NAELA News Volume 27 Issue 3

Practice Success: Mediation-A Possible Option for the Dispute Involving Your Client

By  Shirley Berger Whitenack, Esq., CAP
Finding creative solutions through mediation could help avoid litigation.

Get to Know NAELA’s 28th President: Shirley Berger Whitenack, Esq., CAP

By  Ruth Ratzlaff, Esq.
Shirley Berger Whitenack, Esq., CAP, began her year as NAELA’s 28th President on June 1, 2015. Learn about Shirley’s contributions to NAELA and the Elder Law and Special Needs Planning field.

NAELA 2015 Conference

By  Wendy Shparago Cappelletto, Esq., CAP
This year’s conference agenda was all about emerging research, changes and trends in the law, best practices, and actively engaging with leading experts in various fields and disciplines.

Ethical Obligations When Representing a Person Alleged to Be Incapacitated

By  Professor Roberta K. Flowers
Most lawyers who practice Elder Law do so because of a desire to help and protect elders from harm.

NAELA 2016 Summit: Engage, Learn, Advance

By  Professor Roberta Flowers and Michael Amoruso, Esq.
The 2016 Summit brings the practice of Elder Law and Special Needs Planning to life.

CAPsules: Drafting a Sole Benefit Trust for a SSI Beneficiary

By  Robert A. Mason, CELA, CAP
What if I told you that you might be able to transfer assets to a trust for the benefit of a SSI recipient, free of a transfer sanction, free of a payback requirement, and free of danger to the SSI recipient’s benefits?

Chapter Spotlight: Find Your Purpose and Pursue It: A Look at Advocacy Within Florida

By  Emma Hemness, Esq.
AFELA’s Joint Public Policy Task Force for the Elderly and Disabled, working in conjunction with the Florida Bar Elder Law Section, successfully advocates for seniors and people with disabilities in Florida.

How to Improve Medicare for Persons With Chronic Conditions

By  Jason Frank, CELA, CAP
NAELA urged the Senate Finance Committee to take a holistic approach that examines the functional decline of persons with chronic conditions over time and how that impacts not just Medicare, but also Medicaid, state budgets, and personal finances.

President's Message: Policy Initiatives Introduced at WHCoA

By  Shirley Berger Whitenack, Esq., CAP
July 2015 marked the 80th anniversary of Social Security and the 50th anniversary of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Older Americans Act. These anniversaries were celebrated at the White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA)

Older Americans’ Medical Debt Collection Problem

By  Amy Acheson, Esq.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.

Executive Director's Message: Summer Fun

By  Peter G. Wacht, CAE
Summer is supposed to be the quiet time of the year with vacation taking precedence. But in my experience, that’s a fallacy. So what’s happening at NAELA before Labor Day?

Advising a Personal Representative

By  Mark D. Munson, CELA
A client for whom you have recently prepared an estate plan comes back to see you to seek your advice because she has recently been appointed as personal representative of her great uncle's estate pursuant to his last will and testament.

Jul/Aug/Sep 2015

 
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