Advising Older Clients & Their Families - 2 Volume Set (forms included)

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Published by: State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE
Volume I: 428+ pp.; 7th ed. 2025-2026 Volume II: 754+ pp.; 6th ed.; 2024-2025 includes forms
Advising Older Clients & Their Families - 2 Volume Set (forms included)

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Since the laws pertaining to issues that specifically affect older people are complex and dynamic, you need Advising Older Clients and Their Families by your side. Written and reviewed by more than 20 of Wisconsin’s premier elder law attorneys, this is the foremost guide to elder law, specifically developed for Wisconsin practitioners.

I Elder Law Practice and Resources

1 Overview of Elder Law Practice

2 Special Ethical Considerations

3 Wisconsin’s Elder Support Network

II Employment, Housing, and Family

4 Employment

5 Housing

6 Grandparents’ Rights

III Retirement, Social Security, and SSI

7 Private Retirement Financing

8 Social Security Disability and Retirement

9 Social Security Income (SSI)

Volume II

10 Medicare

11 Medicaid

12 Veterans’ Benefits

13 Other Health‐Care Financing Options

14 Selected Estate Planning Issues for Older Clients

15 Planning for Health‐Care Decision‐Making

16 Guardianship and Protective Placement

17 Community‐Based Long‐Term Care Programs

18 Long‐Term Care Facilities: Regulation

19 Overview of Negligence Claims for Older Clients

Index to Volumes I and II

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