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April - June, 2002 |
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Law and aging seminars offer insight
Estate, disability and long-term care planning are just some of the events everyone needs to plan for as they get older. Starting at 12:30 p.m., April 24, two local attorneys will present the first in a four- part series on law and aging in the Hammons Heart Institute Auditorium. Lois Zerrer and Rebecca Pruitt opened their new law firm on Jan. 2 of this year. "A lot of my friends and I have aging parents who asked me how to handle this and that's so I was well aware there was a need" says Pruitt, a former vice president of mission and ethics with Mercy Health System in Oklahoma. Pruitt also served in the St. John's ethics department for two and a half years.
"Elder law" is an area of practice that is shaped more by the services a client needs rather than a set of rigid terms and definitions. "Most older people are quite vibrant and capable, but as they age, their generation becomes more and more vulnerable," says Pruitt.
According to the official Web site of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, LLC. (www.naela.com), Medicare claims and appeals, social security, disability planning, trust administration and management, mental health and health law, probate, preservation of assets to avoid spousal impoverishment when a spouse enters a nursing home and supplemental/long term insurance are just some of the areas an elder-law attorney covers.
Take Note:
St. John's Seniors offers Law & Aging seminars periodically throughout the year. Call 417-885-2449 for more information.
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