Introduction
Two offices spanning Long Island: one in Islandia at the center of Suffolk County, one in Westhampton Beach near the East End: position Andreoli Law Group, P.C. to serve elderly and disabled clients across the full geographic spread of New York’s downstate region. The firm handles elder law exclusively, with no sideline practices in unrelated fields. Every case involves either protecting an older adult’s financial security, planning for long-term care, or holding a nursing facility accountable for harm caused to a vulnerable resident.
That singular focus shapes everything about how the firm works. Attorneys here are not dividing attention between personal injury, real estate, and estate planning. They are applying accumulated experience in one discipline, repeatedly, for clients who are often dealing with the most financially consequential decisions of their lives.
The firm serves clients across Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, Kings, New York, Richmond, and Westchester Counties. That coverage spans New York City’s outer boroughs, Nassau County’s dense suburban communities, and the full length of Suffolk County out to the east. For families managing a parent’s nursing home placement or Medicaid application from various corners of the metro area, the geographic reach matters.
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Practice Areas
Medicaid Planning
Medicaid planning at Andreoli Law Group addresses two distinct scenarios: home care and nursing facility placement. The distinction is significant. The income and asset rules differ between the two tracks, the lookback periods apply differently, and the strategies for preserving assets require different legal structures depending on which setting the client is planning for.
The firm develops financial evaluations for prospective clients, assessing current assets, income, and family circumstances before recommending a planning approach. Pre-planning: putting structures in place before a crisis forces immediate action: allows more options and typically results in greater asset preservation. When a family arrives after a nursing home admission is already underway, the planning window is shorter and the permissible strategies narrower, though options often still exist.
The firm also assists with the Medicaid application documents themselves. The application process involves extensive documentation: financial records, asset transfer histories, bank statements, insurance policies, and more. Errors or incomplete submissions delay approvals and can result in periods of ineligibility. Having legal guidance through that paperwork stage reduces mistakes and improves outcomes.
Estate Planning
Estate planning at the firm is oriented toward the needs of elderly and disabled clients specifically. That means the planning addresses more than distributing assets after death. It covers protecting assets during a period of long-term care, ensuring that powers of attorney and health care directives are in place before cognitive decline makes executing those documents impossible, and structuring trusts in ways that coordinate with Medicaid eligibility rules.
Standard estate planning instruments: wills, revocable trusts, durable powers of attorney: are part of the practice. But at a firm that serves exclusively elder law clients, those instruments are designed with an eye toward the Medicaid implications, not just the inheritance outcomes.
Probate Administration
When a client passes away, the firm handles the process of probate administration: presenting the will to the court, identifying and gathering assets, satisfying creditors, and distributing the estate to beneficiaries according to the will’s terms or, in the absence of a will, under New York’s intestacy statutes. For families already managing a parent’s care, having the same firm handle the post-death legal process often provides continuity.
Nursing Home Negligence
Negligence claims against nursing facilities represent a significant portion of the firm’s work. The cases involve pressure ulcers (bedsores) that develop when staff fail to reposition immobile residents, medication errors that harm residents through wrong dosages or incorrect drugs, fall injuries that result from inadequate supervision or failure to use safety equipment, malnutrition and dehydration from insufficient monitoring of residents’ nutritional status, and harm caused by inadequate staffing levels.
Nursing home negligence claims require understanding both the legal standards for liability and the medical standards of care that facilities are expected to meet. Andreoli Law Group’s exclusive focus on elder law means these cases are not handled as occasional departures from a general practice; they fit within the firm’s consistent work on behalf of elderly and disabled clients.
Attorney Profiles
Specific attorney biographies are not publicly detailed on the firm’s website, but the practice structure reflects a team that handles Medicaid planning, estate planning, probate, and nursing home negligence litigation for clients across seven New York counties.
Location & Service Area
The firm’s primary office is at 1777 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Suite 12, Islandia, NY, in the heart of Suffolk County. The second office in Westhampton Beach extends the firm’s accessible presence to the eastern end of Long Island.
Service area covers:
- Suffolk County
- Nassau County
- Queens County
- Kings County (Brooklyn)
- New York County (Manhattan)
- Richmond County (Staten Island)
- Westchester County
This coverage allows families spread across the broader New York metro area to access the firm’s elder law services regardless of which borough or county they are in.
Client Focus
Andreoli Law Group’s stated client population is elderly and disabled individuals. That is not a marketing demographic; it defines how the practice is structured. Medicaid planning, nursing home negligence claims, and elder-specific estate planning all require knowledge that builds through repeated application. A firm that focuses on this population develops familiarity with the specific agencies, courts, and processes that matter for these clients.
The firm’s financial evaluation and pre-planning services reflect an understanding that elder law clients often arrive with assets they have built over a lifetime and are urgently concerned about protecting them from the cost of long-term care. Developing a financial evaluation before recommending a planning strategy means the advice is grounded in the client’s specific circumstances rather than a generic approach.
For families managing a parent’s nursing home placement, particularly when suspected negligence is involved, having legal representation that handles both the care planning and the litigation side means the attorneys understand the full picture: what the facility was supposed to provide, what it failed to provide, and what the family’s legal options are.
FAQ
What is the difference between home care Medicaid planning and nursing facility Medicaid planning?
Home care Medicaid allows a recipient to receive personal care assistance, home health aide services, or managed long-term care while living at home. Nursing facility Medicaid covers placement in a skilled nursing facility. The income and asset rules are different for each track, the lookback period applies differently, and the permissible asset transfers and trust structures vary. Andreoli Law Group addresses both scenarios specifically rather than applying a single planning approach to all Medicaid cases.
What types of nursing home negligence cases does the firm handle?
The firm handles pressure ulcer cases (bedsores resulting from failure to reposition immobile residents), medication errors, fall injuries caused by inadequate supervision or failure to use safety equipment, malnutrition and dehydration from insufficient nutritional monitoring, and harm caused by inadequate staffing. These are among the most common forms of nursing home negligence in New York.
Does the firm help with the Medicaid application itself, or only the planning?
Andreoli Law Group assists with the Medicaid application documents, not only the planning phase. The application requires extensive financial documentation, and errors or incomplete submissions can cause delays or periods of ineligibility. The firm guides clients through the documentation process to reduce errors and improve the likelihood of approval.
What counties does the firm serve?
The firm serves clients in Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, Kings, New York, Richmond, and Westchester Counties. The Islandia office serves central and western Suffolk County and is accessible from Nassau and the boroughs; the Westhampton Beach office serves the eastern end of Long Island.
What does pre-planning mean in the context of elder law?
Pre-planning means putting legal and financial structures in place before a long-term care crisis forces immediate action. Acting before a nursing home placement or before health conditions become acute allows more planning options, a longer time horizon for asset transfers where applicable, and typically better asset preservation outcomes than planning done after the crisis has already arrived.
Closing
Andreoli Law Group, P.C. operates in a field where the stakes for clients are often measured in lifetime savings. Medicaid planning errors, missed nursing home negligence claims, and inadequate estate planning can leave elderly and disabled individuals without the resources they need for care or deprive families of assets built over decades. The firm’s exclusive focus on elder law, its coverage across seven New York counties, and its work on both the planning and litigation sides of elder law practice position it to serve the specific legal needs of this population.
Contact information and additional practice details are available at andreolilaw.com. Offices are located at 1777 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Suite 12, Islandia, NY, and in Westhampton Beach.