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California
Elder Law Resources, Benefits and Planning: An Advocate’s Guide
(Supercedes California Elder Law: An Advocate’s
Guide, Volume 1).
Aims
and Content
This guide brings together in one place both applicable federal
law and the broad spectrum of California statutes and regulations
that affect representation of elders. The coverage reflects major
concerns of the elderly and their families as they confront the
impacts of declining health and diminished capacity on their autonomy,
health care options, management and preservation of their property,
and vulnerability to abuse. Analysis of applicable law is supplemented
by practice aids, including guides to procedures and analysis of
planning strategies based on real life hypotheticals.
State and federal resources and benefits that might enable an elder
to remain living in his or her own home are summarized. The authors
present a clear explanation of the complex and always changing Medicare
and Medi-Cal rules, and then present hypotheticals and examples
from practice that show what planning opportunities exist within
the statutory framework. Forms are also provided, including attorney-drafted
documents and pleadings, and other court papers.
Contents:
The Elder Law Office • Ethical Considerations in Elder Law
Practice • Surrogate Financial Management • Health Care
and Personal Decisionmaking • Government Benefits and Resources
for the Elderly • Planning to Stay at Home • Introduction
to Medicare • Medicare Appeals •Introduction to Medi-Cal
• Medi-Cal Eligibility for Nursing Home Care Benefits •
Medi-Cal Planning Strategies for Nursing Home Care Benefits •
Medi-Cal Estate Recovery
Consultants:
The following people acted as consultants by reviewing and commenting
on chapters or portions of chapters within their areas of expertise
and by helping to identify the most important current issues: Tanya
Broder, Attorney, National Immigration Law Center, Oakland; Bonnie
Burns, California Advocates, Sacramento; Eric M. Carlson, Attorney,
National Senior Citizens Law Center, Los Angeles; Jean Magistrale
prepared the initial draft of chapter 9; Susanne Cohen, Attorney
at Law, Berkeley; Prescott Cole, Staff Attorney, California Advocates
for Nursing Home Reform, San Francisco; Patricia L. McGinniss, Executive
Director, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, San Francisco;
Ann Melfi, Attorney at Law, Laguna Hills; Tim Millar, MBA, CFP,
Fremont; Elizabeth Rottger, Director, Division of Aging, Marin County.
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