Seniors
Older adults have spent their lives building families, careers, and communities across Washington. They deserve to age with dignity, security, and independence, in the homes and communities of their choice.
Age 60 or older and need legal help?
What we help with
We help older adults:
- Get and keep the benefits they rely on, including Social Security, Medicaid, Veteran’s benefits, and programs that help pay for health care, housing, food, and utilities
- Stay housed, defending seniors facing eviction or foreclosure
- Fight fraud, identity theft, and elder abuse, so older adults stay in control of their lives and decisions.
- Legal clinics and free legal forms support end-of-life planning, such as wills and power of attorney.
I came for help to keep my ailing wife and I together in our home. Her adult children were trying to displace me and remove her from the only home she remembers. Thanks to NJP, we are happy, healthy, and together in our own home.
Charles, NJP Client
Where you’ll find us
NJP legal staff in all 19 of our field offices serve senior community members. Washington residents age 60 or older may be eligible for legal services through through CLEAR, NJP’s intake line (serving all of Washington outside of King County) and through our Foreclosure Prevention Unit. We also serve seniors through partnerships with local seniors provider organizations, including Area Agencies on Aging.
Sharon’s Story
No Water, No Rights, No Quit
In 2017, Sharon Doerr, now 84, started getting notices that the city would shut off water to her home at Del Ray Manufactured Housing Community in Longview, because her landlord had stopped paying the city while still collecting utility payments from tenants. NJP attorney Lisa Waldvogel won a court order requiring the landlord to pay, then two contempt rulings when he ignored it and tried to evict Sharon in retaliation.
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