Wake-Up Call: Guardianship of Adults and the Law

Doris Gelbman (left) and Katie Caverly

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with attorney Doris Gelbman of Gelbman Law PLLC and Katie Caverly, Managing Director at IKOR of Charlottesville about guardianship of adults. Topics include: Defining Legal Guardianship vs. Conservatorship and how a person can become a ‘ward of the court’ without knowing it.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Wake-Up Call: A Look Back at 2020

This week on the Sunday Morning Wake-up Call producer Dan Gould takes a look back at three stories we ran in 2020. First, host Rick Moore talks with writer, journalist, editor and filmmaker Sierra Bellows about the University of Virginia’s 1970 transition from an all male institution to co-ed. Next, Doris Gelbman of Gelbman Law and Beth Norton from Norton Health Law join us to talk about the role of the law in protecting elder health as it pertains to COVID-19. And finally, Superintendent Colonel Martin E. Kumer joins the show to talk about crime, rehabilitation and the jail in the year of COVID-19.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Wake-Up Call: Health, Elder Law and COVID-19

Doris Gelbman (left) and Beth Norton

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with Doris Gelbman of Gelbman Law and Beth Norton from Norton Health Law about the role of the law in protecting elder health. Topics include: The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on elder health, and the recent negligence of some nursing homes.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on Real Oldies 97.9 The WREN, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Wake-Up Call: Legal and Care Resources for the Elderly

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with attorney Doris Gelbman of Gelbman Law about legal and care resources for the elderly. Topics include: Elder abuse and how to evaluate an elder care facility.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Wake-Up Call: The Law and Elderly Care

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with Katie Caverly, Managing Director at IKOR of Charlottesville and attorney Doris Gelbman of Gelbman Law PLLC about some of the laws governing elderly care. Topics include: Legal advocacy for the elderly and determining mental capacity.

The Sunday Morning Wake-up Call is heard on 94.7 WPVC the Progressive Voice of Charlottesville, Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon.

Straight Talk: Doris Gelbman

Doris Gelbman

This week WPVC’s Straight Talk host Andri Hakes talks with Charlottesville attorney Doris Gelbman about Elder law. Gelbman’s firm Gelbman Law PLLC is focused exclusively on Elder Law in Central Virginia, including the City of Charlottesville, the surrounding counties and Shenandoah Valley.

Before starting her law firm, Gelbman was a technical and marketing computer analyst for a major international computer manufacturer then later worked in broadcast radio and television. She spent many years traveling to, and living in places all around the globe; learning about other languages and cultures as well as international business practices and technology. At age 37 she went to college, graduating summa cum laude in history and three years later completed law school near the top of her class.

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