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Compare Kansas Nursing Homes
- This site give you a way to compare nursing care facilities by rankings, survey inspection reports and overall ratings. Find the best facility for you and your family.
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Nursing Homes
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Consumer Tips for Preventing Internet Fraud
- Attorney General's Office information to assist prevention and reporting of internet fraud.
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Consumer Laws
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Elder Discrimination
- This site is the starting point for much information about ageing, rights, and discrimination. Also has helpful links to other areas of interest to the largest-growing population in our nation.
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Discrimination
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Estate Planning
- Your estate consists of everything you own: your home, personal property, car, land, stocks and bonds, life insurance and any other property in which you have an ownership interest. Estate planning is a plan for how you will acquire property, use it, conserve it and, perhaps most importantly, how it will be transferred upon your death.
There is no way to determine your wishes regarding distribution of your property after your death unless you take appropriate steps prior to your death. Estate planning can be beneficial no matter what the size of the estate.
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Free Legal Information from Nolo
- This site offers a large amount of free legal information, though it often steers you toward their books. The books are usually available in your public library so you won't have to buy them. This is a great place to start when looking for basic information on just about any legal topic.
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Consumer
Disability Rights
Employment
Family Law
Health Care
Housing
Public Benefits
ProBono Net
ProBono Net
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
- This 2 page pamphlet reviews topics associated with grandparents who find themselves raising their grandchildren. Topics of legal custody and guardianship are addressed.
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Child Custody
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Kansas homestead tax refund information
- This program helps senior citizens, disabled persons and low income families. It refunds a portion of property taxes paid as a renter or homeowner.
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Home Purchase, Improvement and Foreclosure
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Legal Terminology
- This is a list of terms that are used on legal documents or in court.
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Consumer
Disability Rights
Employment
Family Law
Health Care
Housing
Public Benefits
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More Internet and Telephone Scams
- As more and more people find their way onto the internet, there are more dishonest ways to part them from their money. Be a smart consumer and make yourself aware of the common scams
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Sweepstakes and Prizes
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Older Americans Suffer the Most
- FTC data showed that older consumers more frequently fall victim to some types of fraud. Prize and sweepstakes fraud is more prevalent among older consumers than among the public at large, and is particularly prevalent among consumers age 70 and older.
Don't be embarrassed; get information and get help.
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Sweepstakes and Prizes
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Personal and Household Inventory
- This 61 page booklet was prepared by a division of the University of Illinois. It can be downloaded. It prompts the user through preparing a list of every item of household property. This list can be helpful in the event of an insurance claim or to divide property among heirs or probate an estate.
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Power of Attorney for Children
- This form can be used to give another person the authority to care for your child in an emergency. It should be used if you will be leaving your child in the care of someone else for more than just a day, but may be useful to provide to a daycare or pre-school in the event of an emergency. You can limit what powers are given. Simply fill in the appropriate spaces and delete the part you don't need.
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Miscellaneous
Family Law
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Power of Attorney in Kansas
- This two page brochure highlights the use of a general power of Attorney in Kansas. It provides contact information for the Kansas Elder Law Hotline.
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Protect Yourself From Fraud
- The Federal Trade Commission site includes tips on how to protect yourself, as well as things to look for when spotting a scam.
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Sweepstakes and Prizes
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Resource Guide for Seniors
- Comprehensive guide on benefits, programs, health, rights and more.
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Health Benefits
Discrimination
Social Security Benefits
Disability Rights
Social Security
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Simple Will
- For use in uncomplicated estates that do not require filing with the probate court; grants authority to a specific person to care for your affairs and designates how you would like your property distributed.
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Sweepstakes / Prize Scams
- Every day, thousands of American consumers receive sweepstakes promotions by phone, over the Internet or in the mail. Legitimate sweepstakes are advertising and marketing techniques that offer participating consumers a chance to win a prize or money with no purchase or entry fee required. But if you have to pay to play or pay to receive your "winnings," the promotion is a scam.
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Sweepstakes and Prizes
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