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Virtual Zoom Summit | May 13-14, 2021 | Experts & practitioners from law and medicine working with and for people with substance use disorders will identify legal barriers to treatment and craft meaningful change for lawmakers, agencies, and law enforcement in an interactive panel format. Register by May 10, 2021.
The ABA Seniors Lawyers Division, in conjunction with the ABA Commission on Law and Aging, presents a podcast series exploring guardianship issues and how lawyers may guide clients facing the question of guardianship. Listen to the first episode, exploring where the Netflix movie "I Care a Lot" got guardianship all wrong.
May
12
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Resiliency National Institute 2021
CLE 60 min
Now is the time to explore the successes and the failures of policy approaches to natural and man-made disasters -- floods, fires, landslides, earthquakes, and pandemic diseases -- and base our futur…
May
13
Events | Webinar
Opioid Summit II: Addressing Legal Barriers to Addiction Care and Treatment
Despite years of policy work to address the opioid overdose epidemic, drug overdose rates and other related health harms are worse than ever. Discrimination against people with substance use disorder…
May
19
Events | Webinar
ADR for Transactional and New Attorneys [CC]
CLE 60 min
Discover what to do if you cannot avoid being in a formal dispute resolution process.
May
20
Events | Webinar
Using Supported Decision-Making to Avoid a Guardianship [CC]
CLE 90 min
This interactive course will provide guidance on what questions to ask when considering Supported Decision-Making (SDM) as a less restrictive alternative to guardianship.
May
25
Events | Webinar
Incapacity, Continuum of Care, and Practical Pitfalls: How Dementia Affects Practitioners Personally and Professionally as Our Profession Ages [CC]
CLE 90 min
Incapacity and dementia affects all practitioners (both personally and professionally) especially as our profession ages. Truly, it is not a matter of if a practitioner will be confronted with issues…
Jun
25
Events | Webinar
Terminating Guardianships: Supported Decision-Making and Restoring Rights [CC]
CLE 90 min
This interactive course will instruct attendees on how to use Supported Decision-Making to terminate guardianships.
Audio and Video | On-Demand CLE
Nursing Home Costs and Contracts: The Continuum of Care [CC]
Audio and Video | On-Demand CLE
Important Planning Documents You Should Consider as You Grow Older [CC]
Audio and Video | On-Demand CLE
Protecting Seniors in an Age of Scams [CC]
What to do with your money before and after you are gone; a timeless question for senior lawyers. We tackle this complex topic from all sides, to give you ideas, perspectives, and things to consider as you save, invest, spend, and enjoy!
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ABA/AARP Get the Most Out of Retirement: Checklist for Happiness, Health, Purpose and Financial Security
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ABA/AARP Checklist for My Family: A Guide to My History, Financial Plans, and Final Wishes
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ABA/AARP Juggling Life, Work, and Caregiving
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The ABA SLD Elder Abuse Prevention Committee is proud to offer the Inter-Disciplinary Elder Abuse Support (IDEAS) Team, a resource for attorneys working on complex elder abuse cases. If you would like to consult with other attorneys, National Adult Protective Services, or a Social Worker, fill out this form and submit it prior to the quarterly Senior Lawyer’s Division Elder Abuse Prevention Committee meeting call, where you may be invited to discuss the case. Please send completed forms to deirdre.lok@theweinbergcenter.org. Click "Learn More" below to see the schedule of upcoming meetings.
SLD Elder Abuse Prevention Committee
Studies show that the elderly are vulnerable to fraudulent schemes in most instances due to cognitive impairment and often times, it’s by a predator that they know (caregiver, close relative, etc.).
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