Elder Law

NIJ home page features elder abuse related topics and webcast on prosecutorial discretion

Posted on October 21, 2010
Via Lori Siegel/ ABA Eldebar Listserv: The FEATURED TOPIC this week on the home page of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ)?the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice?is ?Preventing and Prosecuting Elder Abuse...

Dep't of Justice schedules hearings on proposed ADA rules

Posted on October 20, 2010
Notice of Public Hearings on the Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking to Revise the ADA Implementing Regulations The Department of Justice has scheduled three public hearings on four Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRMs), which seek public comment on the...

Yet another article from the amazing Dick Kaplan (Illinois)

Posted on October 20, 2010
Financing Long-Term Care after Health Care Reform Richard L. Kaplan University of Illinois College of Law Journal of Retirement Planning, p. 9, July-August, 2010 Abstract: Among the many features of the 2010 health care legislation is a new entitlement program...

Call for papers: Southeastern Association of Law Schools

Posted on October 19, 2010
Call for Papers 2011 Annual Meeting, Southeastern Association of Law Schools The Legal Response to Elder Abuse Until recently, elder abuse and neglect were rarely mentioned in either the public discourse or the legal literature. Yet elder mistreatment is a...

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AoA's October newsletter now online

Posted on October 15, 2010
Table of Contents October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month AoA News Population Data on Older Hispanic Adults Featured in AoA?s October Widget Other HHS News CMS Awards Grants to Six States to Combat Abuse and Neglect in Long Term Care...

Experimenting with Teaching Estates and Trusts

Posted on October 15, 2010
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WILLS, TRUSTS, & ESTATES LAW eJOURNAL

Posted on October 15, 2010
"Risk of Death" American Law and Economics Review, Forthcoming U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 531 ARIEL PORAT, Tel Aviv University Email: porata@post.tau.ac.il AVRAHAM D. TABBACH, Tel Aviv University Email: adtabbac@post.tau.ac.il When people face the risk...

Badass old people: rock on!

Posted on October 14, 2010
Via Mary WanderPolo: 10 Badass Old Folks This Power Grid is dedicated to every elderly secondary character who tricked us into dismissing them at first, and then dropped our mouths open when they stood up and laid waste to a...

China's Communist Party elders call for an end to censorship

Posted on October 13, 2010
A group of 23 Communist Party elders in China has written a letter calling for an end to the country's restrictions on freedom of speech. The letter says freedom of expression is promised in the Chinese constitution but not allowed...

Open Enrollment for Medicare is

Posted on October 13, 2010
Open Enrollment for Medicare is just around the corner. At this time of year current or newly-eligible Medicare beneficiaries, including people with original Medicare, can review their current health or prescription drug plans, compare the plans to other options, and...

DOJ posts revised, integrated Title II, III ADA regulations

Posted on October 13, 2010
On Friday, July 23, 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder signed final regulations revising the Department?s ADA regulations, including its ADA Standards for Accessible Design. The official text was published in the Federal Register on September 15, 2010...

National Resource Center on LGBT aging launch

Posted on October 12, 2010
In February 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded a landmark grant to Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE)?in partnership with 10 organizations from around the country?to establish the country?s first and only technical assistance resource...

Assisted Living Consumers Alliance invites you to attend a meeting in Orlando

Posted on October 12, 2010
News from the Assisted Living Consumers Alliance: ALCA will be meeting on the morning of October 21 during the annual conference of the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care (formerly NCCNHR). We will be discussing recent ALCA activities and...

Borchard Center on Law and Aging announces 2010--11 Fellows

Posted on October 11, 2010
Announcing the 2010-2011 Borchard Foundation Law and Aging Fellows The Borchard Fellowship in Law & Aging affords one year for two law school graduates interested in, and perhaps already in the early stages of pursuing, an academic and/or professional career...

NSCLC publishes guide to Martinez settlement

Posted on October 10, 2010
The Martinez lawsuit challenged the Social Security Administration?s policy interpreting provisions in the Social Security Act that came to be known as the ?fleeing felon? provisions. The ?fleeing felon? provisions make ineligible for benefits anyone who is 1) ?fleeing to...

Check out this webinar series sponsored by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Posted on October 09, 2010
Series Title: Public Policy & Aging Report on Healthy Aging and the Environment The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) presents a distinguished panel of guest speakers to bring you a groundbreaking series of webinars on aging, environmental...

Learn about health care reform the YooTunes way...

Posted on October 08, 2010
Kaiser Family Foundation has announced the availabilty of a new animated 9 minute short on their website, narrated by Cokie Roberts, explaining health care reform. Health Reform Hits Main Street, a new animated short video from the Kaiser Family Foundation,...

Older volunteers provide 800% return on investment

Posted on October 08, 2010
Older adult volunteers can provide an 800% return on investment to nonprofits, says a new report released today by NCOA. The report, The Boomer Solution: Skilled Talent to Meet Nonprofit Needs, is the result of a three-year collaborative study of...

Center for Medicare Advocacy offers tips on Part D enrollment, more

Posted on October 07, 2010
The Center for Medicare Advocacy has released its summary of Part D changes and issues in time for the 2011 enrollment season. Here are its tips for choosing the right plan: Reminders for Selecting a Plan First and foremost, compare...

New ABA publication evaluates emeritus attorney pro bono programs

Posted on October 06, 2010
A new ABA publication, Emeritus Attorney Programs: Best Practices and Lessons Learned, by David Godfrey and Erica Wood, examines state bar programs that allow retired attorneys to engage in specific types of pro bono practice. Here's the intro:The term ?emeritus?...

NCEA October newsletter now online

Posted on October 05, 2010
The October 2010 edition of the National Center of Elder Abuse newsletter is now online. Table of ContentsOctober Observances Provide Opportunities to Address Elder Abuse Healthcare Infrastructure Grant to Foster Elder Abuse Research among Chinese Americans Promising Practices Programs: Highlights...

What's new with the flu?

Posted on September 27, 2010
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will kickoff the first in a series of ?Know What to Do About the Flu? webcasts on tomorrow, Tuesday, September 28th at 12:00 noon. Sebelius will be joined by HHS...

SSRN: Health Care Law and Policy eJournal articles

Posted on September 24, 2010
Table of Contents Health Care Reform ? A Historic Moment in US Social Policy Lawrence O. Gostin, Georgetown University Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law Elenora E. Connors, Georgetown University Law Center The Next Stage...

Registration now open for CCEL

Posted on September 20, 2010
Don't miss the 5th Canadian Conference on Elder Law, to be held for the first time in Toronto this fall! This Conference will bring together a unique gathering of experts and leaders in elder law and policy, with over one...

The Latest from SSRN ElderLaw journal

Posted on September 17, 2010
Earnings Sharing in the U.S. Social Security System: A Microsimulation Analysis of Future Female Retirees Howard Iams, U.S. Social Security Administration Gayle Reznik, Social Security Administration Christopher R. Tamborini, U.S. Social Security Administration Older Clients with Questionable Legal Competence: Elder...

Race, Poverty, Gender, Disability and Elderly Discrimination

Posted on September 15, 2010
"End of Life Health Care: Race, Poverty, Gender, Disability and Elderly Discrimination" CONSTANCE FAIN, affiliation not provided to SSRN Email: constancefain@att.net Race, poverty, gender, disability and age can have a serious impact on end of life health care decisions...

ADA: New final regulations published for state and local govt'ts; public accommodations

Posted on September 15, 2010
On Friday, July 23, 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder signed final regulations revising the Department?s ADA regulations, including its ADA Standards for Accessible Design. The official text was published in the Federal Register on September 15, 2010...

Proposals sought for 2011 Equal Justice Conference

Posted on September 14, 2010
The American Bar Association and the National Legal Aid & Defender Association present the 2011 EQUAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE May 19 - 21 with pre-conferences on May 18 Hilton San Francisco at Union Square · San Francisco, California Request for Training....

September issue of NCEA newsletter now available online

Posted on September 14, 2010
Get it here. Table of ContentsResearch Highlight: Considering the Role of Clergy in Elder Abuse Response Anatomy of a Grassroots Public Awareness Effort: Soroptimist International of Indian Rock, Pennsylvania Elder Abuse Awareness Initiative Ideas for Public Awareness Activities Call for...

New issue of BIFOCAL now available online

Posted on September 14, 2010
The latest edition of BIFOCAL, the e-journal of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging Is now available online Get it here. Table of ContentsHelping States Establish POLST Programs to Honor Patients? Wishes for Advanced Illness Care ABA Family Law...

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