Posts in 'Elder Law/Senior Citizens'

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced more than $3.42 million in funding to respond to elder abuse and victims of financial crimes throughout the United States. The awards will better protect older Americans by improving identification of elder abuse and strengthening the response to victims

The Elder Justice Resource Center of the First Judicial District (Philadelphia Courts) will begin working with Temple University Beasley School of Law on February 1, 2017 to offer free legal assistance to unrepresented seniors, age 60 and above, via the school's Elderly Law In-House Clinical Program

Pennsylvania Department of Aging Secretary Teresa Osborne has announced that the department has received a federal grant to enhance and strengthen Pennsylvania's senior legal service delivery systems. The grant will enable the department to further protect the rights, health, and safety of older

The National Consumer Law Center will be holding free webinars on the topic of Elder Abuse on June 29, 2016 and June 30, 2016. Both webinars will take place from 2:00 pm-3:30 pm Eastern. On June 29 the specific topic of discussion will be Capacity and Vulnerability to Elder Abuse, while the topic of

The National Consumer Law Center will be holding a free webinar entitled Recognizing and Remedying Elder Financial Abuse in Medicaid Denials on February 16, 2016 from 2:00 pm-3:30 pm Eastern. This webinar will focus on the intersection of elder financial abuse and public benefits cases, including

Registration is open for the 2015 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Conference which will take place October 1-2, 2015 at the Hilton Harrisburg Hotel. A preliminary Conference Sessions-at-a-Glance is now available on the PLAN website listing some of the many workshops that will be offered at the

Associate Attorney General Tony West, Assistant Attorney General Stuart F. Delery for the Civil Division and members of the Department’s Elder Justice Initiative met with stakeholders in the field of elder abuse and financial exploitation on September 8, 2014 to launch the Elder Justice website in

The National Consumer Law Center will be holding a free webinar entitled Pass It On: Older Adults, Fraud, and the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Eastern. This webinar will discuss the FTC’s new consumer education campaign for active older people – Pass It

The Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime, in collaboration with the Access to Justice Initiative and the Elder Justice Initiative, has released the first three modules of a free self-paced Online Elder Abuse Training for legal service providers. This interactive Web-based training