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AALS Aging and the Law Listserv for December 22, 2011

December 22, 2011
  1. Canada Seeks A Way To Limit Health-Spending Increases: http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE7BD1MA20111214
  2. Plain Speaking At The End of Life: http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/plain-speaking-at-the-end-of-life/#more-10929

 3. Still Active, With A Little Help: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/10/opinion/still-active-with-a-little-help.html?_r=1&ref=elderly

 4. 91-Year-Old Yoga Teacher Asks, ‘Why Should I Quit?’: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45484875/ns/today-today_health/

 5. Ballet Keeps Polish Seniors on Their Toes: http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/23507-ballet-keeps-polish-seniors-on-their-toes

6. NAELA Files Amicus Curiae Brief in the matter of Lewis v. Alexander (which involves special needs trusts and pooled trusts in particular): http://www.naela.org/app_themes/public/PDF/Advocacy%20Tab/Amicus%20Curiae/AmicusBriefLewisvAlexander.pdf

 7. Life Goes On, and On … http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/old-age-life-goes-on-and-on.html?_r=1&src=recg

 8. For Medicare, We Must Cut Costs, Not Shift Them: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/for-medicare-we-must-cut-costs-not-shift-them/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1

 9. Chorus Gives Voice to Those With Alzheimer’s: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2011/12/22/chorus-gives-voice-to-those-with-alzheimers

10. Retiring Baby Boomers Give Florida a Cold Shoulder: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/20/us-florida-migration-idUSTRE7BJ21I20111220

 11.  Caregivers (Primarily Women) Long to Have a Voice to Say They Are as Mad as Hell: http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/mad-as-hell/

Ann Murphy

Professor

Gonzaga University School of Law

(509) 313-3735

amurphy@lawschool.gonzaga.edu<mailto:amurphy@lawschool.gonzaga.edu>

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