Elder Law Credits: 2-3

Catalog description

This course is an introduction to many of the legal issues that face a person who is older or has a disability. The focus is on the practical aspects of advising the person. Topics covered include ethical considerations (such as appropriately dealing with non-client family members and people who have diminishing intellectual capacity), government benefit programs (including Social Security, SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid), asset management (including conservatorship, durable powers of attorney, and trusts), guardianship and alternatives to guardianship, elder abuse and neglect, healthcare and end of life decisions, housing options, long-term care planning, long-term care insurance, estate planning, designing trusts for people who are older or have a disability, special needs trusts, and planning for people who have too many assets to qualify for means-tested public assistance but not enough to private pay for needed care.