ELDER LAW and LEGAL RESOURCES
Elder law is a specialized area of legal practice covering estate planning, wills, trusts, arrangements for care, social security and retirement benefits, protection against elder abuse of all kinds (physical, emotional and financial), and many other issues involving older people.
Cape & Islands Attorneys & Law Offices
Legal Aid
A listing of Cape & Islands Attorneys & Law Offices that specialize in elder law and estate planing
Listing of informative National Organizations pertaining to Elder Law
MASSACHUSETTS – Elders and the Courts
National Consumer Law Center
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
The National Senior Citizens Law Center
Information concerning Elder law
Legal Information
Legal Assistance—Massachusetts Bar
Association Lawyer Referral Service
(617) 654-0400
Toll-free (866) 627-7577
Massachusetts Bar Association
Dial-A-Lawyer (held on the first Wednesday of each month, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.)
(617) 338-0610
Massachusetts Chapter of Elder Law Attorneys
Elder Law Issues
Some of the concerns handled by attorneys who practice in the area of elder law include:
Disability Planning
Estate Planning, Probate & Asset Management
Wills
Durable Power of Attorney
Guardian or Conservatorship of Estate
Long-Term Care
Long-Term Care Planning & Insurance
Healthcare and Medical Directives
Medicaid Eligibility & Benefits
Medicare Eligibility & Benefits
Nursing Home Issues
Retirement Living & Planning
Assisted Living Facilities
Resident Rights
Social Security
Elder Abuse & Adult Protective Services
End of Life Decisions
Elder Law is the area of law, statutes, regulations and decisions, which impact on the lives of older Americans and their families. Elder law spans and encompasses elder care planning issues, such as access to the appropriate type of medical and personal care, coordinating private and public resources to finance the cost of care, income assistance benefits, taxation, conservatorship, general estate planning, estate and trust administration issues (e.g., wills, trusts, and probate), counseling and planning for incapacity with medical directives, advanced directives and other alternative decision-making documents, as well as for possible long-term care planning issues, including home health care, nursing home care, hospice and respite care.
Cape Cod Attorneys Focusing on Elder Law and Senior Issues
The Attorneys and Law Offices mentioned below are listed on the
MassNAELA Website – the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of
Elder Law Attorneys (Mass NAELA)
see list below
Brian Barreira, CELA 18 Samoset Street Plymouth MA 02360 (508) 747-8282 Russell P. Canevazzi
Charles C. Case, Jr.
Law Offices of Kathleen Fowler
Law Office of
Peter Conathan
Arthur Crooks, Jr.
Mary Gaffney
Boyd & Boyd, P.C. |
Haddleton & Associates, P.C 251 South Street, P.O. Box 1298 Hyannis, MA 02601 Phone: 508-815-3856 Fax: 508-790-3760 Secondary Office: 47 George Ryder Road Chatham, MA 02633 Phone: 508-815-3923 Karen Weston Hanesian, Esq
Jennifer N. Lucas
Laura McDowell-May, PC
Patricia Mello
Mary Mone
Peter Muncey, Jr.
Kristin Muratore
Surprenant & Beneski, P.C. |
Deborah A. Rudolf, Esq.
PO Box 1115
Mark T. Russell, PC
Lawrence Spaulding, Jr.
McNamara & Yates
Lahti, Lahti & O’Neill, LLC
Bourget Law Group, LLC Falmouth Centerville |