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This May – which is both Older Americans Month and National Elder Law Month – Community Legal Aid seeks to raise awareness of issues facing elders. Thanks to support from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs and Title III of the Federal Older Americans Act, Community Legal Aid provides free services to vulnerable persons age 60 and older who have civil legal problems.
As noted in the White House’s 2021 Proclamation on Older Americans Month, the “COVID-19 pandemic has imposed tremendous hardships on our Nation’s older Americans. Older adults particularly those from communities of color have comprised the majority of deaths from COVID-19, with more than 80 percent of all deaths to date occurring in persons 65 and older.