Topic
Aging
369 published works
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
How Society Is Redefining What It Means To Age
With human life expectancy expanding, more people are expected to live longer and healthier lives. This article discusses the ways our society is changing the way it thinks about aging. …
Elder Law Prof Blog
Looking to Cuba for Comparative Law, Aging and Health Studies
Light blogging ahead for me, as I will be leaving in a couple of days for my first visit to Cuba, as part of a small Penn State University faculty…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Documentary on “Moving with Grace”
St. Louis Elder Law Attorney Martha Brown recently recommended a 2013 documentary, writing: "It is called 'Moving with Grace.' It is played a lot in St. Louis on the local PBS station…
Elder Law Prof Blog
UK Conference on Intersections of Aging, Gender & Sexualities
The University of Surrey in the UK is hosting an international conference on July 6-7 on "Intersections of Ageing, Gender and Sexualities," with speakers from Israel, Iran, Taiwan, Hong Kong,…
Elder Law Prof Blog
How Does Your Neighborhood Rate for “Aging in Place?” AARP Offers Livability Index
As outlined by The Washington Post, AARP Public Policy Institute has a new "Livability Index" offered as a way to evaluate factors such as safety, security, ease of getting around, access…
Elder Law Prof Blog
NPR: A Portrait of Poverty and Aging in South Korea
National Public Radio so often makes one think, with a crisp, well-told story about something entirely new. That is true in their recent airing of A Forgotten Generation: Half of…
The Legal Watercooler
A few thoughts on turning 50
As I prepare to turn 50 (yeah, 50) this weekend, I can't help but reflect. Who wouldn't. I'm thinking back to the panic I felt when I was turning 24 (yeah,…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Aging Workforce Report
By rmorgan
The SHRM Foundation has released a report on the aging workforce, The Aging Workforce: Leveraging the Talents of Mature Employees. The foreword explains the value of these employeesMature workers—generally defined…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Should there be a presumptive incarceration “retirement age” to deal with the graying of prisons?
Main March 5, 2015Should there be a presumptive incarceration "retirement age" to deal with the graying of prisons?The question in the title of this post is my latest provocative (but…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Indiana Law Review Symposium: State Governments & Aging Populations
By rmorgan
Check out Volume 48, Issue 1 of the Indiana Law Review which contains articles from the 2013 Program on Law & State Government Fellowship Symposium: State Governments Face the Realities of…