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Nursing Home Law Blog
Hopeful Report Indicates Reduction of Anti-Psychotic Medications in the Elderly
Many times I've written about the over-medication of the elderly - especially with anti-psychotics. Despite the fact that anti-psychotics are supposedly only for a small percentage of the elderly, many…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“A growing burden: As more elderly prisoners serve time, state officials struggle to pay their medical costs”
Main May 16, 2011"A growing burden: As more elderly prisoners serve time, state officials struggle to pay their medical costs"The title of this post is the headline of this new…
The Faculty Lounge
Driving and the Elderly
Last month Health Affairs published an article about drivers who are elderly and infirm. The author is a physician who has grappled with the question of whether she should intervene…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Badass old people: rock on!
Via Mary WanderPolo:10 Badass Old FolksThis Power Grid is dedicated to every elderly secondary character who tricked us into dismissing them at first, and then dropped our mouths open when…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“At 90, what does 17 years in prison mean?”
Main September 9, 2010"At 90, what does 17 years in prison mean?" The question in the title of this post is the headline of this article from The Buffalo News…
The Faculty Lounge
CFP: Aging as a Feminist Concern @ Emory Univ. Jan 21-22, 2011
CALL FOR PAPERS Aging as a Feminist Concern January 21-22, 2011 Emory University School of Law Atlanta, Georgia Aging is a feminist issue. The elderly, especially the oldest of the…
Nursing Home Abuse Advocate
Some Prosecutors Are Using Hate Crime Law To Prosecute Non-Violent Crimes Against The Elderly
Although this post is a little off the topic usually addressed in this blog, I found an an interesting article by Anne Barnard in yesterday's New York Times. The article reported on the…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Heat wave in Brazil kills 32 elderly persons
Thirty-two elderly people died in a southeastern Brazilian city thisweek because of a heat wave that has pushed temperatures tounseasonably high levels, a health official said Wednesday. All of the…
Elder Law Prof Blog
HHS to fund National Resource Center for LGBT Elders
HHS 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…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Census Bureau updates world population projections–elderly pop will triple by 2050
The world’s 65-and-older population is projected to triple bymidcentury, from 516 million in 2009 to 1.53 billion in 2050, accordingto the U.S. Census Bureau. In contrast, the population under…