Legal Services for Older Adults in Utah
Many older people experience problems that threaten their autonomy, dignity, health, income, rights, and security. Many of these problems can be avoided or remedied by legal intervention.
Sometimes older persons may not realize the problem they are facing is a legal one. Other times, an older person and/or a caregiver may know he or she needs a lawyer's help, but doesn't know how to get a lawyer, or is afraid of the cost of a lawyer.
Legal assistance is available to persons in Utah 60 years of age and older. Legal help is available even if you are homebound or in a nursing home or hospital. Whenever possible, legal services will be provided free of charge and in a language you understand. Most importantly, the legal services providers will represent your interests.
Older Americans Act
The Older Americans Act, a federal law, requires
states and Area Agencies on Aging to make legal assistance available to persons 60 years of age and older, and in
particular, to those elders in greatest social and economic need. Legal assistance is a service provided through Utah's
twelve Area Agencies on Aging together with a network of
legal services providers throughout Utah.
