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1.Estate planning and administration, including tax questions;
2.Medicaid, disability and other long-term care issues; and
3.Guardianship, conservatorship and commitment matters, including fiduciary administration.
1. Health and Personal Care Planning (including advance medical directives and living wills);
2. Pre-Mortem Legal Planning (wills and trusts);
3. Fiduciary Representation (including guardianship, trustees and personal representatives);
4. Legal Capacity Counseling (advising how capacity is determined and the level of capacity required for various legal activities);
5. Individual Representation (of those who care or who may be the subject of guardianship or conservatorship procedures);
8. Resident Rights Advocacy (including advising patients of their rights and remedies in matters such as admissions, transfer, discharge policies and quality of care);
10. Employment and Retirement Advice (pension, retiree health benefits and unemployment benefits);
12. Counseling about Tort Claims against Nursing Homes;
13. Age and/or Disability Discrimination Counseling (including employment and housing and Americans with Disabilities Act); and
14. Litigation and Administrative Advocacy (including will contest, contested capacity issues and elder abuse).
15. Debt relief, financial and credit counselling for elders.