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Nassau Bar Hosts Free Seminar on Planning with Your Aging Parents

Nassau residents interested in helping aging parents plan for the future can learn more about up-to-date laws from top attorneys at “Planning with Your Aging Parents,” on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 7 p.m. Presented by the Nassau County Bar Association, the free seminar will be held at the Bar’s headquarters, 15th and West Streets, Mineola.

Whether giving advice and guidance, planning for parents’ health care, or your own, the seminar will address important issues including:

  • Power of Attorney
  • Guardianship
  • Health Care Proxy
  • Living Will
  • Wills & Trusts
  • Financing Long Term Care
  • Geriatric Care Management
  • Advocacy

Leading elder law, social services and health advocacy attorneys participating in the seminar include NCBA Elder Law Committee Co-Chairs Ellen Flowers and Michael Pfeifer, Vice Chairs Terry Scheiner and Josephine Loizzo, and Past Chairs Lawrence Berwitz and Mary Giordano. Registered Nurse Virginia Belling will address geriatric care management.

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The seminar is one of a series of free legal education programs presented each year through NCBA’s Community Relations and Public Education Committee, chaired by Gale Berg. For more information on public education and legal resources, go to www.nassaubar.org.

Reservations for the program are requested by calling the Nassau Bar Association at 516-747-4070, or emailing ckatz@nassaubar.org.

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Founded in 1899, the Nassau County Bar Association, with a membership of nearly 6,000 private and public attorneys, judges, legal educators and law students, is the largest suburban bar association in the country. NCBA demonstrates its commitment to the community by offering a variety of services for the public, including lawyer referral services, senior citizen and mortgage foreclosure clinics, judicial screening, public education programs and support for the Volunteer Lawyers Project, which provides much-needed free legal services for the indigent of Nassau County. For more information, call (516) 747-4070 (Language Line available), email info@nassaubar.org, or visit www.nassaubar.org.

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