Elder Law Basics

MCLE Credits: 6.0
Ethics Credits Included: 1.0

Video on Site: Wednesday, April 22 / Charlottesville, Norfolk, Richmond
  Thursday, April 23 / Abingdon, Alexandria, Roanoke, Warrenton
  Thursday, April 30 / Richmond
Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Program: 9:00 a.m. - 4:10 p.m.
MCLE Credit: 6.0 (Ethics: 1.0)
Live-Interactive Credit: 0.0
GAL for Incapacitated
Persons CE Credit:		 6.0 (GAL Information)
Live on Site: March 12 in Richmond (Glen Allen)
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Why Attend?

Expand or refresh your knowledge of this fast-growing field of advising the elderly.

Learn about:

  • Advising elderly and special needs clients
  • Planning for financial security
  • Medicaid and other government benefits
  • Planning for incapacity and special needs
  • Long-term care issues and housing options
  • Ethical issues in elder law

Cosponsored with the Virginia Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (VAELA)

Elder law practice might entail more than you think: The attorney plays a leading role in the resolution of a myriad of interwoven problems that elderly clients face, only one or a few of which may be legal problems. As your clients get older, you can expect to encounter legal issues in any number of different practice areas, including Medicaid eligibility planning, estate planning, conservatorships/guardianships, removal of fiduciaries, nursing home litigation, drafting or correction of deeds, premarital agreements, taxation, insurance policy matters, etc. In dealing with these legal issues, an elder law practitioner also needs to understand, among other things, the aging process, family dynamics, and the resources that are available to the elderly.

This program is geared to practitioners who want to expand or refresh their knowledge of the fast-growing field of advising the elderly.

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Schedule

COURSE SCHEDULE

8:30 Registration
9:00 Introduction

Elder law has been described as providing legal services to a special range of clients, on a special range of legal issues, using a special range of resources and collaborators.  Examine the ranges of clients, issues, and resources that an elder law practice entails:

  • Unique aspects of elder law practice
  • Resources for elder law practitioners
9:30 Proactive Planning for Financial Security
  • The planning responsibility of the elder law attorney
    • Client profiles
    • Wealth accumulation strategies
    • Asset preservation options
  • Other financial resources available to clients
    • Government benefits
10:15 Break
10:25 Planning for Incapacity — How Much Is Enough?
  • Durable powers of attorney for financial matters
  • Advance medical directives/health care powers of attorney
  • Guardianship and conservatorship
  • Civil commitment
  • Dispute resolution
11:25 Break
11:30 Ethics

The impaired client poses numerous challenges, many of which raise ethical questions.  An overview of the pertinent Rules of Professional Responsibility will be followed by case studies used to promote a better understanding of the steps needed to protect both the client and the lawyer. Of particular importance in elder law are the issues of:

  • Handling clients with diminished capacity
  • Representing married couples and family members
12:30 Lunch Recess
1:15 Elder Housing

We are a nation committed to “aging in place.”  But what happens when your client wants to downsize or needs both housing and care?  Here is a basic overview of elder housing options with an emphasis on the elderly maintaining maximum autonomy:

  • Retirement communities/continuing care contracts (including tax aspects)
  • Nursing homes and assisted living
  • In-home care
2:15 Break
2:25 Paying for Long-Term Care  
  • Paying for nursing home or at-home care
    • Long-term care insurance
    • Public benefits for nursing home payments
      • Medicare benefits
      • Medicaid benefits
  • Public benefits for assisted-living facility payments
    • Virginia State Supplement (the Auxiliary Grant)
  • Intro to Medicaid
3:35 Introduction to Special Needs Trusts

Special Needs Trusts permit beneficiaries to maintain eligibility for needs-based government benefits, such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and permit beneficiaries to use the trust funds for goods and services not paid for by these programs.  Beneficiaries may be children or adults with disabilities or, in certain circumstances, elderly persons.
3:50 Question-and-Answer Period
4:10 Adjourn

Faculty

FACULTY

Timothy K. Palmer, Timothy K. Palmer, PC / Suffolk

As an attorney and a Certified Public Accountant, Tim Palmer has the academic background to address the most complicated legal and tax issues affecting the elderly.

Carolyn A. White, ThompsonMcMullan, PC / Midlothian

Carolyn White is a director in the Elder Law section at ThompsonMcMullan, PC; prior to merging the firms, she was a partner at White & McCarthy, LLP, from 2001 to 2018. Since she began practice in 1993, her practice has focused on estate planning, probate, trust administration, long-term care planning, and elder law.

Locations, Dates and Fees

VIDEO REGISTRATION FEES (Lunch not included.) (All registrants will receive access to a complete set of downloadable e-book seminar materials.)

$249 regular registration.
$269 on-site registration (if space is available).


VIDEO LOCATIONS AND DATES

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22

Charlottesville: The Virginia CLE® Building, 105 Whitewood Road (800) 979-8253 (Venue Website / Google Map)
Norfolk: SpringHill Suites Norfolk—Virginia Beach, 6350 Newtown Road (757) 333-3100 (Venue Website / Google Map)
Richmond: Virginia Tech Richmond Center, 2810 N. Parham Road, Suite 300, 3rd Floor (Parking available only in spots not marked “Visitor Parking”) (804) 662-7464 (Venue Website / Google Map)

THURSDAY, APRIL 23

Abingdon: Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, on the campus of Virginia Highlands Community College (I-81 exit 14), 1 Partnership Circle  (276) 619-4300 (Venue Website / Google Map)
Alexandria: Courtyard Marriott Alexandria Old Town / Southwest 2700 Eisenhower Avenue (703) 329-2323 (Venue Website / Google Map)
Roanoke: Roanoke Higher Education Center, 108 North Jefferson Street (Validated parking is available in the Gainsboro Garage only, which is on Center Avenue and adjacent to the RHEC.  Please bring the parking ticket that you receive at the gate to the Virginia CLE staff member for validation.) (540) 767-6161 (Venue Website / Google Map)
Warrenton: Holiday Inn Express Warrenton, 410 Holiday Court (540) 341-3461 (Venue Website / Google Map)

THURSDAY, APRIL 30

Richmond: Virginia Bar Association, 1111 E. Main St., Suite 905 (Parking NOT validated) (804) 644-0041 (Venue Website / Google Map)

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