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Legal issues and resources : an introduction for professionals working with older persons or their families / Stephanie Edelstein.

Title
Legal issues and resources : an introduction for professionals working with older persons or their families / Stephanie Edelstein.
Author
Edelstein, Stephanie M.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : American Bar Association, Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly, c1996.

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1996TextUse in library KF390.A4 E332 1996 1996Off-site

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Additional Authors
ABA Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly.
Description
38 p.; 28 cm.
Alternative Title
Introduction for professionals working with older persons or their families
Subject
  • Older people > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
  • Older people > Services for > United States
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Why a legal issues guide? -- What legal problems do older persons experience? -- Common legal issues. Economic security -- Housing -- Paying for health care -- Long term care -- Family relationships -- Consumer rights -- Discrimination -- Personal and financial decision-making -- Wills and probate -- Personal injury -- What legal resources are available? Older Americans Act programs -- Civil legal services -- Legal hotlines -- Bar association services -- Protection and advocacy systems -- Law school programs -- Public defender services -- Dispute resolution -- National organizations -- Government agencies -- Other resources -- Sample resource information form.
ISBN
1570733317
LCCN
^^^96221732^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library