The Chester County Elder Law Handbook and Resource Guide
This guide is designed to provide information about legal issues facing Chester County’s
senior citizens, their caregivers and families. It also lists a number of available resources.
The Chester County Bar Association has published this guide to help seniors make
appropriate choices so that they can maximize personal autonomy, minimize costs, have
an understanding of applicable legal concepts, and protect themselves against predators
bent on deceiving, exploiting or defrauding them.
No publication can cover all of the legal issues relating to a group as diverse as the senior
citizens of Chester County. These materials are, moreover, for informational purposes
only. They are not intended to be, and do not constitute any substitute for, legal advice
or legal opinions on any specifi c fact or issue. Obviously, the free dissemination of this
information is not intended to create an attorneyclient relationship with any individual in
or associated with the Chester County Bar Association.
This publication is not copyrighted, because the Bar Association wishes to ensure that
the information it provides is accessible to everyone who needs it. Any page or pages
may be copied, and the Guide is available in its entirety for free from the Chester County
Bar Association’s website at http:www.chescobar.orgseniorguide.
Like all reference guides, it begins to be out of date the day of its publication. The Chester
County Bar Association hopes to revise this guide periodically as part of its long-standing
tradition of public service to the residents of Chester County.