Legal Hotline for Michigan Seniors
1 800 347-5297
Senior Law Centers
LSEM has two Senior Citizen Law Centers that serve its entire service area. LSEM has been offering senior services for over 20 years. Educational workshops to make seniors aware of their legal rights is an important component of this program. The Centers use all of the legal specialties available within the firm as seniors' problems dictate need. In addition special expertise is available to deal with Medicare and Medicaid issues, Social Security, and elder abuse issues including: physical, mental, and emotional abuse and neglect, as well as financial exploitation. The firm has a highly skilled staff that is widely known for its work in this area of law and their expertise is often called for by other senior agencies as well as private attorneys. Elder Abuse services are the newest addition to the services available through the Senior Citizen Law Centers, and these services meet an ever growing need within the senior population.
Elder Abuse
LSEM has educated the community about the extent of the elder abuse problem and let seniors know there are agencies available to help them. The firm has trained other professionals to be issue spotters of possible abusive situations. In Genesee County LSEM has also organized a community emergency response team, which will provide client services on a moment's notice, without regard to lengthy eligibility determinations. This makes it possible to remove perpetrators of abuse while still ensuring that seniors have their survival needs met. Over thirty agencies are now members. The group has just published a 120-page manual of services available, distributed throughout the community. Like response teams are being formed in other parts of LSEM's service area.
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