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Top 10 Elder Care Articles
When they were your age, your grandmother and grandfather walked fifteen miles—in the snow— every day to get to school, uphill both ways. For all of that trouble, they deserve effective care and assistance. From a legal standpoint, "elder care" is a broad term, encompassing long-term housing for the elderly, medical benefits and subsidies, and elder abuse. Here are the Top 10 Elder Care Articles in the LegalMatch Law Library:
1. Elder Care
This article discusses the difficult decisions that families make regarding elder care. More specifically, it discusses care in long-term housing for the elderly, Medicare and Medicaid, and elder abuse and neglect.
2. Financial Exploitation of the Elderly
Financial exploitation of the elderly occurs when a relative or caregiver of an elderly person steals, withholds, or otherwise misuses that elderly person’s money, property, or valuables for personal advantage or profit.
3. Elder Neglect Laws
This article explains what elder neglect is, provides examples of elder neglect, and discusses who may be liable for elder neglect.
4. Health Care and Insurance
article discusses types of health care and insurance, including health insurance plans, Medicare, and Medicaid. It also discusses nursing homes.
5. Long-Term Care
Long-term care may be a good option for an elderly person who can no longer take care of himself or herself for medical reasons.
6. Elderly Statutory Protections
There are many laws that protect the elderly, including laws preventing unfair nursing home practices, abuse, discrimination against nursing home residents, and exploitation of the elderly.
7. Elder Abuse Laws
Elder abuse laws prevent the abuse of elders, either by professional caregivers or private citizens.
8. Reporting Elder Abuse
In most states, witnesses of elder abuse are required to report such abuse. Failing to report is typically a misdemeanor crime.
9. Duty to Obey Advance Health Care Directives
This article discusses advance health care directives, which are documents with instructions on how you are to be treated medically if you become incapacitated.
10. Elder Abuse Lawyers
This article defines elder abuse, lists the types of elder abuse, and discusses the warning signs of elder abuse.