Elder Law Attorney

Long Term Care, Wills, and Trusts for the Elderly in Texas

For the last ten years, the practice of Thomas W. McCulloch has emphasized elder law and planning services. His emphasis has been on elder-centric strategies to protect their quality of life and independence in conjunction with traditional estate planning and preparation of wills, trusts, and powers of attorney.

At McCulloch & Associates, our firm's clients work not only with experienced lawyers, but also their staff which includes an elder care coordinator. By developing a specific understanding of an elderly client's physical, cognitive, social, and emotional capacities and needs, we can help identify a range of resources and life care options that may avoid the need for nursing home placement, guardianship, or other alternatives that fail to balance an aging parent's need for dignity and independence with security and convenience.

Our goal is to identify and help you access the services your elderly parent will require on terms your family can afford while giving the senior the best quality of life possible under his or her circumstances of health and mobility. The best time to plan for these needs is as early as possible, when you have the maximum flexibility in terms of estate planning, and long term care alternatives, and while you're free of the pressure of responding to a crisis.

The staff elder care coordinators at McCulloch & Associates are familiar with the full range of available community-based, private and government services throughout the Houston area to cover needs ranging from assistance with shopping and meals to fulltime in-home nursing care or hospice services. We help you determine the services that are most suitable for your situation, develop strategies to better access and pay for long term care and other services, how to qualify for government benefits if applicable, and how to incorporate these strategies and alternatives into a new or existing estate plan.

For additional information about the full scope of our life care plans as part of your estate, contact an attorney at the Houston law firm of McCulloch & Associates.