Testimonials

Navigating elders through their senior years can be difficult but hiring Almgren Law has been the singular best decision that my family has made. Paula Kahn Almgren knew exactly where my parents self-planning went awry and steered us onto a clear path. She moved into action from the start by setting up my parents’ estate to allow our elderly parents to stay in their own house during their remaining days. My brothers, my sister and I are extremely grateful for Almgren Law. —Liza

Almgren Law has been extremely knowledgeable and compassionate in assisting me with my mom’s legal and financial affairs. By consulting with and hiring Almgren Law for Life Care Planning, our family has been able to keep Mom in assisted living where she has been happy and well-cared for 5 years beyond where her money would have otherwise allowed.

Paula – You have done a ton of work for me and my family and I sincerely appreciate the quality of your advice. I am grateful that my son brought me to you as you not only helped me with in-home care for my wife when she had Alzheimer’s disease which made a difference for us to keep her at home, but you gave me the ability to organize my estate in a well thought out and equitable manner. I’ve enjoyed working with you and thank you for all of your excellent work. —David

Paula and her staff provided both exceptional advice and service at several times during the course of our legal needs. The firm was able to provide multiple options and approaches to our needs. They provided financial proposals as well as housing recommendations. The prepared anticipated cash flow statements to aid in the decision process. During the 3 plus years, Paula’s nurse on staff made visits to the assisted living home to see our father. After my dad passed, they met with us again to guide us through the final steps. I would recommend this firm to anyone seeking legal services for elderly planning. —John

Paula Almgren was highly recommended to our family by a senior staff member at Kimball Farms Lifecare Community in Lenox, MA, when we were looking into assisted living facilities for my mother, who had Alzheimer’s disease. We were bringing my mom from Texas to live near us because she was no longer able to live independently. Paula represented my mother for many years, setting up her estate plan and creating a long-term care plan for her, which involved a Trust and other estate planning documents. Paula also helped my mother apply for Veterans Aid & Attendance benefits, an application process that was so complex that I could never have done it without the help of Paula and her staff. My mom had limited financial means, but because of Paula’s expert planning and the financial help from the VA my mother was able to live the remainder of her life at Kimball Farms in their Memory Care Unit, where she was lovingly cared for.

Paula cares deeply about her clients, and her staff is wonderful­ always thoughtful and responsive! Paula provides professional estate planning and legal advocacy when needed. Her professional knowledge made a great difference for my mother and for our family. Paula and everyone at Almgren Law gave us peace of mind when my mom was afflicted with a devastating illness and was facing an unknown term of costly care. My mother and our family had PEACE during that most difficult time. We are so grateful.—Phyllis

My mother had a fall and suffered a spinal cord injury. She was in a local nursing home, was paralyzed and needed significant care. Before we met with Paula we had no idea where to begin and we were stressed out, overwhelmed and we all felt helpless. We didn’t think we had any choices beyond nursing home for my mother. My parents did not want to be apart and they were both very sad. Even though my mother needed total care, Teri the registered nurse from Almgren Law, met with the nursing home staff and began to put together a safe plan for my mother’s discharge home. Paula put together an estate plan for my parents and applied for community based MassHealth for my mother which helped with the significant cost of her care. My parents were so happy to be together at home and they both cherished their time together. From her wheelchair my mother was even able to critique the way we decorated the Christmas tree! My mother recently passed away but the precious time we had at home together as a family would not have been possible without the support and extensive knowledge of the entire staff at Almgren Law. Their assistance was truly Priceless!—Phyllis