Featured Consumer Publications

The Baby Boomer's Guide to Nursing Home Care
This guidebook takes a "nuts and bolts" approach to explaining the laws that protect nursing home residents and providing practical advice on how residents and their families can obtain the best nursing home care possible. $13.45 + s/h ( More information...)

20 Common Nursing Home Problems--and How to Resolve Them
This guide explains 20 common problems residents face, then gives a clear explanation of the relevant law, along with careful instructions on how a resident, family member or advocate should proceed. $9.95 + s/h or $7.95 for an electronic version of the book (More information...)

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Assisted Living Companion

This unique guide, based on California law, offers information to help individuals and families get the best care possible for themselves and their loved ones. The Assisted Living Companion was written by Jody Spiegel, Director of Bet Tzedek's Nursing Home Advocacy Project, and Eric Carlson, an attorney with the National Senior Citizens Law Center. (More information...)

10 Tips for Nursing Facility Residents in California
For most consumers, the nursing home is an unfamiliar world. This unfamiliarity can hurt consumers. Because they don’t know what to expect or request, they too frequently end up settling for mediocre or substandard care. This guide offers ten tips on a broad range of important nursing home issues, including finding the best nursing home, planning care, arranging for Medicaid payment, and preventing falls. $5.95 per copy.

10 Tips for Assisted Living Residents in California

This guide offers ten tips on a broad range of important assisted living issues, including finding the best assisted living facility, planning care, arranging for SSI or Medicaid payment, and preventing evictions. The guide provides practical information on how residents and their families can advocate and arrange for the high quality of care that residents deserve. The guide is a useful resource not only for residents and families, but also for facility staff members, doctors, care managers, and anyone else with a personal or professional interest in assisted living. $5.95 per copy.

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Periodicals

NSCLC Washington Weekly-- This publication provides the latest case information, administration and congressional developments of importance to advocates for the elderly. $295 per year/25 issues. For multiple or branch offices, the Weekly is available at the discount rate of $195 per office. Subscribers can choose to receive the Weekly via regular mail or as an e-mail attachment. (More information...)

Social Security/SSI Informational Mailing-- A monthly compilation of court cases and pleadings, administration agency decisions and issuances, and synopses of new developments in the area of Social Security and SSI disability law. $250 per year. (More information...)

Long-Term Care Law Reporter--Formerly known as the Nursing Home Law Letter. Each issue of NSCLC’s Long-Term Care Law Reporter includes summaries of the recent court cases, administrative decisions, and legislative developments that are important to attorneys working with long-term care issues. In addition, the Long-Term Care Law Reporter includes articles exploring legal issues relating to nursing facilities and/or residential care facilities. The Long-Term Care Law Reporter is written by NSCLC attorney Eric Carlson. $250 per year. (More information...)

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Manuals

NSCLC currently offers manuals on assisted living, home care and long-term care. (More information...)

--Critical Issues in Assisted Living
--Critical Issues in Assisted Living: State Summaries
--Long-Term Care Advocacy
--Planning Care at Home, A Guide for Advocates and Families

Ordering from NSCLC

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