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AALS Aging and the Law Listserv for June 7, 2012

By Elder Law Prof Blog
June 7, 2012

LISTSERV MEMBER NEWS:

How to Fix Nursing Homes, article in the Atlantic magazine, by Marshall Kapp, Director of the Florida State University Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law, and Professor of Medicine and Law: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/05/how-to-fix-nursing-homes/257153/

Pennsylvania Man Appeals to Court to Avoid Paying Mom’s $93,000 Nursing Home Bill, with comment by Katherine Pearson, Professor of Law and Director, Elder Protection Clinic at the Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/pennsylvania-son-stuck-moms-93000-nursing-home-bill/story?id=16405807#.T8xi7476SeH

  1. Gay Seniors Fear Housing Discrimination: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45816356/ns/health-aging/#.T8xj_Y76SeG
  2. Silent Crime—Defrauding Elders Grows in Ethnic Communities: http://www.globalaging.org/elderrights/us/2012/Silent%20Crime.html
  3. Afghanistan’s Supergran Crimebuster on Wheels: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18145805
  4. To Save Medicare, Think Like the Patients Who Use It: http://www.globalaging.org/health/us/2012/To%20Save%20Medicare%20Think%20Like%20the%20Patients%20Who%20Use%20It.html
  5. Family Value: It’s a Golden Age of Gift Giving: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304791704577420534221056416.html?mod=ITP_businessandfinance_5
  6. Adult Guardianship Handbooks by State: http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/uncategorized/2011/2011_aging_gship_st_hbks_2011.authcheckdam.pdf
  7. Time to Move Grandma: What to Do with Her Home?: http://www.npr.org/2012/05/22/153032486/time-to-move-grandma-what-to-do-with-her-home?sc=fb&cc=fp
  8. Preparing for a Future That Includes Aging Parents: http://www.npr.org/2012/04/24/150587638/preparing-for-a-future-that-includes-aging-parents
  9. Haneman: Court-Ordered Mediation in Will Contests: http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2012/05/haneman.html

    10. L.B.J. Was Wrong: http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/l-b-j-was-wrong/

Ann Murphy, Professor

Gonzaga University School of Law

AALS Aging and the Law Section Listserv Director