Monroe County · New York

Sell Your Senior Transition House Fast in Brighton

New York's senior care real estate market is shaped by some of the highest assisted living and nursing home costs in the country and a Medicaid program (administered by the Department of Health) that applies a five-year look-back period and aggressive estate recovery under New York Social Services Law §369, which authorizes the state to recover Medicaid costs paid for long-term care services from the estate of a deceased recipient aged 55 or older — making the timing and structure of a home sale a critical eldercare planning decision. New York's durable power of attorney statute (NY General Obligations Law §5-1501 et seq.) was significantly amended in 2021 to require a 'Statutory Major Gifts Rider' for any POA that grants broad gifting authority, including authority to make gifts to qualify the principal for Medicaid — an elder law attorney's involvement is essentially mandatory for New York families navigating a care-driven home sale where Medicaid is a factor. New York's Article 81 guardianship proceedings (Mental Hygiene Law §81.01 et seq.) are the mechanism for families where no valid POA exists and the homeowner has lost capacity — these proceedings in the Supreme Court can take three to six months or longer in high-caseload New York counties, making proactive elder law planning years before a crisis the only reliable way to avoid court-supervised sale timelines. We work with New York families and elder law attorneys from Long Island to the Hudson Valley and throughout New York City, closing on flexible timelines that accommodate the complexities of New York's elder care transition process.

• No repairs, cleaning, or staging — leave it as-is
• We work around move-out schedules, no pressure
• Compassionate process for the whole family
• We can coordinate directly with family or POA