The National Elder Rights Training Project of the National Consumer Law Center is offering a webinar entitled Nuts and Bolts on Guardianship as Last Resort: The Basics on When to File and How to Maximize Autonomy, on May 12, 2010 from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern.

Guardianship is a last resort for at-risk adults with questionable capacity. This session presents the basics on identifying less restrictive alternatives, pros and cons of limited orders, promoting participation in decision-making and more.

The presenter, Erica F. Wood is Assistant Director of the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging. She has been associated with the Commission since 1980, where she has worked primarily on issues concerning adult guardianship, legal services delivery, dispute resolution, health care and managed care, long-term care and access to court. She has participated in national studies on public guardianship and guardianship monitoring.

Prior to 1980, she served as staff attorney at Legal Research and Services for the Elderly at the National Council of Senior Citizens. Ms. Wood is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Bar Association. She was appointed by the Governor as a member of the Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Advisory Board. She is the Chair of the Arlington County Commission on Long-Term Care Residences; and served for over 20 years as legislative chair of the Northern Virginia Aging Network. Ms. Wood received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from the George Washington University.

Sponsorship for this Webinar is provided by the National Consumer Law Center and a grant from the Administration on Aging. This webinar is in a series of National Elder Rights Training Project webinars for the National Legal Resource Center.

There is no charge for this webinar.
 

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