• Recommended Resource List:

Recommended Resource List:
Aging—Legal Issues
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“Serving Kentucky’s Need to Know.”
To request a title from the State Library:
• State government employees should follow the call number link for books and
audiobooks to the KDLA Catalog and click on the “Request this item” tab on the right.
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Books
The American Bar Association Legal Guide for Americans over 50. 2nd ed. New York:
Random House Reference, 2006. Call number: 346.73013 Amer
The American Bar Association Guide to Wills & Estates: Everything You Need to
Know about Wills, Estates, Trusts & Taxes. 3rd ed. New York: Random House Reference,
2009. Call number: 346.73052 Amer
Clifford, Denis. Estate Planning Basics. 3rd ed. Berkeley: Nolo, 2005. Call number:
346.73052 Clif
Clifford, Denis. Make Your Own Living Trust. 8th ed. Berkeley: Nolo, 2007. Call number:
346.73052 Clif
Clifford, Denis. Nolo's Simple Will Book. 7th ed. Berkeley: Nolo, 2007. Call
number: 346.73054 Clif
Doukas, David John. Planning for Uncertainty: Living Wills and Other Advance
Directives for You and Your Family. 2nd ed. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University
Press, 2007. Call number: 344.7304197 Douk
Hanks, Liza Weiman. The Busy Family’s Guide to Estate Planning: 10 Steps to Peace of
Mind. Berkeley: Nolo, 2007. Call number: 332.024016 Hank
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 Iverson, Jon. Baby Boomer's Guide to Estate & Medicaid Planning: Planning for
Yourself and Your Parents. Medford, OR: Stonemark Pub., 2005. Call number: 332.024
Iver
Maple, Stephen M. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wills and Estates. 3rd ed. New York:
Alpha Books, 2005. Call number: 346.73052 Mapl
Matthews, J. L. Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions. 12th
ed. Berkeley: Nolo, 2007. Call number: 344.73023 Matt
Morton, David A. Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting & Keeping Your
Benefits. 4th ed. Berkeley, CA: Nolo, 2008. Call number: 368.382 Mort
Phillips, David T. Estate Planning Made Easy. 3rd ed. Chicago: Kaplan Pub., 2007. Call
number: 346.73052 Phil
Pohl, Amelia E. Guiding Those Left Behind in Kentucky: Legal and Practical Things You
Need to Do to Settle an Estate in Kentucky and How to Arrange Your Own Affairs to
Avoid Unnecessary Costs to Your Family. Boca Raton, FL: Eagle Pub. Co. of Boca, 2004.
Call number: K 346.769052 Pohl
Slesnick, Twila. Nolo's Essential Retirement Tax Guide: Your Health, Home,
Investments & More. Berkeley, CA: Nolo, 2008. Call number: 332.024014 Sles
Tomkiel, Stanley A. The Social Security Benefits Handbook. 5th ed. Naperville, IL: Sphinx
Pub., 2008. Call number: 344.73023 Tomk
Truly, Traci. Grandparents' Rights: Your Legal Guide to Protecting Your Relationship
with Your Grandchildren. 4th ed. Naperville, IL: Sphinx Pub., 2005. Call number:
346.730173 Trul
Whitman, Wynne A. Wants, Wishes, and Wills: a Medical and Legal Guide to Protecting
Yourself and Your Family in Sickness and in Health. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Financial
Times Press, 2007. Call number: 362.1 Whit
Videos/DVDs
A Death of One's Own (On Our Own Terms series). 90 min. Films for the Humanities &
Sciences, 2000. Video. Call number: VC 179.7 Deat
How to Settle an Estate: a Step-by-step Guide for Executors. 35 min. American
Productions Services, 2002. Video. Call number: VC 346.73052 How
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Websites
http://www.aarp.org/
AARP.org provides information and links of interest to older citizens on a variety of topics—
health, money, leisure, and much more. Last accessed on March 22, 2010.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website provides links to information on all
aspects of both Medicare and Medicaid. Last accessed on March 22, 2010.
http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Elders_Families/index.aspx
Elders and Families provides resources to connect older persons, caregivers and
professionals to important federal, national, and local programs. Last accessed on March 22,
2010.
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/
Social Security Online maintained by the Social Security Administration covers all aspects of
the topic from planning for life changes and applying online to rules/regulations. Last accessed
on March 22, 2010.
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