Seeking Ideas for Elder Poverty Law Courses

Anyone doing anything fantastic in their clinic or seminar on issues that relate to representing elderly and low-income clients?

To get the ball rolling, here are some ideas from Christine Sgarlata Chung at Albany:

• We brought in a social worker from a local university’s center for excellence on aging.  This person runs a program on financial abuse of the elderly.  We had her talk about perceptions/ misperceptions about elderly victims of financial abuse.

• We used an AARP video called “The Lure of Money.”  It focuses on senior victims of financial abuse.

• We focused on elderly clients in simulation exercises – particularly interviews. We brought in members of the community to serve as simulated clients so that students could practice with seniors.

• Students spoke at a number of senior seminars around the community.

• We also focused on types of financial abuse that commonly crop up in cases involving seniors.