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Helene V. Wenzel has an estate planning practice
which includes:
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preparation of wills, living trusts and durable
powers of attorney
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conservatorships
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probate
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domestic partnership
documents
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ElderWorks: planning for incapacity, long-term and
Nursing Home care and Medi-Cal eligibility.
For two years before
opening her solo practice, she was Staff Attorney at California
Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR), in San Francisco, where
she answered questions from consumers, private bar attorneys and
legal aid staff throughout California on matters pertaining to
Nursing Home placement, Medi-Cal eligibility, spousal impoverishment
and asset management, and estate recovery at death.
She also handled
pension counseling and advocacy under a federal grant from the
Administration on Aging, recovering thousands of dollars for senior
retirees and widowed and divorced spouses.
As the current Vice President of the Northern California
chapter of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA),
Helene regularly addresses California seniors and
their caregivers at church, community, and social gatherings as
well as seminars and special forums on elder law issues including:
She has spoken at Continuing Education of the Bar
seminars for attorneys; American Society on Aging;San Francisco
Glide Memorial Church; Grace Cathedral; Jewish Family and
Childrens Services; Family Caregivers Association; UC San
Francisco Medical Center; San Francisco State University; Senior
Roundtable meetings in San Rafael and San Francisco; Spectrum in
San Rafael; SF Metropolitan Community Church; and the SF Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Community Center.
She believes strongly that knowledge of these
issues on aging is power; and seeks to spread that knowledge and
power where it is most needed.
She is working on a book about
elder issues from her perspective as a daughter, an elder law
attorney and a concerned citizen. She welcomes speaking
engagements throughout the Greater Bay Area.
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