The Consumer Resources Collection includes guidebooks and other resources that offer practical advice for the healthcare consumer as well as the healthcare attorney seeking to advise his/her clients.
The guidebooks are available for free downloading. You can also request print copies by emailing Andrew Hartman.
Considerations for People with Disabilities and Their Families
Considerations is intended for individuals with a disability and their caretakers. Written by attorneys well-versed in the day-to-day obstacles confronted by persons with disabilities, the guidebook takes a comprehensive look at the legal concerns and protections for those individuals from infancy through adulthood. Topics covered include early intervention programs for infants and toddlers, K-12 education, employment, access to public accommodations, government benefits, asset planning, family law issues, health coverage issues, and housing/living arrangements. Also available in audio.
Medical Research: A Consumer’s Guide for Participation
Medical Research is for the individual who is thinking about participating in a clinical trial. This guidebook addresses the difference between the various types of medical research, the protective measures that are available to research participants, the participant's rights and responsibilities, payment issues, and other questions that a research volunteer should ask before starting treatment. Medical Research also features a glossary of common research terms and a list of valuable internet resources.
Medical Research has now been summarized into an easy-to-read brochure that provides a brief, general overview of the topics covered in the guidebook. One Page Version | Tri-fold Version
Loving Conversations: One Family's Story About the Importance of Advance Healthcare Planning
Loving Conversations is a video about the importance of advance healthcare planning. The video answers some common questions about executing an advance directive as it follows the story of one family and the difficult decisions they must make because their mother/wife did not execute an advance directive. Watch here.
Medicaid Basics: A Question and Answer Guide About Eligibility, Coverage, and Benefits
Medicaid Basics, written in a question and answer format, provides basic information about Medicaid benefits, eligibility, and coverage. This guidebook offers a clear summary of the Social Security Act and its healthcare programs and discusses the fundamental differences between Medicare and Medicaid. Additionally, the guide suggests additional resources for those requiring further assistance and provides a glossary of relevant terms related to the Medicaid program.
Medicaid Basics also includes a supplemental Fact Sheet that provides website links and phone numbers for Medicaid programs in the 50 states. It is a good starting point for those new to Medicaid or needing assistance in obtaining payment for medical care. Available in Chinese (traditional) and Spanish.
A Guide to Legal Issues in Life-Limiting Conditions
Life-Limiting Conditions provides an overview of the key legal and practical issues that arise in the care of individuals who face a life-limiting condition or who must care for a loved one with a life-limiting condition. As an aid to the planning process,
Life-Limiting is organized around the continuum of care beginning with healthy individuals who are able to live at home, to independent retirement communities, assisted living, long term care, and an eventual return to the home with the aid of hospice services.
Life-Limiting has also been summarized into six, easy to read one-page documents that provides a brief general overview of the issues covered in each chapter of the more comprehensive guidebook.
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- Care and Comfort at the End of Life