Gail Candaras This is Me

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   Published on: 12/26/2005   Last Visited: 1/13/2006

   People like Gail Candaras. The state representative for the 12th Hampden District and a practicing attorney, Candaras, like everyone in the legal field, recognizes a growing need for work in estate planning and elder law. And she understands that those administering such services must be specialists, and to become one, she must "know what she doesn't know."
   
   "And that's quite a bit," she told BusinessWest, adding that she intends to close that gap over the next three years, attending one five-hour course a week in subject matter she described as complex and intense.
   
   "This work is very challenging," she said, noting that the estate planning and elder law have fields have changed considerably since she earned her JD from WNEC 22 years ago. "The government regulations are very complex, and there are new ones to deal with every year."
   
   These new and changing regulations coincide with the first of what will be tens of millions of 60th birthdays for members of the Baby Boom generation, she said, noting that an estimated 43% of this constituency will eventually need nursing home care.
   
   "And if these people aren't ready for what will come down the road, if they haven't properly planned, they could be looking at real trouble," she said, adding that she and others in the LL.M. program are assembling the tools to help them avoid such a fate.