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Revised with teachers and learners in mind, the Third Edition of Elder Law: Practice, Policy, and Problemscomprehensively updates this market-leading casebook. It combines a client-focused approach with in-depth discussions of elder law related policy issues. Designed to be both practical and theoretical, it provides students with specific legal knowledge and a conceptual framework for understanding key issues confronting older adults and the attorneys who represent them.

The author’s narrative frames a series of primary materials including cases, statutes, regulations, and sample documents, as well as excerpts from articles designed to stimulate student thinking and discussion.

Problems and exercises are numerous. Many relate to client counseling and ask students to imagine themselves in the role of the elder law attorney, and to describe how they would handle various scenarios, such as a client meeting. In addition, questions in each section prompt students to critique key policies, or consider policy changes, and thereby allow students to test their understanding of policies and more deeply think through their consequences.

Key Features of the Third Edition:

The new edition maintains the book’s status as the most up-to-date and cutting-edge elder law casebook with the following key features:

• Updates to statutory and regulatory materials
• New demographic and economic information
• Updates to eligibility criteria for public benefits
• Greater emphasis on intersectionality
• Lessons learned (and legal changes resulting from) the COVID-19 pandemic
• More excerpts of scholarly articles on key legal, policy, and philosophical dilemmas, designed to help support professors who wish to foster juicy, “big picture” discussions of old age policy
• Coverage of additional topics including, intergenerational justice, ageism and elderspeak, and family formation in later life
• Adds a handful of new cases to reflect legal developments and enhance the teaching experience while also moving several longer cases to notes

Professors and students will benefit from:

• Very clearly organized content
• A client-centered approach
• Integrated discussion of policy and current issues
• Relevant cases, statutes, regulations, sample documents, and commentaries that are fully integrated into the casebook
• All relevant statutory material being in the casebook; no need to require a separate statutory supplement
• Practice problems of varying difficulty that encourage students to apply what they are learning to realistic client-focused hypothetical scenarios
• Questions throughout the text that prompt critical thinking and prepare students to engage in classroom discussion ● Exercises that can be used for either independent or in-class assignments

Summary of Contents

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments and Gratitude 

Chapter 1. Introduction to Elder Law and the Aging Process 
                  A. Introduction 
                  B. An Overview of the Field of Elder Law 
                  C. An Overview of Aging
Chapter 2. Elder Law Practice 
                  A. Introduction 
                  B. Models of Elder Law Practice 
                  C. Guarding Against Ageism 
                  D. Ethical Challenges of Elder Law Practice
Chapter 3. The Legal Status of Old Age and Age Discrimination 
                  A. Introduction 
                  B. Intergenerational Justice Considerations 
                  C. The Constitutional Status of Age-Based Classifications 
                  D. Medical Care 
                  E. Safety Statutes 
                  F. Employment 
                  G. A Role for International Law?
Chapter 4. Surrogate and Supported Decision-Making 
                  A. Introduction 
                  B. Decision-Making Standards and Approaches 
                  C. Durable Powers of Attorney 
                  D. Living Trusts 
                  E. Representative Payees and VA Fiduciaries 
                  F. Advance Directives 
                  G. Guardianship and Conservatorship 
                  H. Supported Decision-Making 
                  I. Representing Clients with Appointed Surrogates
Chapter 5. Income in Older Age — Sources and Challenges 
                  A. Introduction 
                  B. Social Security Benefits 
                  C. Private Pensions 
                  D. Savings 
                  E. Family Support 
                  F. Other Sources of Income 
Chapter 6. Financing Health Care 
                  A. Introduction 
                  B. Medicare 
                  C. Medicaid 
                  D. Other Sources of Health Care Coverage
Chapter 7. Housing and Long-Term Care 
                  A. Introduction 
                  B. Aging in Place 
                  C. Nursing Homes 
                  D. Assisted Living 
                  E. Continuing Care Retirement Facilities 
                  F. Protection from Disability Discrimination in Housing
Chapter 8. Elder Abuse and Neglect 
                  A. Introduction 
                  B. The Phenomenon of Elder Mistreatment 
                  C. Approaches to Remedying Elder Mistreatment 
                  D. Legal Definitions of Elder Mistreatment
Chapter 9. Death and Dying 
                  A. Introduction 
                  B. Counseling Terminally Ill Clients 
                  C. The Right to Refuse Life-Sustaining Care 
                  D. The Right to Die and Receive Aid in Dying 
                  E. Hospice Care
Chapter 10. Family Relations in Later Life 
                    A. Introduction 
                    B. Divorce in Later Life 
                    C. Family Formation in Later Life 
                    D. Elder Caregiving and Caregivers’ Rights 
                    E. Grandparenting and Grandparents’ Rights 

Table of Cases
Index