All Rights Reserved. Many seniors need help with things ranging from routine money management to guardianship, but do not know where to get it. Just as our elder population is burgeoning, our health care system is confounding its users with new layers of bureaucracy and a dizzying propensity for change.
Geriatric clients are vulnerable.
Not only are they faced with an increasingly inaccessible health care system, but many do it alone. More than ever before, nuclear families are geographically separated, and seniors cannot rely on sons and daughters as liberally as they might have in the past. Family members, even those in close proximity, sometimes find they cannot work full-time themselves and sustain the level of care their older relatives need. Pressure builds, crises erupt, and hands need holding. America is aging at a rapid rate, and more and more attorneys find themselves confronted with the issues and complexities of elderly clients.