Community Education
Pro Seniors is committed to educating older adults and their caregivers about the wide variety of legal and long-term care issues that impact their lives.
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Community Legal Education Network (CLEN) Seminars
Pro Seniors offers Community Legal Education Network (CLEN) seminars two times a year to educate professional caregivers. The topics relate specifically to legal issues of concern to older adults or their professional caregivers. Professionals can earn continuing education units at CLEN seminars. Social Work CLE Credit is provided by our colleagues at Epilepsy Alliance Ohio.
2025 Nursing Facility Medicaid Update & Overview
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 | 8:45 a.m. to Noon | Spring Grove Event Center
Attorneys Matthew Barnes and Miriam Sheline will present
- Introduction to Institutional Medicaid
- Income eligibility
- Qualified Income Trust (QIT)
- Treatment of Income
- Patient Liability, Unpaid Past Medical Expenses (UPME)
- Monthly Income Allowance (MIA)
- Treatment of Resources
- The Resource Assessment and Allocation
- Transfer of Resources – Proper & Improper
- Look-back and Penalty periods
- Hardship Waivers
- Medicaid Estate Recovery
The fact sheets developed by Pro Seniors’ attorneys respond to the frequently asked questions on topics that concern seniors, such as Medicare, Medicaid, living wills, Social Security and pensions. In addition to sharing these in an email following a call to our Legal Helpline, we distribute this information at health fairs, at community events, at the Governor’s Conference and to senators and representatives for them to give to their constituents.
Request a Speaker or Presentation
Pro Seniors’ staff and volunteers have presented to senior support groups, senior centers, church-sponsored senior groups and retired public employees on various topics such as living wills, health care powers of attorney and Medicare.
While our legal and ombudsman staff are based in Cincinnati and present locally, Ohio Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) welcomes your invitation to present in any Ohio community about recognizing and avoiding Medicare fraud and medical identity theft.
