{"id":355752,"date":"2022-10-11T12:58:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T17:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/elder\/elder-care-law\/elder-law-timeline-of-what-to-expect.html"},"modified":"2024-01-20T23:22:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T04:22:02","slug":"elder-law-timeline-of-what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/elder\/elder-care-law\/elder-law-timeline-of-what-to-expect.html","title":{"rendered":"Older Adult Care and Estate Planning: A Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Older Adult Care and Estate Planning: A Timeline<\/h1>\n
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These different legal areas are more or less of a concern at different stages in an older adult’s life. Most legal definitions and eligibility benefits say age 65 is when caregivers need to be more aware or start to step in.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Older adult law, an updated term for elder law, focuses on legal issues for people over 65 and their families.<\/p>\r\n

Older adult law is more than just estate planning. Older adults (or their loved ones) should be educated about:<\/p>\r\n