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 terms 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.

• North Carolina population, 2005 estimate 8,683,242
• North Carolina population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 7.9%
• North Carolina population, 2000 8,049,313
• North Carolina population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 21.4%
• Persons under 5 years old in North Carolina, percent, 2004 7.0%
• Persons under 18 years old in North Carolina, percent, 2004 24.8%
• persons 65 years old and over in North Carolina, percent, 2004 12.1%