This year, the Guardianship Association of New Jersey, Inc. (GANJI) held its 13^th Annual Conference on Guardianship on October 30^th at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick, NJ. The conference was entitled “Surrogate Decision-Making: A Holistic Approach.” The Program Schedule is attached here – 13th-annual-conference-on-guardianship-10-31-08. As can be seen, there was a wide variety of topic presentations available for attendees.

Over the years, I have played a small part in GANJI’s steady growth. Many years ago, I achieved my goal of becoming a National Certified Guardian (formerly a Registered Guardian) through the study program offered by GANJI. I have spoken at GANJI conferences in prior years, and last year I was co-chair of the annual conference. This year, I presented a paper at the annual conference and chaired a session with Gwen Orlowski, Esq., who is a Division Director of the Department of the Public Advocate in Trenton, NJ. Our topic was the “Protection of Legal Rights: Access to Housing, Benefits and Employment”. My portion of the presentation covered legal protections available to residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and continuing care retirement communities.

The paper I presented to the attendees of my session is attached here – conference-presentation-10-31-08. My PowerPoint presentation is attached here – asset-protection-10-31-08.