Vol. 39, Issue 6 (July-August 2018)

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Overcoming Barriers to High Functioning, Independence and Community

Penelope Shaw

How Penelope Shaw "mainstreamed" herself into her community despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

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Statutory Provisions For Guardians ad Litem

By Kelly Crowe, Intern & J.D. Candidate, George Mason University, Arlington, VA

This article is based on a state-by-state statutory search of provisions on guardians ad litem, compiled in a chart on the website of the Commission on Law and Aging.

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The ABA's Reference of State-Specific Advance Planning Forms

By Gabriel Estridge, Intern and J.D. Candidate and Charlie Sabatino, Director, ABA Commission on Law & Aging

COLA has sourced dozens of local authorities familiar with both state law and serving local clients and patients to create a reference for those interested in creating advance directives for themselves, clients, or their loved ones.

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Focus on Ageism

Liz Milner

Ageism can warp a caregiver’s perspective and cause them to interact with a client in ways that are unhelpful, humiliating and sometimes deadly.

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Ending Ageism or How Not to Shoot Old People

Reviewed by Liz Milner

In this book, Gullette argues that our culture has become steeped in ageism — a pervasive climate change that engulfs society “diffusely, like toxic gas.”

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Of Love & Home: An Interview with Beryl Woodrow

Liz Milner

An interview with Canadian Photographer Beryl Woodrow.

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Former Commission Intern Awarded Borchard Fellowship

Teresa Yao, who was an intern at The Commission on Law & Aging during the summer of 2016, has been awarded a prestigious Borchard fellowship

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NALC Update

The 42nd Annual National Consumer Voice for Quality Long- Term Care Conference and the 2018 National Aging and Law Conference (NALC) are the same week, at the same hotel in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Sunflower Foundation Awards $200,000 Grant

The Sunflower Foundation Board of Trustees has awarded a $200,000 grant to the Center for Practical Bioethics to identify strategies aimed at detecting, addressing and preventing elder abuse in Kansas. Kathy Greenlee, Vice President of Aging and Health Policy at the Center, will oversee the grant.