Kristin Daugherty is a Long-Term Care Planner with Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak, where she has dedicated more than 15 years to serving clients and their families. She manages the firm’s seventh office location in Muncy and oversees the Elder Care Navigation Departments across all seven offices, ensuring a high level of support and coordination for individuals navigating complex care decisions.

In her role, Kristin works closely with the firm’s attorneys to guide clients through every stage of long-term care planning. Her services include counseling on long-term care options, assisting clients in qualifying for programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and veterans’ benefits, providing comprehensive elder care navigation, and proactively helping families protect assets from the high cost of future care.

Kristin is a Certified Medicaid Planner™ through The Wealth Institute - one of only a limited number of professionals in Pennsylvania to hold this designation. She is also a Certified Dementia Practitioner and a Certified Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia Care Trainer through the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners, equipping her to educate and train professionals on best practices for supporting individuals living with dementia.

Driven by her passion for dementia care, Kristin serves as an Alzheimer’s Association Community Educator and is a trained facilitator with Second Wind Dreams as a Virtual Dementia Tour® trainer. She is an active member of Dementia-Focused Practice, collaborating with elder law firms nationwide to promote dementia-friendly practices within the legal field. Locally, she is leading efforts to establish Dementia Friendly Lycoming County, working to create a more supportive and informed community for individuals and families affected by dementia.

Kristin is a graduate of Lycoming College and began her career as a case manager with the STEP Office of Aging, where she worked within the Pennsylvania Department of Aging Waiver Program. She is also trained through the Pennsylvania Institute of Protective Services to provide Older Adult Protective Services for individuals at high risk for abuse or neglect.

Kristin resides in Hughesville, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Kyle, and their two children, Kendall and Kyler.

Julieanne E. Steinbacher is the founding shareholder of Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak, an elder care and special needs planning law firm established in 2002. The firm also offers its clients quality representation in litigation matters. Julieanne is Certified as an Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation and holds an LLM degree in elder law and estate planning from Western New England School of Law. She has a “Superb” AVVO Rating for attorneys and was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star. Julieanne is a recipient of a 2015 Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Special Achievement Award, which recognized her dedication and commitment to the PBA’s Quality of Life /Balance Committee.

Julieanne is the President of Estate & Long Term Care Planning, Inc., a company which provides continuing education for professionals in Pennsylvania and coaching for attorneys throughout the nation. Julieanne has lectured extensively for Pennsylvania State University Tax Institutes and Tax Week, PICPA-Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, National Association of Tax Practitioners-PA Chapter, Pennsylvania Society of Public Accountants, Elder Law Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Association Annual Meeting, Back to Basics, Tax Pro Seminars, and the University of Illinois.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Julieanne was employed by AARP and as a geriatric social worker at Valley View Nursing Facility. As a gerontologist and former social worker, she has seen the devastating effect a lack of planning for long-term care needs can have. As an attorney, her goal is to provide a bridge between legal services and the aging network. In 2008, she developed The Elder & Special Needs Resource Center in Williamsport, which hosts frequent public seminars about issues affecting those who are aging. She has co-authored The Pennsylvania Trust Guide (Editions I and II), The Pennsylvania Special Needs Planning Guide, as well several books in a Protect Your Family series that inform people about planning for the second half of life.

Julieanne resides in Jersey Shore with her husband Donald, their three children, Cortney, Stephanie, and DJ, and two dogs. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and diving into a good book.

*Certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation