Cape Cod Elder Law Attorneys

ELDER LAW and LEGAL RESOURCES

MASSACHUSETTS – Elders and the Courts

Cape & Islands Attorneys & Law Offices

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.

 

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

Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly  

National Consumer Law Center
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys   
The National Senior Citizens Law Center   
Information concerning Elder law

Mass Resources
Provides useful information about a wide range of assistance programs for people in need living in Massachusetts

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 & Islands Attorneys & Law Offices

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 58 Sandwich St. Plymouth MA 02360 (508) 746-3161 Charles C. Case, Jr. 1645 Falmouth Rd., Suite 1- E Centerville MA 02632 (508) 790-3050   Law Offices of Kathleen Fowler 586 Main Street, Rte 6A (Main office) PO Box 2018 Dennis, MA 02638 Phone: 508-385-6263 Fax: 508-385-6254   Law Office of James P. Dillon, Jr 258 Main Street, Unit C3 Buzzards Bay, MA Phone: 508-743-0259   Peter Conathan 93 Route 6A Sandwich MA 02563 (508) 888- 4922   Arthur Crooks, Jr. Law Office of Arthur B. Crooks, Jr. 8 Old Jail Lane West Dennis, MA 02670 (508) 398-3037   Mary Gaffney Law Office of Benjamin J. Losordo 78 Route 6A, P.O. Box 1637 Sandwich MA 02563 (508) 888-6067   Gwynne Guzzeau Gwynne Wiatrowski Guzzeau, LLC 56 Main Street PO Box 1003 Orleans MA 02653 508-255-1411   Boyd & Boyd, P.C. F. Keats Boyd, III 1185 Falmouth Road, Ste 101 Centerville, MA  02632 (508)775-7800

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 Law Office of Karen Weston Hanesian, P.C. 889 West Main Street P.O. Box 2218 Hyannis, MA 02601   Jennifer N. Lucas Rubin, Rudman, Chamberlain & Marsh 99 Willow St Yarmouth Port, MA 02675-1761 Telephone: (508) 362-6262 Fax: (508) 362-6060   Laura McDowell-May, PC 567A Main St. Dennis MA 02638 (508)385-9009   Patricia Mello Law Office of Patricia J. Mello 766 Falmouth Rd., Madaket Pl., Unit A-9 Mashpee MA 02649 (508) 477-0267   Mary Mone PO Box 411 East Falmouth MA 02536 (508) 540-1644   Peter Muncey, Jr. Delaney & Muncey, PC 38 Resnick Rd., Ste. 300 Plymouth MA 02360 (508) 746-2200   Kristin Muratore Triffletti & Costa PC 124 Long Pond Road, Ste. 20 Plymouth MA 02360 (508) 747-1464   Surprenant & Beneski, P.C. 336 South Street Hyannis , MA 02601 Phone: (508) 477-1102

Glenn Rowley, CELA 26 George Ryder Road South P.O. Box 1489 West Chatham,  MA  02669 Phone: (508) 945-1000 Fax: (508) 945-1011   Deborah A. Rudolf, Esq. PO Box 1115 114 State Road Sagamore Beach  MA  02562 (508) 888-1108   Mark T. Russell, PC 72 Main Street, Ste. 5 West Harwich MA 02671 508-430-8400   Lawrence Spaulding, Jr. Brooks Thayer, CELA La Tanzi, Spaulding & Landreth, P.C. P.O. Box 2300 8 Cardinal Lane Orleans, MA 02653 Phone: (508) 255-2133 Fax: (508) 255-3786 William Yates Law Office of William M. Yates P.O. Box 1196 Sandwich 02563 (508) 888-8600   Lahti, Lahti & O’Neill, LLC 72 Route 28, Suite 5 West Harwich, MA 02671 Phone: 508-430-8677   Fletcher Tilton PC Cape Cod – Hyannis Office Elise Kopley – NAELA member 171 Main Street Hyannis, MA 02601 508-815-2500 508-791-1201 (fax)   Bourget Law Group, LLC Cynthia M. Bourget Joan M. LeGraw Catherine McDowell   Falmouth 668 Main Street Falmouth, MA, 02540 (508) 548-1875   Centerville 1185 Falmouth Road Centerville, MA 02632 (508) 790-1876