Elder Law with Doris Gelbman

August 19   Aging Gracefully: Part 3 – Assisted Living and Nursing Home  What’s the Difference?

Some people believe that they can check into Assisted Living or a Nursing Home like they might go into a hotel. Shop around, look at all the options, explore pricing…. That’s typically not what happens. More often a medical crisis results in hospitalization and from the hospital, folks are discharged to a facility to help with “rehab.” Following rehab, decisions have to be made about keeping the recovering, perhaps now frailer, patients, safe and working to improve (or maintain) their health. Can they go home? Perhaps. Maybe not. So then what? Learn about the differences between Assisted Living and Memory Care. “Health & Rehabilitation” facilities and Nursing Facilities. What are differences? What does it cost? Who pays?

September 16 -Paying For Long-Term Care 
The likelihood of needing some form of long-term care as we grow older is very good. Long Term Care includes assistance in your home, Independent Living, Assisted Living, Nursing Home care and End of Life care.  This session explores each setting and more importantly what each costs and various ways of offsetting that cost as you need more assistance

October 21 - End of Life Planning
There’s much to discuss and it is never too soon to start. Afterall, life is terminal from the moment we are born.  In this session we are going to explore Advanced Medical Directives, Do Not Resuscitate Orders (DNR), POLST (Physicians Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment). What they are and what the differences are. We’ll look at when they are needed and where one can get them when that need arises. We are also going to talk about some other things:  Hospice –what hospice provides (and what it does not). We’ll look at when can you get it (sooner than you think!). We’ll explore where hospice care can be given. Significantly, we will explore who pays for it. And finally, we’ll spend some time talking about funeral planning. Don’t be scared! Its going to be fun.  

WILL NOT MEET IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER