Elder Law Prof Blog
Covers elder law, elder care, government resources and related legal news and issues.
Author: A. Kimberly Dayton, a professor at William Mitchell College of Law, edits the Elder Law Prof Blog, which is part of the Law Professors Blog Network.
Blawg Related Categories: Elder Law • Government Law • William Mitchell College of Law • Law Professor
Recent Posts from Elder Law Prof Blog
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Funding opportunities from the feds
Grants for Healthy Aging: Requests For Applications: RFA #HA-2009 The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announces the availability of funds for state health departments…
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AARP report addresses urban planning issues for senior-friendly streets
AARP Public Policy Institute Releases “Planning Complete Streets for an Aging America” This report addresses the need to create Complete Streets that are safe and convenient for travel by automobile, foot, bicycle and transit regardless…
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GAO report finds insufficient oversight of Reverse Mortgage marketing
HECMs can provide borrowers with multiple benefits, but they also have substantial costs and are relatively complex. HECMs allow seniors to convert their home equity into flexible cash advances while living in their homes. Additionally,…
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Canadians offered opportunity to comment on UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, today invited Canadians to provide their views on the ratification and implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.…
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Elderly victims of Kenya witchhunts--where is the UN??
Via the BBC: Villagers, many straight from their farms, and armed with machetes, sticks and axes, are shouting and crowding round in a big group in Kenya's fertile Kisii district. I can't see clearly what…
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Kathy J. Greenlee confirmed as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Aging
The Administration on Aging (AoA) has announced that Kathy J. Greenlee was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate as Assistant Secretary for Aging at the Department of Health and Human Services. President Barack Obama…
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Boomer Michael Jackson, age 50, dies after cardiac arrest
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/25/jackson/
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Here's how the public feels about various health care reform ideas...
Source: Kaiser Health Report/Employee Benefits Research Institute, http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/general-pages/DataPinsurancecoverage.aspx
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Census Bureau updates world population projections--elderly pop will triple by 2050
The world’s 65-and-older population is projected to triple by midcentury, from 516 million in 2009 to 1.53 billion in 2050, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In contrast, the population under 15 is expected to…
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Senate Special Committee on Aging holds hearing on Emergency Preparedness and Older Americans
On Wednesday, June 24, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing called “Emergency Preparedness, Aging and Special Needs: Prepared vs. Scared!” At the hearing, Dr. Richard Besser, Director, Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness…