News from the National Center
This is where we share what is happening with the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership such as new partnerships and funding, highlight changes in policies that impact medical-legal partnership work, and respond to events in the world.
Helping Family Caregivers Through the Lens of a Medical-Legal Partnership
In this guest article, Randye Retkin and Naji’a Tameez, attorneys with LegalHealth, a Division of New York Legal Assistance Group, share how medical-legal partnerships in New York City are helping caregivers care for their loved ones, including elderly parents and adult children with intellectual disabilities. MLPs help caregivers navigate advanced planning, public benefits, housing repairs, and issues with social security.