Volume 41, Issue 6, July-August 2020. In this issue: States move to shield long-term care facilities from liability in deaths from COVID-19; a call to defund nursing homes now; examining systemic deficiencies and tragic outcomes in nursing homes; Canada's coronavirus chaos; reimagining elder care with the Green House Project.
As the coronavirus pandemic threatens the U.S., the elder law community must adapt its practices to serve older adults who are now sheltering in place.
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