AALS Aging and the Law Listserv for January 12, 2012

January 12, 2012

The AALS Conference last week featured Professors A. Kimberley Dayton (Director, Center for Elder Justice and Policy, William Mitchell College of Law) and Linda S. Whitton (Valparaiso University School of Law) as well as Assistant Director Erica F. Wood of the American Bar Association, Commission on Law and Aging, speaking on GUARDIANSHIP: RECONSIDERING THE REALITY OF REFORM. The panel discussion was moderated by Professor Lawrence A. Frolik (University of Pittsburgh School of Law and our former Section Chair).

Our new Section Chair is Professor Barry Kozak, (Associate Director, Graduate Employee Benefits Programs and Director, Elder Law Studies at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago). His bio is available at: http://www.jmls.edu/directory/profiles/kozak-barry/

1. Nutrition: 4 Vitamins That Strengthen Older Brains: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/health/research/vitamins-b-c-d-and-e-and-omega-3-strengthen-older-brains.html?_r=1&src=recg

2. Jack Cross: New Year’s Resolutions For Seniors in 2012: http://www.wickedlocal.com/medford/news/x545131592/JACK-CROSS-New-Years-resolutions-for-seniors-in-2012#axzz1iSeTkS8l

3. Record Number of Federal Criminal Health Care Fraud Prosecutions Filed in FY 2011: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/crim/270/

4. Social Security Disability Fund A Last Resort For The Unemployed As Benefits Dry Up: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/28/social-security-disability-unemployment_n_1172682.html

5. What We Can Learn From Old Animals: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/29/what-we-can-learn-from-old-animals/?ref=elderly

6. Spinal Tap May Predict Alzheimer’s Years Ahead: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/02/spinal-tap-may-predict-alzheimers-years-ahead/?hpt=hp_t3

7. The Shame of Elder Abuse and the Silence of Washington: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-b-blancato/elder-abuse-washington_b_1175299.html

8. The Unspoken Diagnosis – Old Age: http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/29/the-unspoken-diagnosis-old-age/

9. Senior Moment or Just Mulling a Response? http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/29/9806406-senior-moment-or-just-mulling-a-response

10. Real ‘Benjamin Button’? Stem Cells Reverse Aging in Mice: http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/03/9917514-real-benjamin-button-stem-cells-reverse-aging-in-mice

Ann Murphy

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