Senior Citizens

Guardianship Handbook

What do you do if your grandfather, who lives alone and can no longer cook for himself, won't leave his home for a nursing home or assisted living facility?

What do you do if your aunt can no longer manage her finances but seems capable of caring for herself in her small apartment?

These questions and others are answered in the new edition of the Guardianship Handbook . .

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NURSING HOME CARE

Prepared by: Long Term Care Assistance Project,
Maryland Legal Aid
Updated January 2011

Medical Assistance is a government-funded program that pays for long-term health care when personal funds have been exhausted. This leaflet answers the following questions you may have about eligibility requirements and the application process:

What is Medical Assistance?

BenefitsCheckUp - What benefits are you entitled to?

Posted on: 03/23/2011

URL: https://www.benefitscheckup.org/

Find Benefits Programs... Get all the benefits you deserve. Find and enroll in federal, state, local and private programs that help pay for prescription drugs, utility bills, meals, health care and other needs.

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Maryland Community Services Locator

Posted on: 11/29/2010

URL: http://www.mdcsl.org/advantagecallback.asp?template=map_search

CESAR at the University of Maryland, College Park invites you to find approximately 9,000 health, social service and criminal justice resource programs in Maryland using this tool.

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Maryland Senior Legal Helpline

Posted on: 07/30/2010

Call the Maryland Senior Legal Helpline at: (410) 951-7750 or 1-800-896-4213 ext.

Elder Law Maryland Legislative Summary 2010

Posted on: 05/21/2010

Now that the Governor has completed his bill signings, I’ve updated my legislative summaries for both elder law and health care laws this session. For ease in reviewing, I separated out the elder law legislation (including guardianship, power of attorneys, and Department of Aging issues) and health care legislation (including all Medicaid, DDA, home and community based services, etc) and shortened them by removing the sponsors and committees. I added some laws that were not included in my previous summaries, including the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jur

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Elder Law legislation, rules, and regulations

Administration on Aging, HHS

Posted on: 04/13/2010

URL: http://www.aoa.gov/

Vision
In order to serve a growing senior population, AoA envisions ensuring the continuation of a vibrant aging services network at State, Territory, local and Tribal levels through funding of lower-cost, non-medical services and supports that provide the means by which many more seniors can maintain their independence.

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National Legal Resource Center

Posted on: 04/13/2010

URL: http://www.nlrc.aoa.gov/NLRC/index.aspx

The overall purpose of the National Legal Resource Center (NLRC) is to provide the aging and legal networks with easy access to a coordinated national legal assistance support system in order to strengthen legal assistance/elder rights efforts across the country.

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