Elder Law

Researchers say that government population estimates reflect understated life expectancy

Posted on January 11, 2010
Researchers at the MacArthur Research network say that current government projections may significantly underestimate the future life expectancy of Americans. By 2050 Americans may live 3.1 to 7.9 years longer than official government projections. The researchers forecast that by 2050...

National Center for Health Statistics announces linkage of disparate health survey files

Posted on January 11, 2010
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is pleased to announce that NCHS has updated the linkage of the 1994-2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to benefit history data from the...

AARP and UN will hold annual briefing session Feb. 2-3

Posted on January 11, 2010
AARP, in cooperation with the United Nations Programme on Ageing, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), will organize a series of briefings on key global aging issues from February 2-3, 2010. These events are in conjunction with the UN....

HHS report discusses how health reform will benefit older Americans

Posted on January 08, 2010
HHS has released a new report on health care reform entitled "Protecting Families and Putting More Money in Your Pocket: How Health Insurance Reform Will Lower Costs and Increase Choices" Here's the into: American families struggle under the current health...

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AoA's National Legal Resource Center to host Webinar on helping difficult clients

Posted on January 08, 2010
NLRC Webinar on Helping Difficult Clients On January 20 the National Legal Resource Center (NLRC) will sponsor a training Webinar for persons who provide legal assistance to consumers, particularly older adults. This 90-minute workshop will offer tips for identifying common...

AoA announces National Legal Resource Center.

Posted on January 08, 2010
HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee has launched a new Web site for the National Legal Resource Center (NLRC). The NLRC was created in 2008 by the Administration on Aging (AoA) to empower legal and aging services advocates with...

SAMHSA says that rising rates of substance abuse among older persons will require more treatment services

Posted on January 08, 2010
A new study released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) indicates that the aging of the baby boom generation is resulting in a dramatic increase in levels of illicit drug use among adults 50 and older....

Last surviving WWI vet in US wants rededication of war memorial

Posted on December 04, 2009
The last surviving US veteran of World War I has urged members of Congress to rededicate a Washington monument to the memory of his fellow combatants. Frank Buckles, 108, said the US capital needed a symbol to honour all those...

Coalition seeks input on issues facing LGBT seniors

Posted on November 10, 2009
The National Senior Citizens Law Center, Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Center for Transgender Equality, and Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE), are working together to raise...

Family Caregivers are Urged to Consider Senior Care Options During National Caregivers? Month

Posted on November 10, 2009
November?s recognition of National Caregivers? Month is a good opportunity for families suffering under the strain of providing care to an aging loved one to examine senior care options and alternatives. Too often families go through extraordinary lengths that leave...

Message from Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee for Veterans Day 20

Posted on November 10, 2009
Veterans Day is also a day when we honor those veterans who live among us -- in our homes, communities and in congregate settings such as assisted living and nursing homes. The contributions of these courageous men and women who...

ALCA offers free webinar on Medicaid and assisted living

Posted on November 03, 2009
The Assisted Living Consumers Alliance presents State Medicaid Reimbursement Policies and Practices in Assisted Living Join us for a Webinar on November 17 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST / 3:00 PM ? 4:00 PM ET Space is limited. Reserve...

AoA newsletter available via website

Posted on November 03, 2009
Here's the TOC for the AoA's monthly e-Newsletter. Check it out at http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Press_Room/Enews/index.aspx Table of Contents AoA News Messages on National Observances from Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department Secretary Cindy Padilla to...

British couple leaves suicide note criticizing anti- aid-in-dying policies

Posted on November 03, 2009
Dennis and Flora Milner, aged 83 and 81, were found dead in their home in Newbury on Sunday, police confirmed. A letter and statement saying they had "chosen to peacefully end our lives" was delivered to BBC South on Tuesday....

Help national leaders devise affordable, reliable public transit for seniors and persons with disabilities

Posted on November 02, 2009
The Federal Interagency Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM) invites you to participate in the United We Ride National Dialogue! Do you have suggestions and ideas that you would like to share with national leaders that can assist communities...

November is National Family Caregivers Month

Posted on November 02, 2009
AoA Secretary Greenlee's message: The National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP), Aging and Disability Resource Centers, and the recent implementation of the Lifespan Respite Care Program have positioned AoA, the Aging Network and the broader home and community-based services network...

WalMart what?

Posted on October 30, 2009
The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, now plans to hold on to customers even after they die - by selling coffins. Prices range from a "Mom" or "Dad Remembered" steel coffin for $895 (£540), to a bronze model at $2,899. The...

Chicago Tribune exposes abuse of psychotropic drugs in IL nursing homes

Posted on October 29, 2009
Courtesy Paul Nidich, http://www.paulnidich.blogspot.com/Illinois nursing home patients often receive psychotropic drugs without cause, which poses various health dangers and even death, the Chicago Tribune reports as part of its Compromised Care series...

Evidence Database to Support Aging Research

Posted on October 28, 2009
The New York Academy of Medicine's Social Work Leadership Institute has released a new evidence database to support aging research. This is an easy-to-use online database to help scholars, policy analysts, and advocates stay on top of the latest research...

HHS to fund National Resource Center for LGBT Elders

Posted on October 22, 2009
HHS to Create a National Resource Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Elders Yesterday HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced plans to establish the nation's first national resource center to assist communities across the country in their efforts to provide...

Veterans Day is Nov. 11--here is some info about our nation's veterans population

Posted on October 19, 2009
Veterans Day 2009: Nov. 11 Veterans Day originated as ?Armistice Day? on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov. 11 became a...

Loyola-Chicago to host Third Annual Beazley Symposium on Access to Health Care Nov. 6

Posted on October 16, 2009
Third Annual Beazley Symposium on Access to Health Care: Health Care Disparities: Effectiveness, Rationing and the Road to the Future Friday, November 6, 8:15 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Power Rogers & Smith Ceremonial Courtroom 10th Floor, Philip H. Corboy Law Center, 25...

NAELA request input on spring 2010 Annual Meeting

Posted on October 16, 2009
The 2010 NAELA Annual Meeting committee is soliciting topics that cover the overall theme of ?Planning in Times of Uncertainty?. We are looking for topics specific to the different areas of Elder and Special Needs Law that pertain to your...

Schuck to deliver Baum Memorial Lecture at University of Illinois

Posted on October 16, 2009
The Elder Law Journal at the University of Illinois takes great pleasure in announcing that the 2009-10 Ann F. Baum Memorial Elder Law Lecture will be presented on Monday, October 19 by Peter H. Schuck, the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor...

Remarks by Marcia Greenberger on health insurance disparities for women

Posted on October 15, 2009
Remarks by Marcia Greenberger, co-Founder of the National Women's Law Center, on the unfair insurance industry practices that treat being a woman like a "pre-existing condition." Marcia is delivering these remarks today at a congressional hearing. Next week, the NWLC...

KFF taking applications for Barbara Jordan Health Policy Fellowships

Posted on October 10, 2009
The Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program brings talented college seniors and recent graduates to Washington, D.C., where they are placed in congressional offices and learn about health policy issues, with a focus on issues affecting racial and ethnic minority...

More from the guy who never sleeps....

Posted on October 06, 2009
To Roth or Not to Roth: Analyzing the Conversion Opportunity for 2010 and Beyond Richard L. Kaplan, University of Illinois College of Law Bureau of National Affairs Daily Tax Report, Vol. 9, No. 181, September 22, 2009 University of Illinois...

Dick Kaplan on Social Security's "no COLA" year....

Posted on October 06, 2009
The Social Security Administration announced Sept. 30 that there would be no increase in retirement benefits next year ? the first freeze in more than three decades. Law professor Richard L. Kaplan, an expert in elder law, discusses the reasoning...

Center for Medicare Advocacy calls for support for public plan option

Posted on September 29, 2009
Public Option: Just a Phone Call Away Thanks again to Robert Reich for calling attention to the importance of a public plan option (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/the-public-option-lives-o_b_302038.html) and the work of Charles Schumer (New York) and Jay Rockefeller (West Virginia) to make sure...

Flu.gov webcast will outline steps for dealing with flu for elder advocates

Posted on September 28, 2009
DO YOU OR DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION WORK WITH SENIORS? KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE FLU Join U.S. Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee, Sandy Markwood, CEO, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), Jim Firman, President and CEO,...

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