I have been invited to submit my bio and information for consideration to join the Community Hospital of Long Beach’s Foundation board of directors. I am quite honored to be considered for nomination. Serving on the board of a local hospital is a prestigious honor and one that I will not take lightly. It requires [...]
Estate Planning, Southern California Attorney
Category Archives: Elder Law
ABA Legal Guide for the Seriously Ill.
A downloadable guide from the American Bar Association about the seriously ill. A useful resource!
Visiting With Elderly Loved Ones.
The holidays are a time when people get together. Sometimes
people don't visit with their elderly loved ones as regularly as they would
like to, but during the holiday season everyone always makes time to visit and
spend time with their loved ones. If you have elders in your midst during the
holiday season, check out the list of [...]
Elder Care Resources and Geriatric Care Managers.
Last week, the local Long Beach paper featured a local Long Beach based website and company focused on providing resources for elder care called AgingPro.com. The person behind the website was selected by Oprah's magazine to participate in a Women Rule! leadership project. It's a good thing. There can never be too many resources for [...]
Caregiving and the Case for Testamentary Freedom
Joshua C. Tate, Assistant Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University – Dedman School of Law; University of Pennsylvania Law School, has written another informative article. This time he writes about "Caregiving and the Case for Testamentary Freedom."
Excerpted from his abstract:
The article explores how almost all U.S. states allow individuals to disinherit their descendants for [...]
Elder (Abuse?) Article from New York Times
Posted on Christmas Eve, should elders be less accountable for their investing mistakes?
Read here for the article and links previous articles in the series.
The “Nursing Home” Visits.
Recently I visited three different clients at their home or care facility regarding initial intake and execution of documents relating to their care.
We don’t mind making the visits, but they are harder to schedule as we are busy and driving across town does require more time than if you were able to come into [...]
More on Elder Abuse. A Useful Primer on Financial Elder Abuse.
The California Bankers Association is the largest banking trade association with a very informative website on issues involving banking. One issue that is prevalent day in and day out in the banking industry is financial elder abuse.
Banks and their employees are often in touch with their elderly clients more than any of us. Simply because [...]
Elder Abuse
California has elder abuse statutes to protect the elderly from a myriad of physical, financial, emotional and other types of abusive situations.
In California, an elder is considered anyone age 65 or older.
This group of statutes is commonly known as Elder And Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act. To read the statutes directly, click here [...]
Scams Against Older Adults.
A fellow blogger and employment law attorney in Seattle, D. Jill Pugh, alerted me to this neat online article in the Seattle Times about scams against the elderly.
What’s neat about this article is that it contains audio clips of what the scammers say… play the clip for an older loved one in your family [...]
