Dealing with Death
(Separate Website)
A guide to understanding the problems and processes surrounding a death.
By: Washington State Attorney General
Eldercare Locator
(Separate Website)
The Eldercare Locator is your first step for finding local agencies, in every U.S. community, that can help older persons and their families access home and community-based services like transportation, meals, home care, and caregiver support services.
By: eldercare.gov
Property Tax Exemptions for Senior Citizens and Disabled People
The property tax exemption is a way to lower the property taxes you have to pay by exempting all excess levies (like school construction bonds and other levies passed by voters) and sometimes part of regular levies on your home. The program does not apply to property where you do not live a majority of the time, or to more than one acre surrounding your home.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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Protecting Elders and Vulnerable Adults from Abuse and Neglect
The law protects frail elders and vulnerable adults. This publication discusses different types of abuse that these individuals are protected from under the law.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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Senior Fraud
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Consumers lose billions of dollars each year to fraud. People over age 50 are especially vulnerable and account for over half of all victims, according to a study conducted by AARP. People who commit these types of crimes, “con criminals,” often target older people knowing they have spent a lifetime earning their savings. Con criminals go wherever they can to find money to steal. They use everyday tools—the mailbox, the telephone, the Internet—to reach into your pocketbook.
By: Washington State Attorney General
Senior Services Web Site
(Separate Website)
Senior Services can provide information and assistance to seniors on many issues.
By: Senior Services
Signing Documents When Physically Unable
Sometimes a person wants to sign a document such as a power of attorney, will, or deed, but is physically unable to write her name. As long as the person is mentally competent to understand what she is signing, the fact that she cannot actually sign does not prevent the person from executing the document as long as the following procedures are followed. The laws discussed in this publication are attached at the end of the information for your reference.
By: Northwest Justice Project
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Washington Telephone Assistance Program (WTAP)
WTAP is a benefit program that provides discounts on telephone fees for eligible households.
By: Columbia Legal Services
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"Lump sums": how a nonrecurring payment affects Medicaid for aged, blind or disabled clients - 9/05
By: Columbia Legal Services
2006 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) & State Supplemental Payment (SSP) Standards for WA State
By: Columbia Legal Services
2007 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) & State Supplemental Payment (SSP) Standards for WA
By: Columbia Legal Services
2011 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) & State Supplemental Payment (SSP) Standards for WA State Senior Bulletin
By: Columbia Legal Services
2012 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) & State Supplemental Payment (SSP) Standards for Washington State
By: Columbia Legal Services
Alternatives to nursing home care for individuals with too much income to qualify for COPES - 12/06
By: Columbia Legal Services
Bank Accounts and SSI or Medicaid - 2/02
By: Columbia Legal Services
Benefits and unrepresented individuals with impaired mental capacity 10/02
By: Columbia Legal Services
Consolidation of "Medically Needy" Long-Term Care Programs into COPES Senior Bulletin
By: Columbia Legal Services
COPES eligibility is not affected by in-kind support - 5/02
By: Columbia Legal Services
COPES or MPC client hearing rights when an individual provider's contract is terminated 6/02
By: Columbia Legal Services
Estate Recovery Changes Adopted by the 2005 Legislature
By: Columbia Legal Services
Family member caregivers under COPES or MPC and "unmet need" for care --12/03
By: Columbia Legal Services
Key Medicaid Standards as of April 2012 Senior Bulletin
By: Columbia Legal Services
Key Medicaid Standards as of January 2011 Senior Bulletin
By: Columbia Legal Services
Key Medicaid Standards as of January 2012
By: Columbia Legal Services
Key Medicaid Standards as of July 2010
By: Columbia Legal Services
Key Medicaid Standards as of July 2011
By: Columbia Legal Services
Key Medicaid Standards as of October 2010 Senior Bulletin
By: Columbia Legal Services
Key Medicaid Standards as of October 2011 Senior Bulletin
By: Columbia Legal Services
Living Trusts: They're not for everyone - 12/98
By: Columbia Legal Services
Medicaid clients and the new law requiring verification of citizenship 6/06 Senior Bulletin
By: Columbia Legal Services
Medicaid Supplementation - supplemental payments in long-term care settings
By: Columbia Legal Services
Medicare Drug Program to Begin January 1st
By: Columbia Legal Services
Medicare Information for 2007: (Deductibles, Premiums & Co-payments for Parts A and B)
By: Columbia Legal Services
Medicare Information for 2010
By: Columbia Legal Services
Medicare Information for 2011 Senior Bulletin
By: Columbia Legal Services
Medicare Information for 2012
By: Columbia Legal Services
MPC eligibility criteria changed in response to Legislative mandate - 9/03
By: Columbia Legal Services
New in-home program to begin for people not eligible for COPES - 3/04
By: Columbia Legal Services
New prescription drug review and authorization system ("TCS") begins 2/1/02 for certain Medicaid
By: Columbia Legal Services
New program to begin for individuals above the COPES income cap - 2/03
By: Columbia Legal Services
New Requirements for Spousal Annuities
By: Columbia Legal Services
Ninety-six and 184 hour limits ended for parent and other caregivers - 3/04
By: Columbia Legal Services
Obtaining Durable Medical Equipment through Medicare -12/00
By: Columbia Legal Services
Paid caregivers with durable powers of attorney: issues and options
By: Columbia Legal Services
Pooled special-needs trusts for Medicaid and SSI beneficiaries
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