Elder Law

Each day, you spend hours sweating on a Peloton, or farting into a yoga mat. You’ve replaced meals with a blended protein mush. And you choke down forty or so vitamins and various other supplements every morning. All this in an effort to ensure that you get to celebrate your 150th birthday someday.

Bad news for you...the result of all that sacrifice will likely be a nursing home that quietly siphons off most of your life savings while your heirs surreptitiously try to change your will.

Your only hope when those problems come up: elder law.

Elder law is a branch of legal practice dedicated to the rights of elderly citizens. It prevents things like elder abuse at the hands of nursing homes and scheming relatives. It also deals with more mundane tasks, like making wills and helping with estates.

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