AALS Aging and the Law Listserv June 16, 2011
Film “How to Die in Oregon” on HBO this month. http://www.hbo.com/#/schedule/detail/focusId/706689?startTime=2011-06-16T04:15:52Z&cmpid=ABC464. The movie is about Oregon’s Death with Dignity law – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1715802/
For a critical commentary on the movie, see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/how-to-die-in-oregon–or-how-to-sidestep-hard-questions/2011/05/27/AGJJPiCH_blog.html. For another review, see: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/movies/25sundance.html
ABA Live Webinar and Teleconference on June 28, 2011 – Ethical Issues in Elder Law: Getting It Right
https://apps.americanbar.org/cle/programs/t11eeg1.html
Listserv Items:
1. The MetLife Study of Elder Financial Abuse: http://www.metlife.com/assets/cao/mmi/publications/studies/2011/mmi-elder-financial-abuse.pdf
2. Opening Statement of Senator Herb Kohl Special Committee on Aging Hearing – “Justice for All: Ending Elder Abuse, Neglect and Financial Exploitation”: http://aging.senate.gov/events/hr230hk.pdf
3. Pamphlet – Protecting the Elderly from Financial Abuse: http://www.aba.com/aba/documents/statementstuffersamples/ElderAbuse.pdf
4. Forgetfulness About Paperwork, Medicines Might Herald Cognitive Decline: http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=653566
5. Weight-Loss Surgery May Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s in Diabetics: http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=653531
6. Law on End-of-Life Care Rankles Doctors: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/health/07brody.html?src=recg
7. Escape From the Hospital Bed: http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/
8. Low-Income Americans Will Need To Regularly Work Into Their Eighties – Study: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/10/seniors-may-have-to-wait-until-their-80s_n_874867.html
9. Mean Girls in Assisted Living: http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/mean-girls-in-the-nursing-home/
10. HIV Statistics and Targets Exclude Older People – Putting Millions of People at Risk: http://www.globalaging.org/health/world/2011/Sstaistics%20and%20targets.html
11. When Advance Directives Are Not Honored, and How to Get Data on Medical Prices: http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-health-411-20110613,0,62844.story
Take care!
Ann
Ann Murphy
Associate Professor
Gonzaga University School of Law
(509) 313-3735
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