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IMPORTANT TOPICS:
What is "Elder Law"?
The Florida Bar defines "Elder law" as: legal issues involving health and personal care planning, including: advance directives; lifetime planning; family issues; fiduciary representation; capacity; guardianship; power of attorney; financial planning; public benefits and insurance; resident rights in long-term care facilities; housing opportunities and financing; employment and retirement matters; income, estate, and gift tax matters; estate planning; probate; nursing home claims; age or disability discrimination and grandparents' rights. The specialization encompasses all aspects of planning for aging, illness, and incapacity. Elder law clients are predominantly seniors, and the specialization requires a practitioner to be particularly sensitive to the legal issues impacting these clients.
What is a "Board Certified Elder Law Attorney"?
Certified lawyers in elder law deal with legal issues involving health and personal care planning, including: advance directives; life-time planning; family issues; fiduciary representation; capacity; guardianship; power of attorney; financial planning; public benefits and insurance; resident rights in long-term care facilities; housing opportunities and financing; employment and retirement matters; income, estate, and gift tax matters; estate planning; probate; nursing home claims; age or disability discrimination and grandparent's rights.
Certification is the highest level of evaluation by The Florida Bar of competency and experience within an area of law, and professionalism and ethics in practice.
What is a Durable Power of Attorney?
What is a Health Care Surrogate?
IMPORTANT RESOURCES:
Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys
www.afela.org
Alzheimer's Association
www.alz.org
Alzheimer's Community Care Association
www.alzheimerscommunitycare.org
Area Agency on Aging
www.myanswersonaging.org
Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar
www.eldersection.org
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Nursing Home Guide
http://ahcaxnet.fdhc.state.fl.us/nhcguide/
Florida Bar
www.flabar.org
Florida Department of Elder Affairs
http://elderaffairs.state.fl.us
Florida State Guardianship Association
http://www.floridaguardians.com/mc/page.do
Hospice of Palm Beach County
www.hpbc.com
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
www.naela.org
National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers
www.caremanager.org
Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar
www.rpptl.org
Social Security Administration
www.socialsecurity.gov