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law, for a practical session on how families can protect their assets before long-term care becomes a reality. This session is designed for adult children navigating these decisions on behalf of aging parents, and for the professionals who advise them.
Special Offer for Attendees
Attendees who choose to make an appointment will receive $300 off the cost of the $300 consultation.
Register Now to Claim Your Spot →Who Should Attend
- Adult children helping aging parents plan for long-term care costs
- Families with elderly parents
- Estate planning attorneys, financial advisors, and geriatric care managers
- Social workers, senior placement professionals, and home health providers
- Anyone concerned about protecting savings from a long-term care event
What You’ll Learn
- How long-term care costs can quickly deplete family savings, and what the real numbers look like in Florida
- The three ways to pay for long-term care, and which one most families are unknowingly relying on
- What a Lady Bird Deed is and how it protects your home from Medicaid recovery
- How Elder Law Powers of Attorney and Health Care Advance Directives differ from standard documents and why it matters
- What Medicaid and VA Pension cover, who qualifies, and how to plan around the rules
- Which legal tools — Protected Trusts, Income Trusts, and Caregiver Agreements — apply to your family’s situation
Meet the Speaker
Scott M. Solkoff, Esq.
Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law | Founder, Solkoff Legal, P.A.
Florida’s most recognized Elder Law attorney and co-author of the leading legal textbook on the subject, now in its 14th edition. Scott has served as Chair of The Florida Bar’s Elder Law Section, President of the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, and is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Named to Florida Super Lawyers every year since 2005 and quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Kiplinger’s Magazine.
Event Details
Thursday, April 2, 2026
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Thursday, April 2, 2026
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
Most families assume they have time to plan, until a health crisis forces the issue. The cost of long-term care in Florida can erode a lifetime of savings in months, and without the right legal strategy in place, families are left with far fewer options.
Join Scott M. Solkoff, Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law, for a practical session on how families can protect their assets before long-term care becomes a reality. This session is designed for adult children navigating these decisions on behalf of aging parents, and for the professionals who advise them.
Special Offer for Attendees
Attendees who choose to make an appointment will receive $300 off the cost of the $300 consultation.
Register Now to Claim Your Spot →Who Should Attend
- Adult children helping aging parents plan for long-term care costs
- Families with elderly parents
- Estate planning attorneys, financial advisors, and geriatric care managers
- Social workers, senior placement professionals, and home health providers
- Anyone concerned about protecting savings from a long-term care event
What You’ll Learn
- How long-term care costs can quickly deplete family savings, and what the real numbers look like in Florida
- The three ways to pay for long-term care, and which one most families are unknowingly relying on
- What a Lady Bird Deed is and how it protects your home from Medicaid recovery
- How Elder Law Powers of Attorney and Health Care Advance Directives differ from standard documents and why it matters
- What Medicaid and VA Pension cover, who qualifies, and how to plan around the rules
- Which legal tools — Protected Trusts, Income Trusts, and Caregiver Agreements — apply to your family’s situation
Meet the Speaker
Scott M. Solkoff, Esq.
Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Elder Law | Founder, Solkoff Legal, P.A.
Florida’s most recognized Elder Law attorney and co-author of the leading legal textbook on the subject, now in its 14th edition. Scott has served as Chair of The Florida Bar’s Elder Law Section, President of the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys, and is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Named to Florida Super Lawyers every year since 2005 and quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Kiplinger’s Magazine.
Event Details
Thursday, April 2, 2026
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend
