Elder Law

The story of an unbefriended elder...

Posted on September 14, 2010
A wartime heroine who was captured three times by the Germans and endured spells in concentration and labour camps is to be buried by a council because no friends or family can be traced. Eileen Nearne, 89, who died in...

There'll always be an England....

Posted on September 14, 2010
A BBC presenter who admitted wasting police time after claiming on air that he smothered his dying lover has been given a suspended prison sentence. Ray Gosling, 71, of Nottingham, was charged over claims he made to BBC Breakfast's Bill...

GAO report discusses "What Seniors Want"

Posted on September 13, 2010
Summary: Administered by the Administration on Aging (AoA) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Title III of the Older Americans Act (OAA) is intended to assist individuals age 60 and older by providing supportive services. Title III,...

Update to Disability.gov offers more info and assistance

Posted on September 11, 2010
The Department of Labor?s Disability.gov website was recently updated with several new resources about communicating with, and about, people with disabilities. It provides examples of appropriate and inappropriate phrases to describe persons with disabilities...

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PUBLIC HEALTH LAW & POLICY eJOURNAL

Posted on September 09, 2010
"Health Care Reform ? A Historic Moment in US Social Policy" Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 303, pp. 2521-2522, 2010 Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 10-46 LAWRENCE O. GOSTIN, Georgetown University Law Center - O'Neill Institute for...

Follow up on creepy story

Posted on September 03, 2010
Prior post: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/elder_law/2010/04/how-creepy-is-this.html Two women who were arrested after trying to take a dead relative on to a plane will not face charges. Gitta Jarant and her daughter, Anke Anusic, were arrested at Liverpool John Lennon Airport when it emerged...

Sept. 23 is National Falls Prevention Awareness Day

Posted on September 03, 2010
National Falls Prevention Awareness Day (NFPAD) is the first day of fall. This year, it will be observed on September 23. Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries to older adults. NFPAD was established in 2007 to...

University of Iowa offers free online course on health care reform

Posted on August 31, 2010
In what may be a one-of-a-kind move, the University of Iowa College of Law is offering all comers the opportunity to attend a free online 14-week course on the nation's new health care reform law. Already, nearly 500 people have...

New from the MEDICAL-LEGAL STUDIES eJOURNAL

Posted on August 25, 2010
Table of Contents Medical Negligence Dispute Resolution: A Role for Facilitative Mediation and Principled Negotiation? Tony Bogdanoski, University of Sydney - Faculty of Law The Right to Silence Protects Mental Control Dov Fox, Yale Law School Review of 'Heath Law...

New from ElderLaw Studies eJournal

Posted on August 23, 2010
Table of Contents Care/Work: Law Reform to Support Family Caregivers to Balance Paid Work and Unpaid Caregiving: A Study Paper Prepared by the British Columbia Law Institute & Canadian Centre for Elder Law Canadian Centre for Elder Law, affiliation not...

Judith Johnson on the need for end-of-life planning (Huffington Post)

Posted on August 19, 2010
Both individually and collectively, we are paying an enormous emotional and financial price for being silenced by our society's taboo against talking about death and dying. Other societies educate their members about the reality of death and the processes of...

Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law, Bioethics, and Biotechnology at Harvard Law School accepting applications for 2011-13 Academic Fellowship Program starting 9/1

Posted on August 12, 2010
The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law, Bioethics, and Biotechnology at Harvard Law School will be accepting applications for the 2011-13 Academic Fellowship Program on a rolling basis from September 1, 2010 through November 12, 2010. The fellowship is designed for...

Center for Medicare Advocacy to Host webinar on health care reform, Medicare, and people in the community

Posted on August 10, 2010
Wondering how health care reform is going to affect Medicare for people living in the community? Get all your answers at our upcoming webinar Health Care Reform and Medicare for People in the Community. The webinar will be presented by...

Benefits Checkup Updated

Posted on August 10, 2010
The National Council on Aging?s National Center for Benefits Outreach & Enrollment (NCBOE) has developed a new data mapping tool that allows users to search for information about eligibility and enrollment trends in Medicare and Medicaid benefits programs...

September is National Preparedness Month--how can you help older persons prepare for disasters?

Posted on August 10, 2010
September Is National Preparedness Month This September marks the seventh annual National Preparedness Month (NPM). Led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency?s (FEMA) Ready Campaign in partnership with Citizen Corps and The Advertising Council, NPM is a nationwide effort encouraging...

AoA announces Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiver Legacy Award

Posted on August 10, 2010
Initiated in 2007, The Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiver Legacy Award is intended to promote promising practices and stimulate innovation in the field of Alzheimer's caregiving by recognizing and rewarding those efforts which lead the way in addressing...

ELDER LAW STUDIES eJOURNAL

Posted on July 29, 2010
Table of Contents China's Marriage Market and Upcoming Challenges for Elderly Men Monica Dasgupta, affiliation not provided to SSRN Avraham Y. Ebenstein, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics Ethan Jennings Sharygin, affiliation not provided to SSRN...

Sonoma County Defendants to Pay Clay Greene over $650,000 to Settle Case in Which County Forcefully Separated Greene from his Partner of 20 Years

Posted on July 26, 2010
From our friends at the NCLR Blog: http://www.nclrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_SonomaCounty072310 Late last week, Clay Greene and the estate of Harold Scull, Greene's deceased partner of 20 years, reached a settlement resolving their lawsuit against the County of Sonoma (?County?) and other defendants...

Dep't of Justice issues advance notice of proposed rulemaking on ADA

Posted on July 24, 2010
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) On July 26, 2010, the Department will publish four advance notices of proposed rulemaking (ANPRMs) in the Federal Register seeking public comment on the topics addressed by these fact sheets. Comments will be accepted...

Justice Dept. will host live streaming video event to celebrate ADA's 20th anniversary

Posted on July 18, 2010
Join us via Live Streaming on ADA.gov: Department of Justice Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act Friday, July 23, 2010 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with Attorney General Eric Holder, former Attorney General Dick Thornburgh,...

News of the old: World's oldest bottles of champagne found

Posted on July 18, 2010
Divers have found 30 bottles of champagne thought to pre-date the French Revolution on the Baltic seabed. When they opened one, they found the wine - believed to have been made by Clicquot (now Veuve Clicquot) between 1782 and 1788...

MEDICAL-LEGAL STUDIES EJOURNAL

Posted on July 15, 2010
Table of Contents Preserving Human Potential as Freedom: A Framework for Regulating Epigenetic Harms Fazal Khan, University of Georgia Law School Genetics and the Transformation of the Personal Belinda Bennett, University of Sydney - Faculty of Law Bad Medicine: On...

HEALTH CARE LAW & POLICY eJOURNAL

Posted on July 13, 2010
Medical Decision-Making for Incapacitated Elders: A ?Therapeutic Interests? Standard Marshall B. Kapp, Florida State University, College of Law and College of Medicine Towards Achieving Lasting Healthcare Reform: Rethinking the American Social Contract Fazal Khan, University of Georgia Law School Drawing...

VA to issue new rules on disability claims for PTSD

Posted on July 08, 2010
The government is preparing to issue new rules that will make it substantially easier for veterans who have been found to have post-traumatic stress disorder to receive disability benefits, a change that could affect hundreds of thousands of veterans from...

Sec. Sebelius on the death of Dr. Robert Butlet

Posted on July 07, 2010
Statement from Secretary Sebelius on the Death of Dr. Robert Butler I join the rest of the country in mourning the death of Dr. Robert Butler, one of America?s greatest champions for the health and wellbeing of older Americans. As...

Grey Literature Report

Posted on July 07, 2010
A new Grey Literature Report with links to dozens of health and aging related journal articles, abstracts and other publications is now available at http://www.nyam.org/library/pages/current_grey_literature_report

June 2010 Issue of "Bifocal"

Posted on July 06, 2010
Attached is the link to the June 2010 issue of Bifocal, Journal of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging. http://new.abanet.org/aging/PublicDocuments/Jun_10_ABA_Bifocal_J.pdf In this issue: Guardianship in Israeli Law: Need for Revisions (by Carmit Shay) 101 Virginia Elder Rights Coalition Renames...

Secretary Sebelius to answer questions about health care reform via webchat

Posted on July 06, 2010
Do you have questions about the Affordable Care Act, finding options for health insurance coverage, your new consumer rights, or the newly-launched HealthCare.gov website? Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will answer your questions directly during a live event...

Iris Freeman named Associate Director of Center for Elder Justice and Policy

Posted on July 05, 2010
The Center for Elder Justice & Policy at William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, is pleased to announce that Iris C. Freeman, MSW, has been named Associate Director of the Center Iris C. Freeman has been an Adjunct...

New From the MEDICAL-LEGAL STUDIES EJOURNAL

Posted on July 02, 2010
Sponsored by Florida State University Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine & Law Vol. 1, No. 4: Jun 23, 2010 MARSHALL B. KAPP, EDITOR Director, Florida State University Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine & Law, Florida State University, College...

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