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TEN THINGS YOU & YOUR ELDER CLIENT NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LONG TERM CARE LEGAL ISSUES

September 27, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.

Free to HCLL subscribers and HC court & county officials; $50 for non-subscribers

To register: Call 513.946.5300 or email masweeney@cms.hamilton-co.org

Course Schedule

Monday, September 27, 2010 at 1:00 p.m., 60 minutes of instruction

Approved for 1.0 Ohio CLE credit

Course Description

The speakers, Mary Ann Jacobs and James T. O’Reilly, both experts in elder law, will address legal issues that attorneys should consider when addressing elder clients’ needs related to nursing homes and other long term care. Among the topics to be addressed: financial considerations, categories of care, residency agreements, patients’ rights and responsibilities, credentialing and certification of medical staff, assault and other incidents, and litigation. Attendees will understand legal issues to consider in selecting care, the documentation that elders and their families will need to complete and have available, and the range of liability issues that can present themselves.

Course Outline

Mary Ann Jacobs, Partner at Ritter & Randolph, LLC, and a frequent speaker regarding Estate Planning, Elder Law, and Charitable Giving:

· Likely costs, insurance, private pay, reality check on asset exhaustion for Medicaid eligibility

· Exceptions and denials on LTC insurance - assisted living

· Categories of care

· What does "Independent" signify

· Questions to ask before you sign

· Hand-off of physician care to medical director of the facility

James T. O’Reilly, Volunteer Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law, and author of

Litigating the Nursing Home Case (ABA Press 2009) and How to Protect Elders from Harm (Oxford

University Press 2009):

· What tools are available for comparisons

· Where do we get reliable data

· Read state and CMS reports

· Documentation

· Incidents happen, when to be concerned

· Assault and related intentional tort cases

· Departing and litigating

· Mediation and arbitration

· Death, DNR and the hospital relationship

· Juries and the damages drought

· What gaps exist between claims and realities