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ElderLawProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.comCoalition seeks input on issues facing LGBT seniorstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01287570d1e0970c2009-11-10T14:15:42-05:002009-11-10T19:15:42Z2009-11-10T19:15:42ZThe National Senior Citizens Law Center, Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Center for Transgender Equality, and Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE), are working together to raise...Elder LawDiscriminationFamily Caregivers are Urged to Consider Senior Care Options During National Caregivers’ Month tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875706d95970c2009-11-10T13:15:51-05:002009-11-10T18:15:51Z2009-11-10T18:15:51ZNovember’s recognition of National Caregivers’ Month is a good opportunity for families suffering under the strain of providing care to an aging loved one to examine senior care options and alternatives. Too often families go through extraordinary lengths that leave...Elder LawHealth Care/Long Term CareMessage from Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee for Veterans Day 20tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef012875706679970c2009-11-10T13:10:43-05:002009-11-10T18:10:43Z2009-11-10T18:10:43ZVeterans Day is also a day when we honor those veterans who live among us -- in our homes, communities and in congregate settings such as assisted living and nursing homes. The contributions of these courageous men and women who...Elder LawOtherALCA offers free webinar on Medicaid and assisted livingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a5b253970c2009-11-03T15:54:40-05:002009-11-03T20:58:02Z2009-11-03T20:54:40ZThe Assisted Living Consumers Alliance presents State Medicaid Reimbursement Policies and Practices in Assisted Living Join us for a Webinar on November 17 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PST / 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET Space is limited. Reserve...Elder LawAoA newsletter available via websitetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a64fb465970b2009-11-03T13:34:34-05:002009-11-03T18:36:17Z2009-11-03T18:34:34ZHere's the TOC for the AoA's monthly e-Newsletter. Check it out at http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Press_Room/Enews/index.aspx Table of Contents AoA News Messages on National Observances from Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department Secretary Cindy Padilla to...Elder LawOtherBritish couple leaves suicide note criticizing anti- aid-in-dying policiestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6a50bf7970c2009-11-03T13:03:28-05:002009-11-03T18:03:28Z2009-11-03T18:03:28ZDennis and Flora Milner, aged 83 and 81, were found dead in their home in Newbury on Sunday, police confirmed. A letter and statement saying they had "chosen to peacefully end our lives" was delivered to BBC South on Tuesday....Elder LawAdvance Directives/End-of-LifeHelp national leaders devise affordable, reliable public transit for seniors and persons with disabilitiestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a64b06a8970b2009-11-02T12:11:01-05:002009-11-02T17:11:01Z2009-11-02T17:11:01ZThe Federal Interagency Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM) invites you to participate in the United We Ride National Dialogue! Do you have suggestions and ideas that you would like to share with national leaders that can assist communities...Elder LawDiscriminationTravelNovember is National Family Caregivers Monthtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a64b0509970b2009-11-02T12:08:52-05:002009-11-02T17:08:52Z2009-11-02T17:08:52ZAoA Secretary Greenlee's message: The National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP), Aging and Disability Resource Centers, and the recent implementation of the Lifespan Respite Care Program have positioned AoA, the Aging Network and the broader home and community-based services network...Elder LawWalMart what?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a641e458970b2009-10-30T18:07:53-04:002009-10-30T22:07:53Z2009-10-30T22:07:53ZThe world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, now plans to hold on to customers even after they die - by selling coffins. Prices range from a "Mom" or "Dad Remembered" steel coffin for $895 (£540), to a bronze model at $2,899. The...Elder LawAdvance Directives/End-of-LifeChicago Tribune exposes abuse of psychotropic drugs in IL nursing homestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6370f56970b2009-10-29T16:55:25-04:002009-10-29T20:56:59Z2009-10-29T20:55:25ZCourtesy Paul Nidich, http://www.paulnidich.blogspot.com/Illinois nursing home patients often receive psychotropic drugs without cause, which poses various health dangers and even death, the Chicago Tribune reports as part of its Compromised Care series. "Frail and vulnerable residents of nursing homes throughout...Elder LawHealth Care/Long Term CareEvidence Database to Support Aging Researchtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6816f70970c2009-10-28T14:46:06-04:002009-10-28T18:48:23Z2009-10-28T18:46:06ZThe New York Academy of Medicine's Social Work Leadership Institute has released a new evidence database to support aging research. This is an easy-to-use online database to help scholars, policy analysts, and advocates stay on top of the latest research...Elder LawStatisticsHHS to fund National Resource Center for LGBT Elderstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a614f9af970b2009-10-22T17:06:00-04:002009-10-22T21:06:00Z2009-10-22T21:06:00ZHHS to Create a National Resource Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Elders Yesterday HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced plans to establish the nation's first national resource center to assist communities across the country in their efforts to provide...Elder LawVeterans Day is Nov. 11--here is some info about our nation's veterans populationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a64c603d970c2009-10-19T10:22:17-04:002009-10-19T14:22:17Z2009-10-19T14:22:17ZVeterans Day 2009: Nov. 11 Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov. 11 became a...Elder LawLoyola-Chicago to host Third Annual Beazley Symposium on Access to Health Care Nov. 6tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a5ed78f9970b2009-10-16T13:01:02-04:002009-10-16T17:01:02Z2009-10-16T17:01:02ZThird Annual Beazley Symposium on Access to Health Care: Health Care Disparities: Effectiveness, Rationing and the Road to the Future Friday, November 6, 8:15 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Power Rogers & Smith Ceremonial Courtroom 10th Floor, Philip H. Corboy Law Center, 25...Elder LawHealth Care/Long Term CareNAELA request input on spring 2010 Annual Meetingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a6444c14970c2009-10-16T12:05:59-04:002009-10-16T16:06:14Z2009-10-16T16:05:59ZThe 2010 NAELA Annual Meeting committee is soliciting topics that cover the overall theme of “Planning in Times of Uncertainty”. We are looking for topics specific to the different areas of Elder and Special Needs Law that pertain to your...Elder LawSchuck to deliver Baum Memorial Lecture at University of Illinoistag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a64448d3970c2009-10-16T12:00:51-04:002009-10-16T16:00:51Z2009-10-16T16:00:51ZThe Elder Law Journal at the University of Illinois takes great pleasure in announcing that the 2009-10 Ann F. Baum Memorial Elder Law Lecture will be presented on Monday, October 19 by Peter H. Schuck, the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor...Elder LawHealth Care/Long Term CareRemarks by Marcia Greenberger on health insurance disparities for womentag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a5e995ff970b2009-10-15T14:20:01-04:002009-10-15T18:20:01Z2009-10-15T18:20:01ZRemarks by Marcia Greenberger, co-Founder of the National Women's Law Center, on the unfair insurance industry practices that treat being a woman like a "pre-existing condition." Marcia is delivering these remarks today at a congressional hearing. Next week, the NWLC...Elder LawHealth Care/Long Term CareKFF taking applications for Barbara Jordan Health Policy Fellowshipstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a62d68d4970c2009-10-10T12:54:26-04:002009-10-10T16:54:26Z2009-10-10T16:54:26ZThe Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program brings talented college seniors and recent graduates to Washington, D.C., where they are placed in congressional offices and learn about health policy issues, with a focus on issues affecting racial and ethnic minority...Elder LawHealth Care/Long Term CareMore from the guy who never sleeps....tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a5c44053970b2009-10-06T11:56:40-04:002009-10-06T15:56:40Z2009-10-06T15:56:40ZTo Roth or Not to Roth: Analyzing the Conversion Opportunity for 2010 and Beyond Richard L. Kaplan, University of Illinois College of Law Bureau of National Affairs Daily Tax Report, Vol. 9, No. 181, September 22, 2009 University of Illinois...Elder LawDick Kaplan on Social Security's "no COLA" year....tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0120a61a8030970c2009-10-06T11:52:20-04:002009-10-06T15:52:20Z2009-10-06T15:52:20ZThe Social Security Administration announced Sept. 30 that there would be no increase in retirement benefits next year – the first freeze in more than three decades. Law professor Richard L. Kaplan, an expert in elder law, discusses the reasoning...Elder Law