ELDER RIGHTS WEBINARS
Helping Communities of Color Access Opportunity: An overview of the Lifeline program and current threats to its scope and purpose
February 7, 2018 Communities of color often face challenges connecting to and maintaining affordable broadband and voice service. The federal Lifeline program has been around since the mid-1980s. While it started as a low-income program to help households afford [...]
Nursing Home Debt: What to Watch Out for and Strategies for Defending Collection Lawsuits
September 12, 2017 This training focused on the growing area of debt collection resulting from stays in nursing home facilities. The training reviewed potential bases for liability for a nursing home resident or their families, preemptive strategies to avoid [...]
A Changing Lifeline: 21st Century Update for an Important Low-income Phone Assistance Program
August 8, 2016 Presenters: Cheryl A. Leanza (A Learned Hand Consulting), Andy Lomeli (National Hispanic Media Coalition), Olivia Wein (National Consumer Law Center) The low-income Lifeline telephone assistance program has been increasing the affordability of telephone service since the Reagan and Bush administrations. Starting [...]
Student Loan Debt Collection and Seniors
July 27, 2016 Presenters: Kate Lang, Justice in Aging, Michael Walters, Center for Elder Rights Advocacy and Pro Seniors, Inc. and Persis Yu, National Consumer Law Center The Treasury Offset program provides for collection of Federal debts through offset of Social Security [...]
Legal Responses to Elder Abuse: The Role of APS, Legal Aid, and Protection and Advocacy
June 30, 2016 Presenters: Betsey Crimmins, Senior Attorney, Elder, Health, and Disability Unit, Greater Boston Legal Services A.J. Ruben (center), Supervising Attorney, Disability Rights Vermont Andrew Capehart, Assistant Director, National Adult Protective Services Association It has been said that we [...]
Capacity and Vulnerability to Elder Abuse
Presenters: Daniel Marson, J.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Erica Wood (center), Asstistant Director, American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging Lori Stiegel, J.D., Senior Attorney, ABA Commission on Law & Aging [...]
Financial Frauds and Scams Against Elders: Government Responses and Resources
Presenters: Naomi Karp (Office of Older Americans, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) David Kirkman (Consumer Protection Division, North Carolina Department of Justice) Financial exploitation of older adults is the most common form of elder abuse and costs older adults billions of dollars [...]
Recognizing and Remedying Elder Financial Abuse in Medicaid Denials
Speakers: Jennifer Goldberg (Directing Attorney, Justice in Aging), Amy Kurlansky (Attorney at Law, Pro Seniors, Inc.) Additional sponsorship for this Webinar is provided by a grant from the Administration on Aging/Administration for Community Living. This webinar is part of [...]
Legal Remedies to Financial Exploitation of Property: Let’s Get Grandpa’s House Back!
This webinar focused on fraudulent real property transactions commonly perpetrated by family members and trusted fiduciaries. We will provide an overview of elder financial exploitation related to property, talk about prevention measures, and explain strategies and tactics successfully used [...]
Protecting Your Bank Account from Unauthorized and Recurring Payments
The constant news about data breaches and scams targeting seniors has left people worried about their rights if an unauthorized charge is taken out of their account. Consumers also face problems when a gym, unwanted membership club or payday [...]
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