Category: Meetings&Events

Senior Citizens Law Day
Oct. 24, 9AM-4PM
Albany Law School

The Advocacy Committee of Death with Dignity – Albany will be hosting an information table during the day at the Resource Fair at Albany Law School’s 21^st annual Senior Citizens’ Law Day. This is a free event that provides information on pressing legal, financial and health issues of concern today. . Please stop by to say hello and join the volunteers at the table to show your support!

The day will feature a full schedule of workshops on 30 topics facilitated by attorneys, financial advisors and other experts. There will also be a Pro Bono Brief Service/Advice Clinic, offered in partnership with the State Bar Association Elder Law and Special Needs Section, where attendees can sign up for a free 30-minute consultation with a practicing elder law attorney. Participants will receive a free 250-page Senior Citizens’ Law Day guidebook.

No advanced registration is required. A light breakfast will be available at 9am and a reduced rate lunch will be available from 12-2pm.

For further information on this event, call 518-445-2304.

Louis W. Pierro

I Did It My Way . . . Legal and Practical Issues in End of Life Decisions

presented by Attorney Louis W. Pierro

Thursday, Oct. 8, 12:15 – 1:45 pm

Wm. K. Sanford Town Library, 629 Albany Shaker Rd, Albany, NY 12211

Advance care planning is critical to ensuring that your final wishes are carried out in a manner that enables you to live your last days the way you choose. This session will explore what works, what doesn’t, and how to make your best case for death with dignity within the current legal framework.

Mr. Pierro will discuss:
◦Advance directives, including health care proxies and living wills
◦DNR orders
◦Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) form
◦How to have frank, honest discussions about your choices with family, physicians, attorneys and caregivers

Atty. Louis W. Pierro, of Pierro, Schaeffer & Connor, LLC,  is a nationally recognized expert in the areas Elder Law and Estate Planning.

Come learn something new, bring your questions, and meet other community members who support death with dignity.

This meeting is free and open to the public. No reservations are needed.