“Elder law” is health and personal care planning including advance directives; lifetime planning; family issues; fiduciary representation; capacity; guardianship; power of attorney; financial planning; public benefits and insurance; resident rights in long- term care facilities; housing opportunities and financing; employment and retirement matters; income, estate, and gift tax matters; estate planning; probate; nursing home claims; age or disability discrimination; and grandparents’ rights. The specialization encompasses all aspects of planning for aging, illness, and incapacity. Elder law clients are predominantly seniors and the specialization requires a practitioner to be particularly sensitive to the legal issues impacting these clients.
Added July 17, 1997 (697 So.2d 115); amended and effective December 4, 2020 by The Florida Bar Board of Governors.