If you’ve already taken the time to draft a will, draft a trust, or organize your final wishes, congrats; you’ve taken a ...

Late last month the Congressional Research Service published the following: The Elder Justice Act: Background and Issues for Congress. Here is an excerpt from the executive summary Elder abuse is a ...

Elder law refers to legal issues that concern older adults, generally defined as people above the age of 65. It is often understood as an extension of traditional trust and estate law, but overlaps ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Regardless of recent challenges by local Department of Social Services offices, the Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (“MAPT”) is alive and well in the elder law practitioner’s toolbox and is the best ...

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"Most of the people who are being sued for this—families and friends of nursing home residents—they don't have lawyers and they don't know the legal jargon," a lawyer suing Cona Elder Law said. A Long ...

(Sec. 101) This bill establishes requirements for the Department of Justice (DOJ) with respect to investigating and prosecuting elder abuse crimes and enforcing elder abuse laws. Specifically, DOJ ...