Elder Law



Elder law refers to several areas of elder law and estate planning legal practices as they relate to the elderly. Because older people are faced with difficult, end-of-life decisions involving retirement, estate planning, and long-term care, elder law focuses on wills, trusts, tax issues, Social Security benefits, Medicare and Medicaid coverage, nursing-home care, in-home care, powers of attorney, medical directives, and other legal matters of particular concern to them such as elder abuse law. Please read on to find an elder law attorney, elder law lawyer, or to learn more about elder law.

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Elder Law Articles
State Specific Resources
-  State Codes and Statutes Websites-  State Health Department Websites
 
Assisted and Long-Term Care
-  Checklist: Nursing Homes & Assisted Living Choices-  Assisted Living Facilities
-  Choosing Long-Term Care-  Common Questions: Nursing Homes
-  Elder Care: Adult Day Care-  Elder Care: Nutrition and Feeding at Nursing Homes
-  Elder Care: Retirement Communities-  Long-Term Care Insurance
-  Nursing Home and Long-Term Care Alternatives-  Researching Elder Care Living and Facility Options
-  State Inspections and Licensing of Nursing Homes-  Things to Look for in a Long-Term Care Policy
-  Working with Care Facility Staff
 
Estate Planning
-  Alternatives to Guardianship-  Estate and Gift Tax Counseling for the Elderly
-  Powers of Attorney-  Transferring Property outside Probate
 
Financial
-  Getting Credit After 62-  Income Tax Counseling for the Elderly
-  Senior Community Service Employment Program-  Viatical Settlements: Cashing in Life Insurance
 
General
-  10 Things Funeral Directors Won't Mention-  Driver's Licenses and the Elderly
-  What You Need to Know About Elder Abuse-  Elder Services: Finding Local Resources
 
Health Care
-  Accessing Your Medical Records-  Appealing Health Insurance Denials
-  Do Not Resuscitate Orders-  Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
-  Health Care Power of Attorney-  Health Care Terms
-  Hospice Care-  Obtaining and Applying for Prescription Drug Services
-  Retirement and Health Insurance
 
Medicare
-  Life Changes and Your Medicare Benefits-  Medicare and Medicaid
-  Medicare and Proof of Citizenship or Nationality-  Transferring of Assets for Medicaid Look-Back Periods
-  Medicare Program Changes-  Prescription Drug Coverage under Medicare
-  Pros and Cons of End-of-Life Counseling in Medicare-  Supplemental Medicare Insurance Coverage (Medigap)
-  Wheelchairs and Tricks; the Medicare Fraud Bust
 
Social Security
-  Claiming Social Security Benefits-  Life Changes and Your Social Security Benefits
-  Social Security Benefits and Working-  Social Security: Why It was Created & How It Works
-  Sorting Out Social Security
 
Hot Topics
-  Are Senior Citizen Discounts Legal?-  Companies Fined Millions for Bilking Ohio Seniors
-  Golden Years Tarnished by Economic & Health Woes-  You May Have to Pay for Your Parents' Care
-  Spotting and Preventing Elder Neglect and Abuse-  Looting a Loved One's Estate
-  Paying the Long-Term Costs of Long-Term Care
 
Elder Law Forms and Videos
Do-it-Yourself Legal Forms
-  Bankrutpcy Evaluation-  Last Will and Testament
-  -  Living Will
-  Power of Attorney
 
Lawyers.comSM Virtual Community
Legal Forums
-  Elder Law-  Guardianship
-  Nursing Home Abuse-  Estates, Wills & Probate
-  Social Security-  FL - Estates, Wills & Probate
-  NY - Estates, Wills & Probate
 
Chats
-  Chat Listing-  Sharon Siegel
 
Hiring an Elder Law Lawyer
-  Elder Law: Meeting with a Lawyer-  Elder Law: Preparing to Meet with a Lawyer
-  Elder Law: Selecting a Good Lawyer
 
Related Topics on Lawyers.comsm
-  Estate Planning-  Nursing Home Abuse
 

Ask a Lawyer - Elder Law questions answered by leading lawyers
can anything be done for the theft of the elderly
my aging parent who is 80 is being ripped off by her children she had diabetic coma in march her mind is intact but her thinking is more anger and her logic is off, since then a brother has had her change her will got power of attorney and has emptied her bank accounts and other investments of $100,000 so far hes had my mom sign the withdraws by herself and took her to all her banks for the withdraw, he has also made it very difficult for any of us to visit our mother while this is going on. is there anything a son like myself can do in the law to stop this.
Can I rid myself of a court ordered guardianship and just go back to power of attorney? What steps d
A year ago I was appointed guardian for my mother. It''s been a major hassle. Even though I have guardianship, I still have trouble acting on behalf of my mother. For example, the bank where I have a guardianship account refused to allow me to deposit my mother''s checks! I also have to pay $950 for a bond every year. When I want to pay for certain things, like hiring someone to do my mother''s taxes, I have to ask the court''s permission. I have this guardianhip through Nassau County Court in NY.
Has the State of Florida implemented the look back period for outright transfers from 3 years to 5 y
Would the money from a sale of real estate also be included in a look back period under the "Deficit Reduction Act" in the State of Florida?
Can a revoked durable POA be reinstated if person was demented when POA was revoked?
Had durable POA (fin. & healthcare) for my mom. Mom''s dementia has worsened in past year. After recent health crisis, mom''s dr. sent her to assisted living after hospital. Mom got angry, paranoid at sister and me, called her atty. I had previously called mom''s atty and told her of mom''s worsening state, and asked if the POA was still in effect (yes, it was.) Atty visited my mom, pronounced her competent, advised her to revoke her POA, and then did revoke it. Mom named another relative as her HC POA. However, neither atty or mom ever notified this relative. Mom has another health crisis, near death, has been hospitalized for 2+ weeks. Relative named HC POA did not know she was HC POA, and when told, said she does not want to do it. Mom''s atty now says mom is incompetent to name new POA, told us to sue for guardianship. No time. Can revoked POA be reinstated b/c mom was incompetent when she revoked it? Can atty determine competence? Did atty act in mom''s best interests? Ethics of atty?
Questionable care and treatment of mother at nursing home
My mother has been in a nursing home for 15 months. Her condition has detriorated to the point where we have decided to implement her advance directive which is very specific. The nursing home is stonewalling us because she is still private pay. Also, the care and treatment she has been receivng has become quite questionable. Are we able to go there and take her to bring her home even without a formal discharge from the doctor?
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Elder Law Lawyer Web Sites
 
 -  Mississippi Law - Cumbest, Cumbest, Hunter & Mccormick, P.A.
 -  Las Vegas Elder Law - Trent, Tyrell & Associates
 -  Missouri Lawyers - Case, Rajnoha & Boudreau
 -  Solano County Attorney - Favaro, Lavezzo, Gill, Caretti & Heppell A Professional Corporation
 -  Kern County Lawyer - Law Office Of Benjamin R. Greene And Associates