This is an excellent, comprehensive checklist of essential documents for older adults. Organizing these items ensures that medical wishes are respected, financial assets are protected, and loved ones can manage affairs smoothly during emergencies or after a passing.

In this presentation Janet E. Boyle will explain Gray Divorce and the growing number of divorces of couples over the age of 50. These “Gray Divorces” come with their different concerns that are unique to other divorcing age groups and each decade in that age group.

Attorney Kerry Peck of Peck Ritchey will be discussing Estate Planning, Power of Attorney, Probate, and Guardianship. He will provide examples of poor estate planning with celebrities.

By Chicago Caregiving Magazine

Presented by Attorney Kerry Peck, Managing Partner, Peck Ritchey, LLC It is time to get organized! Getting the proper documents filled out correctly and having them organized will help give you and your family peace of mind during emergency situations. Avoid having to scramble to find and organize an assortment of documents including wills, power of attorney, disparate bank accounts, insurance policies and brokerage accounts during emergency situations when stress and frustrations are already heightened. This program will list some essential documents to add to your bucket list. Presented August 13, 2020 at the Elderwerks Virtual Senior Fair

Presented by Kathryn Casey, Certified Elder Law Attorney & Partner, Dutton Casey & Mesoloras PC, Attorneys at Law at Elderwerks Senior Fair 2020

Good article describing why it might be better for a family to mediate rather than go to court.

Presented by Mary Kay Furiasse, A to Z Law at Elderwerks Senior Fair 2020

POLST (Practitioner's Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) is a signed medical order for documenting the life-sustaining treatment wishes of seriously ill patients. It travels with the patient