Multi-Disciplinary Team Of Professional Advisors

Assembling a multi-disciplinary team of allied professionals to advise an elder on a consistent periodic basis can contribute significantly to the prevention of elder financial abuse.  Key members of such a team could include the following.

National Elder Law Foundation

http://www.nelf.org/

Geriatric care manager

National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (NAPGCM)

http://www.caremanager.org/

Life care planner

American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners (AANLCP)

http://www.aanlcp.org/

Investment advisor

Investment Advisor Search

http://www.investmentadvisorsearch.com/

SEC’S Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website

http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/

Government benefits specialist

Benefits.gov

http://www.benefits.gov/

Home accessibility specialist

Accessibility Professionals Association (APA)

http://www.accessibilityprofessionals.org/

Accountant

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

http://www.aicpa.org/

Household manager

International Concierge and Lifestyle Management Association (ICLMA)

http://iclma.org/

Bookkeeper or bill payer service

National Association of Certified Public Bookkeepers (NACPB)

http://www.nacpb.org/

American Association of Daily Money Managers

http://www.aadmm.com/

Elder mediator

Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM)

http://www.apfmnet.org/

While the compensation of all of these allied professionals can be costly, the end result of their team efforts could save the elder multiples of that cost if significant financial abuse and exploitation is forestalled.

Kristen M. Lewis, Esq., Member of the Special Needs Alliance and Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.