WHAT IS AN ELDER CARE LAWYER

An elder care lawyer deals with issues that affect the growing population of aging seniors. The three main categories that elder care attorneys deal with are, estate planning and administration, including tax information; Medicaid, disability and other such long term care issues, and guardianship. Some elder care lawyers even cover some aspects of criminal law such as elder abuse, financial abuse, fraud and other consumer issues, nursing home neglect and nursing home impoverishment. If an elder in your family is in need of legal advice or representation, please contact an elder care attorney.

FACTS ABOUT ELDER CARE LAW

An elder care lawyer handles all of the legal aspects of laws pertaining to seniors. The census bureau says 26 states are said to double their senior population within the next 25 years. Therefore, elder care lawyers will handle more cases involving elder care law. Though it might seem costly to hire an elder care attorney, it is probably wise to let them handle the legal work.

FACTS ABOUT ARIZONA
  • Arizona population, 2005 estimate 5,939,292
  • Arizona population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 15.8%
  • Arizona population, 2000 5,130,632
  • Arizona population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 40.0%
  • Persons under 5 years old in Arizona, percent, 2004 7.8%
  • Persons under 18 years old in Arizona, percent, 2004 26.9%
  • persons 65 years old and over in Arizona, percent, 2004 12.7%
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