Florida Elder Justice Conference
Presentations and Handouts
Day 1
Plenary: The Older Americans Act, Model Approaches, ADRCs/Legal Aid Working Together
Session 1: Home Ownership for Low-Income Seniors
Session 2: Representing Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities
Session 3: Ethics: Avoiding Ethical “Alligators” in Elder Law
Day 2
Session 4: Protecting Vulnerable Elderly Consumers
Session 5: Medicaid Managed Care: Helping Elderly Clients Obtain Medically Necessary Services
Session 6: Medicare Issues Impacting Low-Income Seniors
Session 7: Tenants’ Rights and Affordable Housing Issues Facing Seniors
Plenary Panel: A “rapid fire” review of key current elder law issues and innovative projects
Session 8: State Legislation Impacting Florida’s Seniors
Session 9: Using Technology to Identify the Legal Risks of Vulnerable Adults
Session 10: Maximizing Advocacy Impact Through Public-Private Partnerships
Session 11: Florida’s Financial Exploitation Injunction
Plenary: The Older Americans Act, Model Approaches, ADRCs/Legal Aid Working Together
Session 1: Home Ownership for Low-Income Seniors
- Guide to Home Ownership Issues for Low-Income Seniors Part I (PDF)| Part II (PDF)
Session 2: Representing Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities
- State Operations Manual Appendix (PDF)
- Nursing Home Resident Right Advocacy (PPT)
- Nursing Home Residents Rights Under Federal Law National Academy of Elder Law Attorney's Advanced Elder Law Review Course (Doc)
- Representing Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities (PPT)
- 25 Common Nursing Home Problems & How to Resolve Them (PDF)
- NEALA Journal -- Advocating for Nursing Facility Residents (PDF)
Session 3: Ethics: Avoiding Ethical “Alligators” in Elder Law
Day 2
Session 4: Protecting Vulnerable Elderly Consumers
Session 5: Medicaid Managed Care: Helping Elderly Clients Obtain Medically Necessary Services
- Medicaid Managed Care: Helping Elderly Clients Obtain Medically Necessary Services (PPT)
- Florida Medicaid Long-Term Care Waiver: Contract and Rule Provisions on Caregivers/Natural Supports (PDF)
- A Snapshot of the FL Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Program (PDF)
- Advocate's Guide to the Long-Term Care Medicaid Waiver (link)
- FL Medicaid Managed Care Abbreviations (PDF)
- The Advocate's Guide to the Florida Medicaid Program (link)
Session 6: Medicare Issues Impacting Low-Income Seniors
- Medicare For Florida's Low-Income Seniors: Hot Topics and Opportunities (PDF)
- Issue Brief: Older Immigrants and Medicare (PDF)
Session 7: Tenants’ Rights and Affordable Housing Issues Facing Seniors
Plenary Panel: A “rapid fire” review of key current elder law issues and innovative projects
- Building Bridges: Legal Services & Consumer Protection Attorneys Working Together (PPT)
- FL Minimum Services Covered by Dental Plans Handout (PDF)
- Updates on Dental Coverage for Low-Income Florida Seniors (PPT)
- Current and Emerging Issues in Guardianship (PPT)
- Qualified Income Trust Information Sheet (PDF)
- Senate Bill 192 Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Handouts on Retroactive Medicaid (PDF)
- Social Services Navigator Program Flyer (PDF)
Session 8: State Legislation Impacting Florida’s Seniors
Session 9: Using Technology to Identify the Legal Risks of Vulnerable Adults
Session 10: Maximizing Advocacy Impact Through Public-Private Partnerships
Session 11: Florida’s Financial Exploitation Injunction
