"Legal Issues for Older Adults:
An Oregon Legal Information and Reference Guide"

This is a Senior Law Handbook issued by the Oregon State Bar Association.

The 141-page handbook is available on the Oregon State Bar website.

It may be downloaded in its entirety or by individual chapters. It is also available for purchase.

The handbook is intended to provide understandable and comprehensive information about different legal issues and also provides cross-references, glossaries and resource lists to direct readers to other sources of information. The handbook is organized as follows:

Chapter 1 – Social Security and Other Benefit Programs

Chapter 2 – Medicare and Medicaid

Chapter 3 – Nursing Homes and Other Residential Facilities

Chapter 4 – Managing Your Property and Personal Affairs

Chapter 5 – Estate Planning

Chapter 6 – Property Ownership, Transfers of Real Property, and Taxes

Chapter 7 – Landlord and Tenant Rights and Duties

Chapter 8 – Housing Programs

Chapter 9 – Utilities, Heating, Weatherization and Phone

Chapter 10 – Age Discrimination

Chapter 11 – Family Relationships

Chapter 12 – Insurance

Chapter 13 – Consumer Information

Chapter 14 – Protecting Yourself from Crime and Abuse