Matthias Wynkoop
Partner, Kingston
Matthias works with families who are suddenly pricing a nursing home or a home aide, and have a month to understand the options.
He explains the ways care gets paid for, helps with Medicaid and veterans benefit applications, and handles guardianship when a parent can no longer decide alone. His rule is that nobody signs anything until they can say back, in their own words, what it does.
Works most on
- Medicaid planning
- Long-term care costs
- Guardianship
- Veterans benefits
Matthias’s admissions and education
Bar admissions
New York
2007
Courts
New York State courts
2007
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
2010
Education
J.D., Pace University
2007
B.A., Siena College
2004
Languages
English
German
Reading
Memberships
Ulster County Bar Association
New York State Bar Association, Elder Law and Special Needs Section
He starts with the monthly bill
Matthias begins long-term care meetings with a single sheet of paper: what care costs this month, what the household brings in, and what is saved. Everything else follows from those three numbers.
Families often arrive thinking the only choices are to spend everything or to do something clever. He lays out the ordinary middle: benefits a parent has already earned, programs that pay for care at home, and the rules for the house.
He keeps a jar of dried beans on his desk from the family meeting he runs once a year for his own parents. Ask him about it.
Talk with Matthias
The Kingston office is open weekdays and Saturday mornings by appointment, and the first call is free.
The first call is free. Fees are quoted in writing first; court and filing costs are separate.