Elder Law

AoA to host Care Transitions webinar

Posted on March 21, 2011
On Wednesday, March 30, the Administration on Aging (AoA) will continue its series of webinars focused on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (also known as the Affordable Care Act, or ACA) and its impact on the...

Selection from the HEALTH CARE LAW & POLICY eJOURNAL

Posted on January 17, 2011
"Physician-Assisted Suicide or Death with Dignity? Music Lessons from Symphony Halls and Opera Houses" Western Political Science Association 2010 Annual Meeting Paper ARTHUR G. SVENSON, University of Redlands ADAM SOLINGER, affiliation not provided to SSRN In 2008, the State of...

MEDICAL-LEGAL STUDIES EJOURNAL

Posted on January 10, 2011
Blood Transfusions, Jehovah?s Witnesses, and the American Patients? Rights Movement Charles Hillel Baron, Boston College - Law School The High Court's Lost Chance in Medical Negligence Thomas Alured Faunce, Australian National University, Australian Research Council Alexandra McEwan, Australian National University...

December Issue of Bifocal

Posted on January 03, 2011
Attached is the December 2010 issue of Bifocal, Journal of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging. Link to: http://new.abanet.org/aging/PublicDocuments/Dec_10_ABA_Bifocal_J.pdf In this issue: - What Is Quality in Elder Care Mediation and Why Should Elder Law Advocates Care? (by Ellie...

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From the WILLS, TRUSTS, & ESTATES LAW eJOURNAL

Posted on December 27, 2010
"Same-Sex Second-Parent Adoption and Intestacy Law: Applying the Sharon S. Model of 'Simultaneous' Adoption to Parent-Child Provisions of the Uniform Probate Code" Cornell Law Review, Vol. 96, No. 1, 2010 JASON CAREY BEEKMAN, Cornell Law Review Email: jcb54@cornell...

From the HEALTH CARE LAW & POLICY eJOURNAL

Posted on December 20, 2010
"The Factual Bases for Constitutional Challenges to the Constitutionality of Federal Health Insurance Reform" Northern Kentucky Law Review, 2011 Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 1717781 MARK A. HALL, Wake Forest University - School of Law Email: mhall@law...

From the PUBLIC HEALTH LAW & POLICY eJOURNAL

Posted on December 15, 2010
"Relieving (Most of) the Tension: A Review Essay of Samuel R. Bagenstos, Law & the Contradictions of the Disability Rights Movement" Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 20, 2011 NICOLE B. PORTER, University of Toledo College of Law...

All I can say is...creepy

Posted on December 01, 2010
The coffin which used to contain the body of Lee Harvey Oswald is to be sold at auction in a few weeks. The man believed to have shot President John F Kennedy was interred in the pine coffin for almost...

Abuse of disabled persons documented in Mexico's long term care facilities

Posted on December 01, 2010
Ten years ago, a human rights group released a scathing, groundbreaking report on abusive, decrepit conditions in Mexican institutions for the mentally and physically disabled, moving the country to promise change and to take the lead in writing international agreements...

Spanish orderly admits to kiling 11 retirement home residents

Posted on November 30, 2010
An orderly at a Spanish retirement home has admitted killing 11 residents, reports say.ccJoan Vila, 45, said he poisoned them with bleach, an overdose of insulin or drugs at the home in the north-eastern town of Olot, Spanish media reported....

AoA launches Affordable Care Act News, a monthly newsletter on health care reform and seniors

Posted on November 30, 2010
The Administration on Aging (AoA) has launched a new e-newsletter devoted to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the impact on the Aging Network. The new law strengthens Medicare, reduces fraud, and closes the gap in Medicare prescription...

Estate Planning Alternative Spring Break Opportunity

Posted on November 30, 2010
APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED to January 5 Want to serve a community in need? Want to get a head start on clinic experience? Want to meet law students from across the country, work with real clients and learn from licensed, practicing...

From the Elder Law Studies eJournal

Posted on November 24, 2010
"Social Security Spouse and Survivor Benefits 101: Practical Primer Part II (Or Another Reason to Put a Ring on It)" American Bar Association ? Section of Taxation, News Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 1, Fall 2010 FRANCINE J. LIPMAN, Chapman University...

National Associatin of AAAs call for proposal--Dec. 3 deadline

Posted on November 20, 2010
The 2011 Call for Presentations is Open! The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging is requesting workshop proposals for presentation at the n4a 36th Annual Conference & Tradeshow. More than 500 Area Agency on Aging and Title VI Native...

CALL FOR PROPOSALS AND PARTICIPANTS: 2011 Health Law Teachers Conference

Posted on November 17, 2010
Co-Sponsored by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics and the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy The Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy at Loyola University Chicago School of Law is pleased to be hosting the...

More from the PUBLIC HEALTH LAW & POLICY eJOURNAL

Posted on November 15, 2010
"The National Individual Health Insurance Mandate: Ethics and the Constitution" Hastings Center Report, September/October 2010 Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 10-53 LAWRENCE O. GOSTIN, Georgetown University Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law Email: gostin@law...

DOJ puts standards for accessible design 2010 online

Posted on November 15, 2010
he Department of Justice?s revised regulations for Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) were published in the Federal Register on September 15, 2010. The Department has assembled this official online version of the...

AoA November newsletter now online

Posted on November 12, 2010
Access the full newsletter. Here's the Table of Contents Top Story November Is National Family Caregivers Month AoA News AoA?s National Family Caregiver Support Program Celebrates 10 Years November is National Alzheimer?s Disease Awareness Month Message from Assistant Secretary Kathy...

PUBLIC HEALTH LAW & POLICY eJOURNAL

Posted on November 11, 2010
"The Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (2009)" U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Email: helpdesk@huduser.org The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is pleased to present the 2009 Annual...

Shriver Center hosts free webinar on protecting vulnerable populations

Posted on November 10, 2010
Free Webinar: Safeguarding the Rights of Vulnerable Populations During Modernization of Electricity Distribution Many public utilities are upgrading or are planning to upgrade to "smart grid" technology, but the changes might have a disproportionate burden on low-income, disabled, and elderly...

Free Webinar: Safeguarding the Rights of Vulnerable Populations During Modernization of Electricity Distribution

Posted on November 10, 2010
Many public utilities are upgrading or are planning to upgrade to ?smart grid? technology, but the changes might have a disproportionate burden on low-income, disabled, and elderly people. Unless adequate protections are built into the planning and implementation of smart...

National Aging and the Law Conference--special hotel rate ends Nov. 17

Posted on November 10, 2010
The NALC Conference is December 9-11, 2010 The special hotel rate offer at the Westin Alexandria expires November 17, 2010. Hotel may sell out before then. Make your reservations today using this link.

Us DOJ consent decree will require major ADA compliance changes at Hilton chain hotels

Posted on November 09, 2010
On November 9, 2010, the United States filed a Complaint and Consent Decree in United States District Court for the District of Columbia to resolve an investigation into Hilton Worldwide, Inc. (HWI), formerly, Hilton Hotels Corporation, for a pattern and...

NYTimes Editorial: The Crisis in Public Housing

Posted on November 08, 2010
Published: November 4, 2010 After nearly two decades of weak financing from Congress, a large number of the public housing developments that shelter 2.3 million of the nation?s poorest, most vulnerable people are falling apart. The scope of the problem...

Call for Papers: Aging as a Feminist Concern

Posted on November 03, 2010
January 21-22, 2011, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia Aging is a feminist issue. The elderly, especially the oldest of the old, are disproportionately female. Among the elderly, women are more likely than their male peers to face a...

NYT: Money Woes Can Be Early Clue to Alzheimer?s

Posted on November 03, 2010
Renee Packel used to have a typical suburban life. Her husband, Arthur, was a lawyer and also sold insurance. They lived in a town house just outside Philadelphia, and Mrs. Packel took care of their home and family. One day,...

New Issue of ABA's Bifocal

Posted on November 01, 2010
Check out the below link to the October 2010 issue of Bifocal, Journal of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging. Link to: http://new.abanet.org/aging/PublicDocuments/Oct_10_ABA_Bifocal_J.pdf In this issue: - ABA Commission to Develop Pocket Guide on Legal Issues Related to Elder...

China's census will reveal important information about changing demographics

Posted on November 01, 2010
China began tallying its population on Monday for the first time since 2000, an arduous task likely to be made even tougher by the need to count scores of millions of migrant workers in the nation?s big cities. The government...

NSCLC offers free webinar on Olmstead-Ten Years After

Posted on October 25, 2010
REVISITING THE OLMSTEAD RULING: KEEPING MORE OLDER ADULTS OUT OF NURSING HOMES Presenters: NSCLC Attorneys Eric Carlson & Gene Coffey Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010 Time : 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT / 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT...

Council of Europe calls for an end to institutionalization of persons with disabilities

Posted on October 22, 2010
Yesterday in a formal "comment" the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammerberg, called for an end to inhuman treatment of persons with disabilities. Referring to the need to put a stop to impunity for deaths and abuses...

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