Watch the Full Training Series: Closing the Justice Gap for Older Adults

• Date: 01 January 2024

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Watch the Full Training Series:

Closing the Justice Gap for Older Adults

Last year, Legal Services Corporation & the Administration for Community Living collaborated on a new

training series hosted by the National Center on Law & Elder Rights, Closing the Justice Gap for Older Adults.

The most recent LSC Justice Gap Report shared that 70% of low-income older adult households had at least

1 civil legal problem in the past year, but older adults did not receive any or enough legal help for 91% of

substantial problems.

This training series is designed for legal aid attorneys, staff, and partners to build capacity, expertise, and skills

to provide counsel to older adults, with a person-directed and trauma-informed approach. The full recordings

and materials are now available on the NCLER website.

Part 1: Representing Older Adults in Nursing Facility Eviction Cases

Residents of nursing facilities may be threatened with improper evictions. Sometimes the facility alleges that

it cannot meet the resident’s needs, even when the facility is legally obligated to provide the required care.

Sometimes evictions are based improperly on discrimination against Medicaid-eligible residents. This training

provides legal aid attorneys and staff with practical and readily actionable information and tools to represent

older adults in nursing facility evictions.