Seniors Resources
Senior Issues We Help With
LASCO helps people with their legal problems in a variety of ways, such as legal information, advice, or representation. LASCO’s Seniors Team gives advice and representation to clients with issues like:
- Simple Wills
- Power of Attorney
- Advance Directives
- Nursing Home Issues
- Medicaid/Medicare Issues
- Grandparent Custody or Power of Attorney
- Consumer Protections
- Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation
- Housing Issues
- Income Issues
- Transfer on Death Affidavits
Self-Help Resources
Power of Attorney, Wills, and Advance Directives
Four Essential Documents: Planning for the Future
This brochure briefly goes over four documents critical to making sure your wishes are made in advance: Healthcare Power of Attorney, Living Will, Financial Power of Attorney, and Wills.
This brochure explains what a Power of Attorney (POA) is, the types of POAs, and the differences between a POA and guardianship.
Advance Directives: Planning Ahead for End-of-Life Care
Advance directives are legal documents that let you state your wishes for end-of-life care ahead of time. This brochure goes over the basics of advance directives, including POAs, Living Wills, and Do Not Resuscitate orders.
How to Revoke a Financial Power of Attorney
This brochure explains the steps you need to take to revoke a Financial Power of Attorney. The brochure also has a fill-in-the-blank form you can fill out to revoke the Financial Power of Attorney.
How to Revoke a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and Living Will
This brochure explains the steps you need to take to revoke a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and Living Will. The brochure also has a fill-in-the-blank form you can fill out to revoke the Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and Living Will.
Avoiding Probate After Death
Early Preparation to Help Avoid Probate
This brochure goes over several low or no cost ways to avoid probate court and save your family from legal costs down the road.
Grandparent Rights
Grandparents’ Visitation and Custody Rights
This brochure explains a grandparent’s rights with their grandchildren. The brochure talks about when a grandparent has a right to visitation and when a grandparent can receive child support for a grandchild.
For more on grandparent rights, visitation, custody, and kinship care, including fill-in-the-blank court forms, visit our Family Law page.
Medicaid Estate Recovery
This brochure explains how Ohio’s Medicaid Estate Recovery program works. The Medicaid Estate Recovery program allows the state of Ohio to collect Medicaid payments from the estates of former Medicaid recipients.
Other Resources
Pro Seniors provides education, advice, advocacy, representation and justice for seniors in Ohio through our three programs, all provided at no cost to clients.
Financial Power of Attorney Toolkit
You can create your own Power of Attorney for Financial Affairs online. This form only works for residents of Ohio.
You can create your own simple will online. If you need a more complex will drafted, you should talk with a private attorney. This form only works for residents of Ohio.
Health Care Power of Attorney, Living Will, and Donor Registry
This packet from the Ohio State Bar Association has fill-in-the-blank forms for a Health Care Power of Attorney, a Living Will, and a Donor Registry. You do not need to fill out all three forms. You can fill out the forms you want to fill out.
LASCO may be able to represent you if:
- You are threatened with removal from a nursing home or long-term care facility
- You are denied medical care because Medicare/Medicaid or an insurance provider refuses coverage
- You have been threatened or sued for a medical debt
- Your grandchildren were placed in your care by Children’s Protective Services and you need legal custody to obtain services, income or housing
- You have been the target of financial exploitation
- You need a reasonable accommodation or modification to stay in your home
- You were denied or terminated from public benefits such as food assistance, disability assistance, or Social Security income
- You are the victim of abuse or neglect