Vol. 33, Issue 3 (January - February 2012)

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Inside the Commission

Elder Law Day Planning, Guardianship Resources

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Dedicated Senior Helpline Reaches More Seniors and Identifies Trends in Legal Needs

A key objective of the Massachusetts Senior Legal Assistance Project, funded through an Administration on Aging (AOA) Model Approaches grant, is to increase access to legal services throughout the state for low-income older adults by doing more with less. Sound familiar? Yet by leveraging expertise and tweaking processes through a collaborative approach, this initiative is succeeding.

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Book Review: ABA Checklist for Family Heirs

Erica Wood

The ABA Checklist for Family Heirs is a way to organize all of the information and documents that will be helpful to heirs or indeed anyone you care about. It is essentially a book of lists, conceived as a gift from you to your heirs.

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Another Look at the Numbers: Legal Services And Older Americans Act Reauthorization

David Godfrey

Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act is a key time to examine the structure of its programs and maximize efficiency of service delivery. Legal service delivery needs to be included in this examination.

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There’s No Place Like Home: The Vera Institute of Justice Guardianship Project

Our population is rapidly aging. Between 2010 and 2025 the number of Americans over 65-years-old is expected to increase by 60 percent, reaching 64.3 million.1 In New York state alone, the elderly population is expected to grow by 43 percent between 2010 and 2030.2 As people age or suffer the debilitating effects of illness, injury, or a disabling condition, some become unable to manage their own affairs.

Elder

Dedicated Senior Helpline Reaches More Seniors and Identifies Trends in Legal Needs

A key objective of the Massachusetts Senior Legal Assistance Project, funded through an Administration on Aging (AOA) Model Approaches grant, is to increase access to legal services throughout the state for low-income older adults by doing more with less. Sound familiar? Yet by leveraging expertise and tweaking processes through a collaborative approach, this initiative is succeeding.