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Discusses all aspects of elder law and related topics. Intended for law profs and elder law attorneys.
By Kim Dayton

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Last Entry: March 21, 2011 at 17:48:13

Montana Supreme Court to hear argument in aid-in-dying case

Posted on August 21, 2009
Compassion & Choices and four Montana doctors filed their brief with the Montana Supreme Court August 14 in the case of Baxter et al v. Montana. Plaintiff Robert Baxter was suffering from lymphocytic leukemia when the case was filed and...

Assistant Secretary Greenlee Encourages National Aging Services Network To Stay Informed About Health Insurance Reform

Posted on August 21, 2009
Received from the Administration on Aging: President Obama is committed to working with Congress to pass comprehensive health insurance reform this year in order to control rising health care costs, guarantee choice of doctor, and assure high-quality, affordable health care...

KFF analysis: Summary of Key Medicare Provisions in H.R. 3200, America?s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Posted on August 21, 2009
Summary of Key Medicare Provisions in H.R. 3200, America?s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 This document provides a description of key Medicare provisions of H.R. 3200, America?s Affordable Health Choices Act, as introduced July 14, 2009, and notes the...

KFF analysis: Key Questions about Changes for Medicaid and Low-Income Individuals: HR 3200 America?s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Posted on August 21, 2009
Key Questions about Changes for Medicaid and Low-Income Individuals: HR 3200 America?s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 This brief highlights some key questions about provisions related to Medicaid, the Children?s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and provisions that affect low-income...

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Why Women Are Poor in Retirement: Sources of Support and Income in Retiremen

Posted on August 21, 2009
You must be a Clearinghouse Review subscriber to view this article. Log in or subscribe. Despite the overall decline in poverty rates among older Americans during the past few decades, the likelihood of a woman being poor in retirement increases...

TOC: New Perspectives on Elder Mediation (ACResolution Magazine)

Posted on August 21, 2009
New Perspectives on Elder Mediation: Evolving Ethics and Best Practices is the theme of the Summer issue of ACResolution, the quarterly magazine of the Association for Conflict Resolution. Feature articles include: A Mediator's Ethical Responsibility in Elder Mediation: What Is...

Retirement USA hosts conference on Re-envisioning Retirement

Posted on August 21, 2009
Re-Envisioning Retirement Security Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Kaiser Family Foundation - Barbara Jordan Conference Center 1330 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Please join Retirement USA for a conference to: Learn why a new private...

Elder mediation trainings proliferate....

Posted on August 21, 2009
I've received notices of a number of upcoming elder mediation trainings around the country. These include trainings in Ann Arbor, Chicago, and San Antonio Here's the scoop: ANN ARBOR The Center for Social Gerontology presents its Adult Guardianship / Family...

BLOG BACKLOG!!

Posted on August 21, 2009
Forgive the recent lack of postings, but things have been hectic in the Dayton/Hanson household. The next couple of days will produce a flurry of postings. Similar items will, for the most part, be included in a single lengthy posting....

Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) has forms a new Section on Elder Decision-Making and Conflict Resolution

Posted on August 03, 2009
The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) has formed a new Section on Elder Decision-Making and Conflict Resolution. The creation of the Section on Elder Decision-Making and Conflict Resolution was unanimously approved by the ACR Board of Directors at its July...

At last--US signs UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Posted on July 31, 2009
Via the AoA: Today, the United States joins 141 other nations who have signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The signing of the UN Convention sends an important message that this country is committed...

Deadline for digital cable converter box application approaching

Posted on July 24, 2009
A message from the AoA: n less than two weeks, NTIA will stop accepting coupon applications and appeals. While the transition to digital was completed on June 12, there are a number of households that remain unready ? they are...

Get ready for Grandparents' Day, Sept. 13

Posted on July 23, 2009
Grandparents Day 2009: Sept. 13 Grandparents Day was the brainchild of Marian McQuade of Fayette County, W.Va., who hoped that such an observance might persuade grandchildren to tap the wisdom and heritage of their grandparents. President Jimmy Carter signed the...

Census Bureau releases new report on global aging

Posted on July 23, 2009
The average age of the world?s population is increasing at an unprecedented rate. The number of people worldwide 65 and older is estimated at 506 million as of midyear 2008; by 2040, that number will hit 1.3 billion. Thus, in...

Funding opportunity from AoA

Posted on July 22, 2009
AOA Community Living Program Cooperative Agreements U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced a landmark collaboration to help the families of older Americans and Veterans with disabilities of all ages care...

Report: "Health characteristics of adults aged 55 years and over: United States, 2004-2007."

Posted on July 22, 2009
TNational Center for Health Statistics recently released a report, "Health characteristics of adults aged 55 years and over: United States, 2004-2007." This report is based on data from the 2004 through 2007 Sample Adult component of the annual National Health...

EPA Intergenerational Photo Contest--vote now!

Posted on July 22, 2009
EPA's Aging Initiative, Generations United, and the Rachel Carson Council, Inc. are pleased to present the finalists for the second annual intergenerational photo, essay, and poetry Sense of Wonder contest. All entries were created by an intergenerational team...

Today marks 44th anniversary of Older Americans Act

Posted on July 14, 2009
Statement by Assistant Secretary Kathy Greenlee on the 44th Anniversary of the Signing of the Older Americans Act "On July 14, 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Older Americans Act into law. At the ceremony, President Johnson said, "The...

Funding opportunities from the feds

Posted on July 01, 2009
Grants for Healthy Aging: Requests For Applications: RFA #HA-2009 The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announces the availability of funds for state health departments to improve the health of...

AARP report addresses urban planning issues for senior-friendly streets

Posted on July 01, 2009
AARP Public Policy Institute Releases ?Planning Complete Streets for an Aging America? This report addresses the need to create Complete Streets that are safe and convenient for travel by automobile, foot, bicycle and transit regardless of age or ability...

GAO report finds insufficient oversight of Reverse Mortgage marketing

Posted on July 01, 2009
HECMs can provide borrowers with multiple benefits, but they also have substantial costs and are relatively complex. HECMs allow seniors to convert their home equity into flexible cash advances while living in their homes. Additionally, the borrowers or their heirs...

Canadians offered opportunity to comment on UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Posted on June 29, 2009
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, today invited Canadians to provide their views on the ratification and implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Beginning today, until July 31,...

Elderly victims of Kenya witchhunts--where is the UN??

Posted on June 26, 2009
Via the BBC: Villagers, many straight from their farms, and armed with machetes, sticks and axes, are shouting and crowding round in a big group in Kenya's fertile Kisii district. I can't see clearly what is going on, but heavy...

Kathy J. Greenlee confirmed as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Aging

Posted on June 26, 2009
The Administration on Aging (AoA) has announced that Kathy J. Greenlee was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate as Assistant Secretary for Aging at the Department of Health and Human Services. President Barack Obama nominated Ms. Greenlee for the...

Census Bureau updates world population projections--elderly pop will triple by 2050

Posted on June 25, 2009
The world?s 65-and-older population is projected to triple by midcentury, from 516 million in 2009 to 1.53 billion in 2050, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In contrast, the population under 15 is expected to increase by only 6 percent...

Boomer Michael Jackson, age 50, dies after cardiac arrest

Posted on June 25, 2009
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/25/jackson/

Here's how the public feels about various health care reform ideas...

Posted on June 25, 2009
Source: Kaiser Health Report/Employee Benefits Research Institute, http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/general-pages/DataPinsurancecoverage.aspx

Senate Special Committee on Aging holds hearing on Emergency Preparedness and Older Americans

Posted on June 24, 2009
On Wednesday, June 24, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing called ?Emergency Preparedness, Aging and Special Needs: Prepared vs. Scared!? At the hearing, Dr. Richard Besser, Director, Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response of the...

CEJP Summer Newsletter now online

Posted on June 23, 2009
The Summer 2009 newsletter of the Center for Elder Justice and Policy at William Mitchell College of Law is now online at http://www.cejp.org/resources/EPPSu09.pdf

AARP develops "donut hole calculator"

Posted on June 23, 2009
Online calculator helps people avoid dreaded ?doughnut hole? Each year, an estimated three million-plus older Americans fall into the ?doughnut hole??a coverage gap in Medicare?s prescription drug program that leaves individuals on the hook for all of their own drug...

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