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Did you know Kansas residents age 60 or older might have free legal guidance available to them?
The Elder Hotline is a program of Kansas Legal Services, where private attorneys volunteer their time to field calls.
If you'd like to see if this program is available to you, please call 316-267-3975, 8 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.
You will be connected to an operator who will complete an application for possible help or guidance.
Kansas Elder Law Hotline and Senior Citizen Law Project: Protecting Seniors’ Rights
KLS works with the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) and the Area Agencies on Aging as a part of the state aging network. Older Americans Act funds are added together with LSC and other private funds to address this growing area of need.
Medicare Interactive
When States Recoup Medicaid Costs by Seizing Family Homes, Poor Families Suffer While State Budgets Are Barely Affected
MAY 2024 Eric Carlson, Director, Long-Term Services and Supports Advocacy
From Law360 - Pulse
By Sue Reisinger · May 21, 2025
In-house counsel at Koch Inc. are helping hundreds of low-income residents every year get their driver's licenses reinstated or their criminal records expunged in Kansas, where Koch is based in Wichita, as well as across the U.S. where it has offices, to help restore their access to services and job opportunities.
Jeremiah Battle, National Consumer Law Center
Robocalls, the persistent automated telephone calls to cell phones and landlines, are a favorite tool of telemarketers, debt collectors, and scammers. Older adults anticipating important calls from medical providers and others may be reluctant to answer the phone due to excessive or unwanted robo telephone calls.
This site is the starting point for all unemployment claims. It explains the procedure and allows you to apply on-line. You can also submit your weekly claim forms through this site. it's the first place you should go when you lose your job.
www.getkansasbenefits.gov
These are the resources available from the Kansas Department of Labor on handling an Unemployment claim, through the appeals process:
www.getkansasbenefits.gov/FAQs/Appeal.aspx
This is a quick question and answer about credit card debt and what happens when the debtor dies. There are also links to other legal issues facing the elderly and it is worthwhile to browse this site for more useful information.
https://www.caring.com/questions/elderly-credit-card-debt-at-death
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.
How to Spot Financial Exploitation in Elder Care: Red Flags and Prevention
Kansas has an elder abuse statute (K.S.A. 21-5417) that makes it a crime to take money from elders who are 60 or older and for powers of attorney to misuse funds.
Do you know someone who is being financially abused by a trusted person or power of attorney? It’s no longer a “family issue.” It is a crime.
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- Guardianship & Conservatorship (2)
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- Legal Questions and Answers (23)
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- Mental Health (2)
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Related Articles
Did you know Kansas residents age 60 or older might have free legal guidance available to them?
The Elder Hotline is a program of Kansas Legal Services, where private attorneys volunteer their time to field calls.
If you'd like to see if this program is available to you, please call 316-267-3975, 8 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.
You will be connected to an operator who will complete an application for possible help or guidance.
Kansas Elder Law Hotline and Senior Citizen Law Project: Protecting Seniors’ Rights
KLS works with the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) and the Area Agencies on Aging as a part of the state aging network. Older Americans Act funds are added together with LSC and other private funds to address this growing area of need.
Medicare Interactive
When States Recoup Medicaid Costs by Seizing Family Homes, Poor Families Suffer While State Budgets Are Barely Affected
MAY 2024 Eric Carlson, Director, Long-Term Services and Supports Advocacy
From Law360 - Pulse
By Sue Reisinger · May 21, 2025
In-house counsel at Koch Inc. are helping hundreds of low-income residents every year get their driver's licenses reinstated or their criminal records expunged in Kansas, where Koch is based in Wichita, as well as across the U.S. where it has offices, to help restore their access to services and job opportunities.
Jeremiah Battle, National Consumer Law Center
Robocalls, the persistent automated telephone calls to cell phones and landlines, are a favorite tool of telemarketers, debt collectors, and scammers. Older adults anticipating important calls from medical providers and others may be reluctant to answer the phone due to excessive or unwanted robo telephone calls.
This site is the starting point for all unemployment claims. It explains the procedure and allows you to apply on-line. You can also submit your weekly claim forms through this site. it's the first place you should go when you lose your job.
www.getkansasbenefits.gov
These are the resources available from the Kansas Department of Labor on handling an Unemployment claim, through the appeals process:
www.getkansasbenefits.gov/FAQs/Appeal.aspx
This is a quick question and answer about credit card debt and what happens when the debtor dies. There are also links to other legal issues facing the elderly and it is worthwhile to browse this site for more useful information.
https://www.caring.com/questions/elderly-credit-card-debt-at-death
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.
How to Spot Financial Exploitation in Elder Care: Red Flags and Prevention
Kansas has an elder abuse statute (K.S.A. 21-5417) that makes it a crime to take money from elders who are 60 or older and for powers of attorney to misuse funds.
Do you know someone who is being financially abused by a trusted person or power of attorney? It’s no longer a “family issue.” It is a crime.
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