Details on September as World Alzheimer’s Month are available at the Alzheimer’s Association’s website.   Three key steps anyone can take to support global awareness of the importance of research directed to ending Alzheimer’s and providing support for caregivers are:

  •    Go Purple:  Raise awareness by going purple to show your passion for the cause.
  •    Join a Walk:  Be part of an event in your area to raise funds for care, support and research.
  •    Share Stories that Inspire:  Alzheimer’s Association offers stories of brave individuals who are making a difference in the fight to “#ENDALZ.”

This week, NBC has been running a series on “The Age of Alzheimer’s,” hosted by Maria Shriver. The September 5 episode that aired on the Today Show told a heart-rending and (for me) disturbing story of a family, under the title “Alzheimer’s Extracts a High Price on Caregivers, Too.”   Lots to talk about in classes after watching that episode!  

Hat tip to Penn State Law student Katie Hagen for reminding me that September is World Alzheimer’s Month!

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Katherine C. Pearson is a Professor of Law and the Arthur L. and Sandra S. Piccone Faculty Scholar at Penn State Dickinson Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Her scholarship focuses on laws and policies connected to aging and she has frequently included age-related issues…

Katherine C. Pearson is a Professor of Law and the Arthur L. and Sandra S. Piccone Faculty Scholar at Penn State Dickinson Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Her scholarship focuses on laws and policies connected to aging and she has frequently included age-related issues in her teaching of courses on contract law, conflicts of law and nonprofit organizations law.  She is a regular speaker for continuing education programs, both for consumers and lawyers, to address cutting edge concerns in consumer protection for older adults.  She is the author of articles and chapters on access to justice, senior living options including continuing care and life plan communities, long-term care financing and filial obligations, and is the co-author of a treatise, The Law of Financial Abuse and Exploitation (Bisel 2011).

She authored chapters for the Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing, published in 2024 as part of a series on law and society handbooks offered by international publisher Edward Elgar. She is a 2024-2025 Fulbright Scholar in Canada and was in residence at the University of Ottawa in the Fall of 2024 as the Research Chair in Health Law, Policy and Ethics.  Her earlier experience as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar (based at the Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, and working in Ireland, Portugal, and the U.K. in 2009-10), resulted in publications, including an article with an international, historical perspective on ethical concerns for attorneys representing older adults, entitled “The Lesson of the Irish Family Pub,” published by Stetson Law Review.

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