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Legal services are provided by advisors affiliated with the Center for Elder Law and Justice. Legal advisors may assist with issues such as advance directives, will preparation, elder abuse, scams, Medicare rights, pension benefits, landlord/tenant disputes, and consumer problems.

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Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Pension Benefits Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Consumer Law
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Information Services
Elder Law
Advance Medical Directives
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Offers legal counseling, information, and assistance with such concerns as Health Care Proxy, wills, guardianship, power of attorney, living wills and trusts, consumer fraud, contractual disputes, tenant-landlord disputes, home ownership questions, neighbor disputes, Social Security questions, Medicare and Medicaid related problems, SSI application, and eligibility questions.

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Adult Guardianship Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Living Trust Preparation Assistance
Legal Counseling
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Advance Medical Directives
Elder Law
Provides consultation and representation to older adults on elder abuse, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, consumer scams, public benefits programs, powers of attorney, health care proxies, landlord/tenant problems, and other areas of civil law. Hours available by appointment.

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Pension Benefits Assistance
Health Insurance Information / Counseling
Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Consumer Law
General Benefits Assistance
Elder Law
Advance Medical Directives
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Provides legal advice and assistance to patients at Crouse and Upstate Hospital on issues including Power of Attorney, Advance Medical Directives, Health Care Proxy, and Living Wills.

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Legal Counseling
Legal Information Services
Durable Power of Attorney for Mental Health Care
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Do Not Resuscitate Orders
Living Wills
Helps older adults become aware of the importance of planning in advance for their health care in the event that they experience an illness or condition that prevents them from making or communicating decisions. This is the best way to ensure that choices are known, understood, and honored.

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Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Living Wills
Helps older adults become aware of the importance of planning in advance for their health care in the event that they experience an illness or condition that prevents them from making or communicating decisions. This is the best way to ensure that choices are known, understood, and honored.

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Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Living Wills
Provides information, assistance, referrals and services to ensure the rights of older adults, including prevention of abuse and neglect, assistance with consumer fraud and scams, and assistance with advance directives (wills, health care proxies and powers of attorney).

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Medicaid Appeals / Complaints
Living Wills
Grandparent Rights
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Elder Law
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
The Office for the Aging offers many services for the senior residents of Steuben County including, but not limited to, information and referral, nutrition through congregate meals, advocacy, support groups, transportation services, caregiver services, case management, and the Bone Builders and Senior Meal Programs. Bone Builders and the Senior Dinner Clubs are overseen by Pro Action of Steuben-Yates.

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Housekeeping Assistance
Senior Ride Programs
Caregiver Issues
Driving Evaluation
Older Adult / Aging Issues
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Family Caregiver Subsidies
Congregate Meals / Nutrition Sites
Ramp Construction Services
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Kinship Caregivers
Medicare Information / Counseling
Personal Safety Education
Specialized Information and Referral
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Personal Alarm Systems
Medicaid Appeals / Complaints
Food Vouchers
Area Agencies on Aging
Living Wills
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Long Term Care Issues
Home Delivered Meals
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Grandparent Rights
Alzheimer's Disease
Adult In Home Respite Care
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Caregiver Training
Errand Running / Shopping Assistance
Special Collections and Archives
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Home Health Aide Services
Support Group Clearinghouses
Elder Law
Friendly Visiting
Long Term Case / Care Management
Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Workshops / Symposiums
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Caregiver / Care Receiver Support Groups
Provides free advice and information about small estates, 17-A Guardianship, Power of Attorney, wills, and other trust and estate issues. May be able to provide on-the-spot assistance with filling out petitions for Surrogate's Court.

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Legal Counseling
Elder Law
Do Not Resuscitate Orders
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Life Care Planning
Living Wills
Trust Preparation Assistance
Durable Power of Attorney for Mental Health Care
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Will Preparation Assistance
Lawyers provide free civil (non-criminal) advice, counseling, advocacy, and representation to low-income individual clients/groups.

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Legal Counseling
Will Preparation Assistance
Social Security Disability Insurance
General Legal Aid
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Advance Medical Directives
Lawyers provide free civil (non-criminal) advice, counseling, advocacy, and representation to low-income individual clients/groups.

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General Legal Aid
Will Preparation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Advance Medical Directives

Offers free legal services for individuals living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in cases regarding access to health care services, HIV/AIDS-based discrimination, housing matters, assistance with denials or termination of benefits, health care proxies, powers of attorney, simple wills, family court matters, and divorce.

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Reverse Paternity Actions
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Legal Representation
Insurance Claims Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Paternity Suits
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Personal Health Care Advocate Services
Living Wills
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Legal Counseling
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Helps low-income people obtain an uncontested divorce, with assistance from volunteer attorneys and law students

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Living Wills
Will Preparation Assistance
Uncontested Divorce Assistance
The Office for the Aging offers many services for the senior residents of Steuben County including, but not limited to, information and referral, nutrition through congregate meals, advocacy, support groups, transportation services, caregiver services, case management, and the Bone Builders and Senior Meal Programs. Bone Builders and the Senior Dinner Clubs are overseen by Pro Action of Steuben-Yates.

Categories

Housekeeping Assistance
Senior Ride Programs
Caregiver Issues
Driving Evaluation
Older Adult / Aging Issues
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Family Caregiver Subsidies
Congregate Meals / Nutrition Sites
Ramp Construction Services
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Kinship Caregivers
Medicare Information / Counseling
Personal Safety Education
Specialized Information and Referral
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Personal Alarm Systems
Medicaid Appeals / Complaints
Food Vouchers
Area Agencies on Aging
Living Wills
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Long Term Care Issues
Home Delivered Meals
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Grandparent Rights
Alzheimer's Disease
Adult In Home Respite Care
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Caregiver Training
Errand Running / Shopping Assistance
Special Collections and Archives
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Home Health Aide Services
Support Group Clearinghouses
Elder Law
Friendly Visiting
Long Term Case / Care Management
Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Workshops / Symposiums
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Caregiver / Care Receiver Support Groups
Helps older adults become aware of the importance of planning in advance for their health care in the event that they experience an illness or condition that prevents them from making or communicating decisions. This is the best way to ensure that choices are known, understood, and honored.

Categories

Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Living Wills
Helps low-income people obtain an uncontested divorce, with assistance from volunteer attorneys and law students

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Living Wills
Will Preparation Assistance
Uncontested Divorce Assistance
Helps older adults become aware of the importance of planning in advance for their health care in the event that they experience an illness or condition that prevents them from making or communicating decisions. This is the best way to ensure that choices are known, understood, and honored.

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Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Living Wills
Kendra’s Law provides a statutory framework for court ordered Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT). AOT was established to ensure that individuals with mental health concerns who have a history of non-adherence with treatment, and history of hospitalizations or violence, participate in community-based services appropriate to their needs. The law establishes a procedure for obtaining a court order for these individuals to receive and accept outpatient treatment.

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General Benefits Assistance
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
Insurance Law
Domestic / Family Violence Legal Services
Elder Law
Predatory Lending Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Immigration / Naturalization Legal Services
Elder Mediation
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Welfare Rights Assistance
Health Law
General Legal Aid
Elder Abuse Prevention
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Patient Rights Assistance
Health Insurance Information / Counseling
Landlord Rights Information / Counseling
Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Consumer Law
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Grandparent Rights
Pension Benefits Assistance
Provides free civil legal services for individuals who are HIV positive or who have an HIV positive family member, including but not limited to: end of life planning, care and custody planning, unemployment, social security, public benefits, child support, custody, visitation, family offenses, divorce, discrimination, bankruptcy, housing problems, and name change.

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Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Club Membership Discrimination Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Customer Service Discrimination Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Bankruptcy Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Legal Representation
Living Trust Preparation Assistance
Tenant Rights Information / Counseling
General Legal Aid
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Ex-Offender Legal Assistance
Name Change Assistance
General Benefits Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Child Custody / Visitation Assistance
Education Discrimination Assistance
Child Support Assistance / Enforcement
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Offera advice and assistance in completing end of life legal documents including wills, living wills, health care proxies, and powers of attorney on a one-on-one basis. Notaries and witnesses are provided to execute the documents at the end of the client's session.

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Living Wills
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Will Preparation Assistance
Provides information, assistance, referrals and services to ensure the rights of older adults, including prevention of abuse and neglect, assistance with consumer fraud and scams, and assistance with advance directives (wills, health care proxies and powers of attorney).

Categories

Medicaid Appeals / Complaints
Living Wills
Grandparent Rights
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Elder Law
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
The Office for the Aging offers many services for the senior residents of Steuben County including, but not limited to, information and referral, nutrition through congregate meals, advocacy, support groups, transportation services, caregiver services, case management, and the Bone Builders and Senior Meal Programs. Bone Builders and the Senior Dinner Clubs are overseen by Pro Action of Steuben-Yates.

Categories

Housekeeping Assistance
Senior Ride Programs
Caregiver Issues
Driving Evaluation
Older Adult / Aging Issues
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Family Caregiver Subsidies
Congregate Meals / Nutrition Sites
Ramp Construction Services
Heating Fuel Payment Assistance
Kinship Caregivers
Medicare Information / Counseling
Personal Safety Education
Specialized Information and Referral
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Personal Alarm Systems
Medicaid Appeals / Complaints
Food Vouchers
Area Agencies on Aging
Living Wills
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Long Term Care Issues
Home Delivered Meals
Consumer Fraud Reporting
Grandparent Rights
Alzheimer's Disease
Adult In Home Respite Care
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Caregiver Training
Errand Running / Shopping Assistance
Special Collections and Archives
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Home Health Aide Services
Support Group Clearinghouses
Elder Law
Friendly Visiting
Long Term Case / Care Management
Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs
Landlord / Tenant Dispute Resolution
Workshops / Symposiums
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Caregiver / Care Receiver Support Groups