Elder Law and Later-Life Legal Planning

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Focusing on the legal issues that can arise in old age and the various laws and governmental programs that address those issues, this book is organized in three parts that reflect the different stages of aging. Retirement Considerations discusses income issues and paying for medical care; Post-Retirement Issues addresses topics such as housing and identifying decision makers for their property and person; and Later Life Concerns covers issues associated with the end of life, including long-term care and planning for the possible loss of mental capacity.

Author Bio

Lawrence A. Frolik is a Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. A frequent lecturer on legal issues of aging, and a prolific author, his books include, Everyday Law for Seniors (Paradigm Press with Whitton), Residence Options for Older or Disabled Client (ABA Press) The Law of Later-Life Health Care and Decision Making (ABA Press) Advising the Elderly or Disabled Client, (2nd ed. with Brown) (Warren, Gorham & Lamont), Elder Law in a Nutshell, (5th ed. with Kaplan) (West) and the casebooks, Elder Law: Cases and Materials, (4th ed. with Barnes) (LexisNexis) and The Law of Employee Pension and Welfare Benefits (2d ed. with Moore) (LexisNexis).