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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Lawrence A. Frolik , Linda S. WhittonPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9781594517020ISBN 10: 1594517029 Pages: 190 Publication Date: 30 July 2010 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 Law and Seniors, 2 Age Discrimination in Employment, 3 Social Security and Supplemental Security Income, 4 Employer-provided Retirement Benefits and IRAs, 5 Medicare, 6 Medicaid and Long-Term Care Insurance, 7 Housing, 8 Subsitute Decisionmaking for Health CAre and Property, 10 Elder Abuse, Negelct and Exploitation. IndexReviewsAn excellent explanation of the interplay of Medicaid and long-term care insurance and a thorough review of housing options for seniors. The authors make their subjects accessible with clear writing and concrete examples and by beginning each discussion with 'Did You Know' points that help put the information in context. This comprehensive primer on elder law is useful not only to seniors and their families. By adding citations to primary statutory and regulatory authority, Frolik and Whitton make it useful to law library patrons as well. -Library Journal The clarity of the explanations in this book set it apart from others. . . . Everyday Law for Seniors provides a clear, concise, understandable tour of the most critical issues in law and aging. You will definitely want to share this book with friends and family, and if you work in a helping field, with clients. -Charles P. Sabatino, Director, ABA Commission on Law and Aging Everyday Law for Seniors is a clearly written, understandable, comprehensive legal guide. Readers will especially appreciate the authors' helpful insights about how seniors can best use law's benefits and protections to further their own economic security, finance needed health and long term care, find and keep suitable housing, and assure that in case of legal incapacity surrogate financial and health care decisions will be made honestly and in accordance with the senior's wishes. -Edward D. (Ned) Spurgeon, Executive Director, Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging Coverage of the new edition: Everyday Law for Seniors: A Guide For the Tough Questions AARP Blog April 11, 2012. The Caregiver's Bookshelf: A Law Guide for Seniors The New York Times New Old Age Blog April 2, 2012. Praise for the original edition: VERDICT: This comprehensive primer on elder law is useful not only to seniors and their families. By adding citations to primary statutory and regulatory authority, Frolik and Whitton make it useful to law library patrons as well. -Library Journal The clarity of the explanations in this book sets it apart from others.... Everyday Law for Seniors provides a clear, concise, understandable tour of the most critical issues in law and aging. You will definitely want to share this book with friends and family, and if you work in a helping field, with clients. -Charles P. Sabatino, Director, ABA Commission on Law and Aging A clearly written, understandable, comprehensive legal guide. -Edward D. (Ned) Spurgeon, Executive Director, Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging An excellent explanation of the interplay of Medicaid and long-term care insurance and a thorough review of housing options for seniors. The authors make their subjects accessible with clear writing and concrete examples and by beginning each discussion with 'Did You Know' points that help put the information in context. This comprehensive primer on elder law is useful not only to seniors and their families. By adding citations to primary statutory and regulatory authority, Frolik and Whitton make it useful to law library patrons as well. -Library Journal The clarity of the explanations in this book set it apart from others. . . . Everyday Law for Seniors provides a clear, concise, understandable tour of the most critical issues in law and aging. You will definitely want to share this book with friends and family, and if you work in a helping field, with clients. -Charles P. Sabatino, Director, ABA Commission on Law and Aging Everyday Law for Seniors is a clearly written, understandable, comprehensive legal guide. Readers will especially appreciate the authors' helpful insights about how seniors can best use law's benefits and protections to further their own economic security, finance needed health and long term care, find and keep suitable housing, and assure that in case of legal incapacity surrogate financial and health care decisions will be made honestly and in accordance with the senior's wishes. -Edward D. (Ned) Spurgeon, Executive Director, Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging An excellent explanation of the interplay of Medicaid and long-term care insurance and a thorough review of housing options for seniors. The authors make their subjects accessible with clear writing and concrete examples and by beginning each discussion with 'Did You Know' points that help put the information in context. This comprehensive primer on elder law is useful not only to seniors and their families. By adding citations to primary statutory and regulatory authority, Frolik and Whitton make it useful to law library patrons as well. -Library Journal The clarity of the explanations in this book set it apart from others... Everyday Law for Seniors provides a clear, concise, understandable tour of the most critical issues in law and aging. You will definitely want to share this book with friends and family, and if you work in a helping field, with clients. -Charles P. Sabatino, Director, ABA Commission on Law and Aging Everyday Law for Seniors is a clearly written, understandable, comprehensive legal guide. Readers will especially appreciate the authors' helpful insights about how seniors can best use law's benefits and protections to further their own economic security, finance needed health and long term care, find and keep suitable housing, and assure that in case of legal incapacity surrogate financial and health care decisions will be made honestly and in accordance with the senior's wishes. -Edward D. (Ned) Spurgeon, Executive Director, Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging Author InformationLawrence A. Frolik, Linda S. Whitton Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |