A graduate from the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama; class of 1993, she served as a member of the Cumberland Law Review.
Kyla G. Kelim, Esq, a nationally recognized speaker on nursing home Medicaid, Medicare and estate and probate matters, has been practicing law in Alabama and Florida for more than 25 years. She assists clients throughout Alabama and serves as a well known advocate, litigator and speaker on topics affecting seniors. Mrs. Kelim has launched Aging in Alabama to help address the crisis in health care coverage facing seniors and their caregivers.
A tight economy, combined with strict Medicaid rules, have left generations of hard working Americans without adequate choices for healthcare when they need it most.
Consultation and Advocacy services
- Advanced health care directives
Speaking engagement 2014
- Durable powers of attorney
- Asset protection
- Medicaid qualification
- Assisting aging parents and spouses
- Avoiding pitfalls when helping an ill relative
- Handling health care crises
- Successful long term care planning
Training for senior professionals 2014
- Spring Cleaning Your Financial and Estate Plans, E.A. Roberts Alzheimers Center, Mobile, AL, February 7, 2019
- Big Changes in VA Regulations: What You Now Need to Know to Obtain Benefits, myLaw CLE, national seminar, Miami, FL, March 14, 2019
- Advanced Special Needs Trusts, myLaw CLE, national seminar, Miami, FL, March 14, 2019
- Legal Technology for the New Law Office, myLaw CLE, national seminar, Miami, FL, March 15, 2019
- Contested Guardianships, Alabama Elder Law Section CLE, Birmingham, AL, April 5, 2019
- Transition and Placement, Alabama Elder Law Section CLE, Birmingham, AL, April 5, 2019
- Special Needs Trusts for the Elderly and Disabled, Strafford Publications, national webinar, April 30, 2019
- Asset Spend-Down for Medicaid Qualification, Strafford Publications, national webinar, August 20, 2019
