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Teleseminar on Health Care Issues in Estate Planning

By Gerry W. Beyer

CLE

TheIllinois State Bar Association is offering a 1 MCLE hour teleseminar entitled,Health Care Issues in Estate Planning—A National Perspective, on July 16,2013.  Below is a description andhighlights of the event as provided by the Illinois State Bar Association:

Estate planning is filled with many health careissues, including end-of-life caretaking, health care decision-making, propertymanagement and more. Tensions flare among trustees, health care providers andfamily members at the worst possible moment – when critical decisions about thehealth care of the client need to be made. Choosing the right trustee, guardianor conservator, clearly drafting objective “triggers” in health care documents,and working with all stakeholders is essential to achieve your client’s mostimportant personal goals. This program will provide you with a practical guideto the major health care decisions in estate and trust planning with anemphasis on conflict avoidance at critical stages of the planning process.

Highlights:

  • Drafting advance health caredirectives, health care powers-of-attorney, living wills, and revocable trusts
  • Defining objective health care“triggers” in documentation
  • Key issues in appointingtrustees, guardians and conservators
  • Availability and financing ofhome health care and institutional care
  • Tensionbetween health care providers and trustees – areas of competence, conflict, andcooperation

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Conferences & CLE, Death Event Planning, Disability Planning - Health Care, Disability Planning - Property Management and Estate Planning - Generally