What’s a typical day like for an elder care coordinator in a Life Care Planning Law Firm? Cassandra Ignatowicz, an elder care coordinator at LawyerLisa, a Life Care Planning Law Firm in Lexington, South Carolina, laughs at the suggestion that any day is typical. “No two days are alike,” she said, “and that’s one of the things I love about my work.”

By Chris Johnson

When I ask people why they don’t apply for VA benefits they might be entitled to, I often hear things like this:

• It will be too hard.
• It will take too long.
• I don’t have the time.
• I won’t qualify, so why bother.
• No one ever gets these benefits, so why try?

When it’s time to choose a long-term care facility, how can you be confident you’re making the right decision? How can working with an elder care coordinator in a Life Care Planning Law Firm make the process easier?

Cassandra Ignatowicz can answer these questions. As an elder care coordinator at LawyerLisa, a Life Care Planning Law Firm in Lexington, South Carolina, Cassandra is involved in residential placements every day. She believes that relying on the guidance of an elder care coordinator pays benefits families in four ways.

By Lisa Hostetler Brown

I decided that I wanted to be a lawyer when I was twelve years old. I didn’t have a backup plan. Nobody ever said, "Well, what if you don't get into law school?" I've always known that law was the profession for me.

When I graduated from law school in 2007, I got a job working as an attorney for a general practice firm that handled real estate cases. This was transactional work. You met your client at the signing, and then they were gone. Maybe you would hear from them a decade later. Maybe not.