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How Families Protect Their Life Savings from Long-Term Care Costs

 

Thursday, April 2, 2026
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET (45-Minute Discussion + Q&A)
Virtual Event | Free to Attend

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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.

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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

Register Now

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    Top elder law attorney. Both personally and professionally, I have utilized Solkoff Law for over 10 years. Personally, he has helped my dad before he passed at 101. His expertise and knowledge helped dad pass in a beautiful assisted living facility because of his work in family asset protection. He has prepare custom documents for me and my wife who is disabled. Professionally, he has helped dozens of my clients in long term care planning and for caring for a child of special needs. I have shared the podium with Scott and have been in meetings with his clients and mine. He is one of the most skilled attorneys that I have ever worked with in 30 years of wealth management practice. His staff is first rate and always responsive to my calls or those of clients. I have gone on end of life hospital visits with him to complete planning to help the family when their loved one is about to pass. Solkoff Legal is first class, knowledgeable, caring and accessible They are the team you want on your side with your planning and problems.

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