Upcoming Event: Senior Citizens Law Day 2009
Albany Law School's Annual Senior Citizens' Law Day is set for Saturday, October 3, 2009, on the Albany Law School campus. The popular event provides access to reliable information about the many legal, financial and healthcare issues confronting older adults and their families.
Workshops include topics such as: wills, health care proxies, Medicaid, Medicare, coping with disease, surviving a money crunch, and connecting caregivers to community resources. A free publication containing the latest information on many of the topics will be provided.
The program will begin with The Nancy M. Sills ‘76 Memorial Lecture and will feature once again a Pro Bono Senior Clinic offered through a partnership of the GLC and the NYS Bar Association Elder Law Section.
The Fifteenth Annual Senior Citizens' Law Day which will be held here at Albany Law School on Saturday, October 3rd, from 9:00a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Legal Assistance/Information
The New York Health Care Proxy Law allows you to appoint someone you trust - for example, a family member or close friend - to make health care decisions for you if you lose the ability to make decisions yourself. By appointing a health care agent, you can make sure that health care providers follow your wishes.
Your agent can also decide how your wishes apply as your medical condition changes. Hospitals, doctors and other health care providers must follow your agent's decisions as if they were your own. You may give the person you select as your health care agent as little or as much authority as you want. You may allow your agent to make all health care decisions or only certain ones. You may also give your agent instructions that he or she has to follow. This form can also be used to document your wishes or instructions with regard to organ and/or tissue donation.
For more information, and to download a copy of the Health Care Proxy in English, Spanish, Russian, or Chinese, visit the New York State Department of Health Web Site
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