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Johnson McGinnis Elder Care Law & Estate Planning helps clients and their families respond to the legal, financial, and personal challenges presented by long life, chronic illness, and disability.

10/18/2026

Will your children inherit your debt when you pass away?

For many parents, this is an understandable concern. In most cases, children and other beneficiaries do not automatically become personally responsible for your credit cards, medical bills, or personal loans simply because they're your heirs.

Your estate, however, may still be responsible for legitimate debts before assets can be distributed.

Understanding the difference can bring some much-needed clarity when planning for your family's future.

"Long-term care" isn't one thing. It's a spectrum. 🏠🏡 In-home care: a caregiver comes to you. Best for people who need s...
10/16/2026

"Long-term care" isn't one thing. It's a spectrum. 🏠

🏡 In-home care: a caregiver comes to you. Best for people who need some help but not constant supervision.
🏢 Assisted living: your own apartment, with meals, activities, and staff available. Good middle ground.
🏥 Skilled nursing: 24-hour medical care for people who need it.
🧠 Memory care: specialized, secured settings for dementia and Alzheimer's.

The costs, the payment sources, and the planning strategies are different for each one. We can help walk you through it. Contact our office at 615-824-2571.

10/16/2026

Can avoiding probate keep creditors from making a claim against an estate?

Families may understandably hope that not opening probate will keep an estate out of court. However, in Tennessee, a creditor may be able to petition the court to open probate when someone passes away owing debts and no case has been opened.

Knowing what creditors may be able to do can help families make informed decisions during a challenging time.

Medicare Open Enrollment opens today. 📅From now through December 7, you can switch plans, change your drug coverage, mov...
10/15/2026

Medicare Open Enrollment opens today. 📅

From now through December 7, you can switch plans, change your drug coverage, move between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage, or simply confirm what you have still works.

Here's the part that costs people money: plans change quietly. Your prescriptions can move to a different tier. Your doctor can leave the network. Your premium can shift.

If you do nothing, you're auto-renewed into next year's version of your plan, whatever that looks like now.

👉 Take twenty minutes and review it. Questions about how Medicare fits into your bigger plan? 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗰𝗚𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘. Message us.

Medicare can be complicated—and sometimes the best way to understand it is through real-life examples.Join us for Beyond...
10/12/2026

Medicare can be complicated—and sometimes the best way to understand it is through real-life examples.

Join us for Beyond the Basics: Medicare Through Real-Life Cases, where we’ll explore common Medicare challenges, coverage questions, costly pitfalls, and changing healthcare needs through practical case studies.

Whether you work with older adults or are navigating Medicare for yourself or a loved one, this webinar will help make a complicated topic easier to understand.

📅 Register today: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7526982184292128854

10/11/2026

Having a will can provide peace of mind, but does it mean your family will avoid probate?

Not necessarily.

A will provides important instructions for what should happen to your assets, but assets held in your name alone may still need to go through probate before reaching your loved ones.

Understanding this distinction now can help your family face fewer surprises later.

Let's clear up the most expensive misunderstanding in elder law❗Medicare does not pay for long-term care.It can cover a ...
10/09/2026

Let's clear up the most expensive misunderstanding in elder law❗

Medicare does not pay for long-term care.

It can cover a limited stretch of skilled nursing after a qualifying hospital stay, but it was never designed to cover ongoing custodial care. The daily help with bathing, dressing, eating, and moving that most families actually end up needing.

That care gets paid for privately, through long-term care insurance, or through Medicaid.

Families who learn this early have options. Families who learn it in a hospital hallway usually don't.

👉 Have questions about how care would actually get paid for? Our team is here to help. Contact our office at 615-824-2571.

We are hiring a receptionist. Interested candidates send resume to cguidry@tn-elderlaw.com.The receptionist’s job and pe...
10/09/2026

We are hiring a receptionist. Interested candidates send resume to [email protected].

The receptionist’s job and performance are vital to the public perception of the firm. He or she is the first, and sometimes the only, contact clients and referral sources have with the firm, whether calling on the telephone or appearing in person. The receptionist must be welcoming and courteous and provide as much assistance as possible given the constraints and demands of the job. We are perceived as a professional, competent, and friendly organization whose purpose is to serve our clients. In addition, the receptionist’s job is to relieve the attorney and staff from administrative and clerical work.

Vision
• To assist potential clients, vendors and referral sources with connection to Johnson McGinnis
• To provide timely services and follow-up to meet our customers’ needs, whether they are clients or potential clients

Qualifications
• Education: Associate degree or high school diploma with 1 - 3 years of relevant experience; understanding of the basic characteristics and duties of being a receptionist in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication and written skills. English primary language.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills. Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision and direction.
• Attention to detail is critically important with strong analytical skills.
• Skills with computer programs required: Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word. Lexis Nexis Mycase® preferred.

Responsibilities

Client Relations
• Answer incoming telephone calls and receive clients into the office. Scan documents brought in by clients and potential clients, save to case and return originals. Schedule client appointments and confirm upcoming client appointments. Create invoices and process payments in Mycase® as needed.
• Keep cases organized by establishing and organizing electronic files; monitoring calendars; meeting deadlines; documenting actions; inputting information into file database and case management software.
• Mail thank you card to clients that renew our services, referral sources, and sympathy cards to families of clients.
• Tracking annual renewals for elder care protection and estate planning clients and sending correspondence to client(s).
• Assist the Outreach Coordinator in production of educational programs for clients and families.

Staff support
• Proof and print documents that will be signed by clients.
• Retrieve mail from the post office, sort, scan, and distribute accordingly.
• Manage and maintain office supply inventory.
• Schedule visiting attorneys to our office and provide a folder of select information.
• Make travel arrangements (hotel and air) for all staff as requested.

General
• Demonstrate exceptional client communication skills, a desire to help others and be comfortable working with older people, people with disabilities, their families and other professionals.
• Display high frustration, tolerance with patience and kindness toward clients and staff.
• Maintain the highest standard of confidentiality for the firm’s clients.
• Possess a professional appearance and demeanor.
• Work independently.
• Work a regular full-time weekly schedule from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 pm with one hour lunch from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m..
• Not eligible for fulltime remote work assignment.
• Valid Tennessee driver’s license and reliable vehicle.
• Other duties as assigned.

A living will and a living trust are not the same thing. 😅We hear these swapped constantly, and it's an easy mistake, bu...
10/08/2026

A living will and a living trust are not the same thing. 😅

We hear these swapped constantly, and it's an easy mistake, but they do opposite jobs.

A living will is about your body. It states what medical care you would or wouldn't want if you couldn't speak for yourself.

A living trust is about your stuff. It holds and directs your assets, and it can keep your family out of probate.

Most people need both. They're just doing different work.

🌻 What happens when life doesn’t go according to plan?Just two years into retirement, Susan Haig survived a widowmaker h...
10/07/2026

🌻 What happens when life doesn’t go according to plan?

Just two years into retirement, Susan Haig survived a widowmaker heart attack. Less than a year later, she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

In this episode of Aging Starts Now, Susan joins Certified Elder Law Attorney Barbara McGinnis to share her powerful story of resilience, self-advocacy and learning to find joy—even when life looks very different than you imagined.

🎧 Listen to Susan’s inspiring story and learn why she chooses to live Life Like a Sunflower—always turning toward the light. https://www.tn-elderlaw.com/episode-344-life-like-a-sunflower-finding-joy-in-lifes-unexpected-seasons/

Listen, subscribe and share this episode with someone who could use a little encouragement today. 🌻

Address

104 Wyncrest Way, Ste. 100
Hendersonville, TN
37075

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+16158242571

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