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Elder Law Blog

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

NAELA and AARP Host Free 'Aging in America' Webcast on Oct. 30

Posted on October 27, 2008
October 21, 2008 -- With a massive Baby Boomer population approaching retirement age and the current economic squeeze impacting American wallets, advanced long-term care planning is now more crucial than ever. To help educate families on these senior issues, the...

TOC: Vol 68 No. 2 Social Security Bulletin

Posted on October 27, 2008
Alternate Measures of Replacement Rates for Social Security Benefits and Retirement Income by Andrew G. Biggs and Glenn R. Springstead Replacement rates are common and useful tools used by individuals and policy analysts to plan for retirement and assess the...

Some farmers take jobs off-site to get health insurance

Posted on October 24, 2008
As in the rest of the nation, the rural United States is facing increasingly expensive health care options. With an aging population of farmers and ranchers, those in the agriculture sector are watching premiums rise and, often, making hard choices...

Check it out: Missouri Elder Law Blog

Posted on October 23, 2008
University of Missouri law student Julie H. (last name withheld as a matter of her personal preference) launched the Missouri Elder Law Blog a few months ago. Not sure how I missed it, but check it out: http://www.elderlawmissouri.com/ I met...

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Bee Gees can help with CPR. Seriously.

Posted on October 18, 2008
S medics have found the Bee Gees' 1977 disco anthem, Stayin' Alive, provides an ideal beat to follow when performing CPR on a victim of a cardiac arrest. A University of Illinois medical school study said it contained 103 beats...

Australia News: Charter of Rights and Responsibilities for community care

Posted on October 17, 2008
The nearly 56,000 older Australians who receive help at home through community aged care packages will get a greater say in the provision of their services - under the Rudd Labor Government. The Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot today...

SS COLA for 2009

Posted on October 17, 2008
From the Social Security Administration: Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits for more than 55 million Americans will increase 5.8 percent in 2009, the Social Security Administration announced today. The 5.8 percent increase is the largest since 1982...

Center for Elder Rights Advocacy to partner with AoA's National Legal Resource Center

Posted on October 16, 2008
The Center for Elder Rights Advocacy (CERA) is proud to announce that it will be the partner in the the Administration on Aging's National Legal Resource Center that provides technical assistance to senior legal helplines throughout the nation. After years...

New Census products: Profiles of Older Workers

Posted on October 16, 2008
The U.S. Census Bureau, in partnership with 31 states, has launched a series of reports on older workers that presents a detailed picture for people 55 and older in the work force. Individual reports will present data at the county...

Elder Law Study Group seeks survey respondents

Posted on October 15, 2008
The Elder Law Study Group, a group of legal academics and elder law experts brought together by the Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging and the Institute for Laws of Health and Aging at Pacific McGeorge School of Law,...

Not elder law: World's oldest footprints confirmed in Italy

Posted on October 13, 2008
Source: New Scientist It's official: the oldest human footprints ever found are 345,000 years old, give or take 6000. Known as the "devils' trails", they have been preserved in volcanic ash atop the Roccamonfina volcano in Italy. The prints were...

Upcoming conferences: elder law and related topics

Posted on October 13, 2008
NAELA Advanced Institute Oct. 23-26 Kansas City, MO http://www.naela.com//pdffiles/2008_NAELA_Institute_Kansas_City_Materials/BEGIN.pdf Canadian Conference on Elder Law, Nov. 13-15, 2008 Vancouver, BC http://www.ccels.ca/ National Aging and the Law Conference Dec...

Census report profiles the uninsured in USA

Posted on October 13, 2008
A new report from the Census Bureau provides a detailed analysis of the uninsured population in the U.S., providing breakdowns by state, county, and demographic groups, the Denver Rocky Mountain News reports. For the study, researchers at the bureau's Small...

Recent CRS reports of interest

Posted on October 13, 2008
Recent CRS reports of interest RL32697 Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2007 October 03, 2008 http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL32697 RL34558 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2009 Appropriations September 27, 2008 http://opencrs...

AARP International--October 2008 Newsletter

Posted on October 13, 2008
TOC Honoring International Employers AARP is going global in its search for companies that have created workplaces that welcome age-50+ workers. In this, its first year, the AARP International Innovative Employer Awards competition attracted a stellar selection of companies representing...

New federal foster care law will aid grandparent caregivers

Posted on October 09, 2008
Via Generations United/MKCA: The President has signed into law the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoption Act of 2008. The act is a bi-partisan compromise between the House and Senate that includes many of the provisions of the Kinship...

New GAO report recommends more accountability in disabled vet program

Posted on October 09, 2008
Summary: Recent military conflicts have increased interest in federal efforts to support servicemembers preparing to leave military service. Through the Benefits Delivery at Discharge (BDD) program, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in collaboration with the Department of Defense (DOD),...

Walgreen to settle Medicaid billing case for $9.9 million

Posted on September 30, 2008
Walgreen has agreed to pay $9.9 million to settle allegations by the Department of Justice and four states -- Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan and Minnesota -- that the company improperly billed Medicaid, DOJ said in a statement on Monday. According to...

ADA strengthened with recently signed amendments

Posted on September 30, 2008
ADA Amendments Act of 2008 On September 25, President Bush signed the ?ADA Amendments Act of 2008,? (S. 3406) into law. The new law reinforces the original objectives in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of eliminating discrimination against individuals...

Mental health parity bill clears House

Posted on September 24, 2008
Congress approved legislation yesterday that would require private insurers to provide the same level of benefits for mental illness as they do for physical maladies, a change lauded by advocates as a great shift in the nation's understanding of mental...

Tribute to Del Martin

Posted on September 24, 2008
Here's the start of a recent post from the Elder Abuse Prevention Blog: ?When you add our society?s propensity toward violence with ageism and sexism, you have a dangerous situation.?Del Martin, 1995 The flags at San Francisco?s City Hall flew...

British veteran united with WWII medals lost in the Thames

Posted on September 20, 2008
A 93-year-old veteran of the Dunkirk evacuation has been reunited with war medals after they were recovered by scuba divers from the River Thames. Charles Brown lost two rows of medals last Sunday as he boarded a boat during the...

AARP International Newsletter-Sept.-TOC

Posted on September 19, 2008
Global Perspectives on Family Caregiving On the occasion of the global celebration of the United Nations International Day of Older Persons, AARP, the National Alliance for Caregiving, and the United Nations Programme on Ageing will host a meeting to discuss...

CMS will launch new "Ask Medicare" site

Posted on September 17, 2008
Via Neil Hendershot's Elder, Estate, and Fiduciary Law Blog: On September 18, 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will launch its new online service offering "information, tools, and materials to assist caregivers in making informed healthcare decisions...

Could mental health parity be in the offing?

Posted on September 17, 2008
Lawmakers will try to move mental health parity legislation by attaching it to a tax bill that will be addressed by the Senate this week, CongressDaily reports (Edney, CongressDaily, 9/17). Lawmakers reached an agreement in July that would combine the...

Upcoming Event: Student Health Law Conference: Taking the Health Law Career Path

Posted on September 17, 2008
Student Health Law Conference: Taking the Health Law Career Path October 17, 2008 University of Pittsburgh School of Law 3900 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA The American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law...

ACTEC/ALI-ABA host webcast on ethical issues in estate planning

Posted on September 17, 2008
Second Annual ACTEC/ALI-ABA Live Telephone Seminar/Audio Webcast Top Ten Ethical Challenges Facing Estate Planners Thursday, October 16, 2008 Eastern 12 noon ? 2 pm | Central 11 am ? 1 pm | Mountain 10 am ? 12 noon Pacific &...

Iris Freeman to join core faculty of Center for Elder Justice and Policy

Posted on September 06, 2008
September 5, 2008 The Center for Elder Justice and Policy at William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, is pleased to announce the appointment of Iris C. Freeman, MSW as Adjunct Professor Iris C. Freeman is a Public Policy...

Call for papers: deadline

Posted on August 30, 2008
Australian Guardianship and Administration Council 2009 National Conference Social Inclusion: The Future of Ageing, Disability and Substituted Decision-Making BRISBANE : 19-20 MARCH 2009 Hilton Hotel FIRST & FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Closing date for receipt of abstracts: Tuesday 30 September,...

GAO says CMS should audit Part D sponsors due to fraud and abuse

Posted on August 27, 2008
Summary: The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) established a voluntary outpatient prescription drug benefit, known as Medicare Part D. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracts with private companies to serve as Part...

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