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1. Disabilities Guidebook: Advance Directives, Powers of Attorney and Living Wills
   Explains how Illinois laws authorize advance directives, such as a Power of Attorney or a Living Will
   Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services; Updated by Tom Wendt, Center for Disability & Elder Law
   Updated: 03/21/2013
2. Disabilities Guidebook: Health Care Surrogates
   Explains how Illinois law allows family members, friends, or guardians to make medical treatment decisions for people who are unable to make such decisions
   Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services; Updated by Tom Wendt, Center for Disability & Elder Law
   Updated: 03/21/2013
3. Disabilities Guidebook: Advance Directives for Mental Health Treatment
   Explains Illinois law, which allows you to give advance instructions about your mental health treatment
   Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services; Updated by Tom Wendt, Center for Disability & Elder Law
   Updated: 03/21/2013
4. Senior Citizens Handbook - Your Rights as a Homeowner
   Information about homeowner's rights, including refinancing, predatory loans, reverse mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, tax sale, equitable indemnity, real estate tax deferral, and other tax advantages
   Author: Prairie State Legal Services
   Updated: 03/20/2013
5. Senior Citizens Handbook - Renters' Rights
   Information about leases, security deposits, housing conditions, evictions, subsidized housing, and the Circuit Breaker Program
   Author: Prairie State Legal Services
   Updated: 02/20/2013
6. Senior Citizens Handbook - Public Utilities and LIHEAP
   Information for senior citizens about public utilities, including a provider's or landlord's duty to provide service, shut-offs and reconnections and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
   Author: Prairie State Legal Services
   Updated: 11/30/2012
7. Senior Citizens Handbook - Community Care Program
   Includes what the Community Care Program is, eligibility, applying, appealing denials and terminations
   Author: Prairie State Legal Services
   Updated: 09/28/2012
8. Senior Citizens Handbook - Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefits
   Information about receiving prescription drug benefits under Medicare Part D
   Author: Prairie State Legal Services
   Updated: 09/28/2012
9. Senior Citizens Handbook - Financial Assistance: Emergency Help
   Describes the types of emergency financial help available to senior citizens, including emergency food stamps, and emergency needs for rent, utilities, clothes, medical care, and other basic essentials
   Author: Prairie State Legal Services
   Updated: 09/27/2012
10. Benefits for Illinois Veterans
    Includes guidelines for determining eligibility for benefits, benefits that are available to disabled veterans and their families, how to apply for benefits, how to appeal, and general help with problems surrounding benefits.
    Author: Illinois Attorney General
    Updated: 08/03/2012
11. Senior Citizens Handbook: The Pharmaceutical Assistance Program
    Information about Illinois Cares Rx, a pharmaceutical assistance program for senior and persons with disabilities
    Author: Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 07/12/2012
12. Advanced Guardian ad litem Issues in Adult Disabled Guardianship Cases
    This webcast discusses the different ways a guardian ad litem can be appointed and lays out strategies to deal with a variety of challenges the guardian may encounter.
    Presenter(s): Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation
    Updated: 07/03/2012
13. Civil Unions: Important Estate Planning Considerations
    Information for Illinois civil union partners to consider regarding estate planning, including: income taxes, inheritance laws, and healthcare decisions.
    Presenter(s): Center on Halsted Legal Program
    Updated: 06/21/2012
14. Disability Rights Consortium at Equip for Equality: Special Needs Trusts
    Information about special needs trusts for people with disabilities.
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality - Northeastern Illinois Office
    Updated: 06/18/2012
15. Social Security Disability and Retirement
    This manual is an overview of the issues encountered by advocates representing clients trying to or receiving SSDI.
    Author: Revisions contributed by, Katie Shelton, LAF
    Updated: 04/16/2012
16. CBA Legal Aid Committee Meeting, The Move to Community Integration: Colbert, Ligas and Williams
    The meeting focuses on three recent class action settlements that will offer thousands of people with disabilities in institutions and nursing homes in Illinois the choice to live and participate in their own communities.
    Presenter(s): The Chicago Bar Foundation
    Updated: 03/14/2012
17. Disability Rights Consortium Meeting: Advocacy on Behalf of Seniors and People with Disabilities
    Disability Rights Consortium Meeting focused on the intersection of advocacy on behalf of seniors and people with disabilities.
    Presenter(s): Equip for Equality - Northeastern Illinois Office
    Updated: 01/30/2012
18. Disabilities Guidebook: Social Security Disability Benefits (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
    Describes your rights to social security disability benefits and supplemental security income.
    Author: Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 01/26/2012
19. Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents
    Provides information on the various veterans benefits programs
    Author: Department of Veterans Affairs
    Updated: 01/06/2012
20. Medicare Cost Sharing Programs
    The basics of the three Medicare Cost Sharing Programs.
    Author: Revisions Contributed by, Carrie Chapman, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 11/16/2011
21. Assisting Seniors with Advanced Directives
    This training is designed for pro bono attorneys who wish to assist seniors draft advance directives, such as powers of attorney and living wills.
    Presenter(s): Prairie State Legal Services - Peoria Office
    Updated: 08/19/2011
22. Mediation: Investor Doesn't Do HAMP
    This mediation scenario outlines what happens when an investor does not participate in HAMP.
    Author: Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
    Updated: 08/18/2011
23. Powers of Attorney and Advanced Directive Packet
    HotDoc interview to create: Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care or for Property, Living Will, and Cremation Declaration plus necessary Notices and Certifications
    Author: Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 05/09/2011
24. Pro Bono Senior Center Initiative Training
    Training on how prepare Powers of Attorney for Health Care and Property, as well as Living Will Declarations.
    Presenter(s): Center for Disability and Elder Law
    Updated: 05/09/2011
25. Disabilities Guidebook: The Medicare Program
    Information for people age 65 or over, people with disabilities and people with kidney failure about their eligibility for Medicare
    Author: David Wolowitz & Michael O'Connor, Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 05/06/2011
26. Senior Citizens Handbook - Medicare
    Information about Medicare, including Parts A (hospital insurance), B (medical insurance), and C, how it works, who is eligible, what it costs, how to apply, services covered, supplemental policies, QMB, SLIB, and what to do if your claim is denied
    Author: Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 05/06/2011
27. Senior Center Power of Attorney & Living Will Initiative
    Center for Disability & Elder Law workshop for pro bono attorneys on drafting Power of Attorney and Living Will documents for seniors.
    Presenter(s): Thomas Wendt, Center for Disability & Elder Law
    Updated: 04/11/2011
28. Assisting Seniors with a Living Will Declaration
    [Text Only Version]
    Use this guide to find answers to a client's questions about a Living Will Declaration, create and edit Living Will Declaration forms for your clients and obtain related information.
    Author: Thomas C. Wendt, Center for Disability & Elder Law
    Updated: 03/29/2011
29. Estate Administration
    Training on decedents' estate administration in Cook County
    Presenter(s): Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation
    Updated: 03/21/2011
30. Assisting Seniors with a Power of Attorney for Health Care
    [Text Only Version]
    Use this guide to find answers to a client's questions about POAs for health care, create and edit POA forms for your clients and obtain related information.
    Author: Thomas Wendt, Center for Disability & Elder Law
    Updated: 02/03/2011
31. Assisting Seniors with a Power of Attorney for Property
    [Text Only Version]
    Use this guide to find answers to a client's questions about POAs for property, create and edit POA forms for your clients and obtain related information.
    Author: Thomas Wendt, Center for Disability & Elder Law
    Updated: 12/28/2010
32. Estate Administration
    Presents a comprehensive look at decedents’ estate administration in the Circuit Court of Cook County
    Presenter(s): Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
    Updated: 11/17/2010
33. Growing Old Gracefully:Hospice and Other End of Life Issues
    Presentations on hospices and advanced care planning. This is part two of a four part series.
    Presenter(s): Prairie State Legal Services, Inc
    Updated: 10/07/2010
34. Growing Old Gracefully: Powers of Attorney Updates to Medicaid Regulations
    A description of how medicaid updates affect the Illinois Power of Attorney Act.
    Presenter(s): Prairie State Legal Services, Inc
    Updated: 10/06/2010
35. Senior Tax Opportunity Program (STOP)
    Explains what is the Senior Tax Opportunity Program (STOP) and how it reaches out to Cook County senior citizens in danger of losing their homes due to delinquent property tax bills
    Presenter(s): Center for Disability and Elder Law
    Updated: 09/23/2010
36. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video Part Two: Your Role As Volunteer
    Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Part Two explains how volunteers will participate at Serving Our Seniors program workshops.
    Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 08/30/2010
37. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video Part Three: Powers of Attorney for Healthcare
    Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Part Three explains basic concepts and execution of a Power of Attorney for Health Care.
    Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 08/30/2010
38. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video Part Four: Powers of Attorney for Property
    Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Part Four gives explains basic concepts and execution of Powers of Attorney for Property.
    Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 08/30/2010
39. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video Part Five: Living Will Declarations
    Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Part Five explains basic concepts and execution of Living Will Declarations.
    Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 08/30/2010
40. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video Part Six: Testamentary Wills
    Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Part Six explains basic concepts and execution of a Simple Will.
    Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 08/30/2010
41. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video Part Seven: Common Questions and Conclusion
    Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Part Seven answers common questions volunteer attorneys may encounter at Serving Our Senior workshops.
    Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 08/30/2010
42. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video Part One: Introduction and Program Overview
    Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Part One gives an overview of the goals of the Serving Our Seniors program.
    Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 08/29/2010
43. Serving Our Seniors Attorney Orientation Video
    Serving Our Seniors is a national public service project of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Pro Bono attorneys give legal advice and prepare documents for senior citizens needing help with estate planning.
    Author: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division; Chicago Bar Association Young Layers Section; Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 08/29/2010
44. Senior Citizens Handbook - Wills, Trusts and Estates
    Information for senior citizens about wills, trusts, and estates, including writing, changing and revoking your will, probate court, small estates, living trusts, joint tenancy, and where to go for more information
    Author: Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 08/18/2010
45. Teaching Families about Guardianship and Alternatives Training
    Video on the legal process of guardianship, roles of wards and guardians and alternatives to guardianship
    Presenter(s): Stacy Yusim, Equip for Equality
    Updated: 08/03/2010
46. Updates to Ticket to Work and Other Programs
    Presentation on Ticket to Work and the Work Incentives Improvement Act
    Presenter(s): John Coburn, Health and Disability Advocates; Alan Goldstein and Cheryl Martin, Equip for Equality
    Updated: 08/02/2010
47. The Americans with Disabilities Act and Age Discrimination in Employment Act: A Guide for Appointed Attorneys in the Northern District
    A manual for attorneys that contains a summary of the ADA (with its 2008 amendments) and the ADEA as well as summaries of employment discrimination cases decided by the Supreme Court and the Seventh Circuit through July 2008.
    Author: Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law
    Updated: 08/02/2010
48. Wills and Estates
    Information about estate planning and probate, wills, powers of attorneys, living wills, mental health advance directives, guardianships for disabled adults
    Author: Attorney Desk Reference Manual
    Updated: 07/30/2010
49. Senior Citizens Handbook - Detailed Table of Contents
    Information for senior citizens, their family members, and advocates about the rights of the elderly and ways to protect or enforce those rights
    Author: Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 07/30/2010
50. Senior Citizens Handbook - Health Care Decisions
    Information for senior citizens about health care decisions, including powers of attorney for health care, living wills, and health care surrogate decision makers
    Author: Prairie State Legal Services
    Updated: 07/23/2010

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