Twyla Sketchley is a Florida Bar Board Certified Elder Law Attorney. She is licensed to practice law in Montana and Florida and founded The Sketchley Law Firm, P.A. in Tallahassee in 2002. Ms. Sketchley's practice focuses on elder law, guardianship, fiduciary representation, and elder law related litigation.
She is a past Chair of the Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar and a past President of the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys (AFELA). In 2016, she founded The Sketchley Method, the nation's leading resource on the prevention of the maltreatment of elders and people with disabilities.
She is a past Chair of the Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar and a past President of the Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys (AFELA). In 2016, she founded The Sketchley Method, the nation's leading resource on the prevention of the maltreatment of elders and people with disabilities.
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Elder law is the holistic approach that addresses the legal issues involving elders and individuals with special needs and their families. Elder law integrates legal solutions with social, medical and long term care structures to assist clients in maintaining the highest quality of life, dignity and autonomy as possible given an individual's circumstances.
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The Sketchley Law Firm is a firm specializing in elder law, founded by Twyla Sketchley, a Florida Bar board certified Elder Law Attorney. Our practice is focused on Elder Law.
We can assist you and your family with a variety of matters including estate planning, incapacity planning, guardianship, long term care planning, end of life care, exploitation prevention and recovery, residential issues, domestic relation issues, blended family care issues, trusts, probate administration, disability, insurance issues, government services and entitlements, public benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and many other areas.
We can assist you and your family with a variety of matters including estate planning, incapacity planning, guardianship, long term care planning, end of life care, exploitation prevention and recovery, residential issues, domestic relation issues, blended family care issues, trusts, probate administration, disability, insurance issues, government services and entitlements, public benefits, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and many other areas.
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Find resources here about Elder Law, guardianship, special needs planning, assisting and elderly or disabled loved one, or public benefits. This handbook of regional care resources is designed to help guide families and caregivers toward services in our community and to assist in navigating the maze of aging, long-term care, and end-of-life care.
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Advanced directives refer to the legal documents regarding your health care and end of life decisions. Advanced directives include a living will, a health care surrogate designation or a health care power of attorney and a occasionally a HIPAA release. Assistant living facilities are facilities that provide small apartments for elderly and those with disabilities and provide assistance for the individuals who live there.
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Twyla Sketchley was honored as a 2016 Woman of Distinction in the Law by the Girl Scouts of the Florida Panhandle. Picture here are the Sketchley Law Firm team. The Sketchley Law Firm 12 @ 12 Lunch League is when we go to lunch with our friends (old and new). This helps us find good people to help our clients.
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