| A LAWYER'S ETHICAL DUTIES TO AN INCAPACITATED CLIENT |
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| An attorney who practices elder law may be confronted with issues of the client's or potential client's capacity. For example, a potential client asks an attorney to represent her in a guardianship petition challenge. She explains that possibly well meaning family members no longer think she is able to make important health care and financial decisions. She insists that she remains capable of taking care of herself and managing her affairs. In another scenario, an attorney has a longstanding relationship with a client who is now elderly. The client no longer seems to have the rational and functional capabilities he once displayed. Perhaps the client suddenly and uncharacteristically has decided to cut a beloved family member out of his will and to designate a person who has just befriended him as his sole beneficiary. What is the attorney's ethical and professional duty these situations?More... |
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| Medicare Coverage - Skilled Nursing Facility Care |
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| Medicare provides insurance coverage for care provided in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), typically nursing homes and acute hospitals with skilled nursing beds.
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| NURSING HOME CARE |
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| With the enactment of the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987 (Act), every state was required to provide a "fair mechanism" for nursing home residents to lodge grievances and to appeal involuntary transfer or discharge orders. The federal template calls for a State's Medicaid agency or other designated agency to oversee and enforce the appeals process. More... |
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| Medicaid Eligibility |
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| Medicaid provides payment of health care coverage for several low-income populations in the United States.More... |
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| Employment - Senior Corps Programs |
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| One of the programs administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency, is Senior Corps. Senior Corps actually consists of three programs: Foster Grandparents, Senior Companions, and the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. More... |
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