AARP Training on Guardianship

The AARP National Legal Training Project (NLTP) is hosting an inter-active web training for legal services and advocacy staff on guardianship. The training will provide a basic overview of guardianship, including how to evaluate capacity, and will emphasize alternatives to guardianship.

NLTP's training programs are described here on its web page:

NLTP trains lawyers and other advocates throughout the country in substantive law and advocacy skills to enhance their free and reduced fee services to older Americans.

NLTP also conducts “Training of Trainers” programs to produce a cadre of elder law trainers who expand the reach of the program. The program’s funding sources include the US Administration on Aging, AARP and private contributions.

The current invitation by NLTP relates to web-training on "Guardianship Issues: What every elder advocate should know". For more information regarding the content, contact Imani Woody, NLTP Training Specialist at: iwoody@aarp.org.

These are the details about the program:

DATE: February 28, 2007
TIME: 2pm-4pm
PLACE: Your Computer
COST: Free of Charge
TRAINER: Carolyn Rodis, Esquire

AARP advises: "SPACE IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST FIFTY PEOPLE WHO REGISTER. E-MAIL SOON TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE."

To register contact the producer, Marie Hubbard (mhubbard@aarp.org). A confirmation e-mail will give directions on how to access the web meeting site and receive training materials.

Thanks to Ana Torres-Davis, Materials Attorney, AARP Foundation, National Legal Training Project (Ofc: 561-242-6012; Fax: 202- 434-2110), for posting this information last Friday on the listserv of the National Center on Elder Abuse.

I suggest that, if you cannot participate, you might still want to access NLTP's website here, to download relevant, related reference materials entitled "Protective Arrangements for Incapacitated Persons" (PDF, 112 pages, 605 KB), updated 08/24/2005.

These materials cover the following topics, according to its Table of Contents:

I. PROTECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR INCAPACITATED PERSONS:
A. Representative Payees
B. State Elder Abuse Laws
C. Guardians and Conservators
D. Involuntary Civil Commitment

II. MODEL PROBLEMS:
A. Problems
B. Answers

III. BIBLIOGRAPHY

IV. APPENDICES
A. Initiation of Guardianship Proceedings
B. Notice in Guardianship Proceedings
C. Representation and Investigation in Guardianship Proceedings
D. Conduct and Findings of Guardianship Proceedings
E. Guardianship Monitoring
F. Transfer of Guardianship/Conservatorship Cases Between States
G. Elder Abuse Hotlines
H. Possible Indicators of Abuse: A Checklist

These materials appear to be a comprehensive, current reference, useful nationally, on the topic of guardianships.