CONTENTS (Brief) Preface List of Contributors Part I: Introduction 1. What is Elder Law? 2. Why Treat Older Persons as a Separate Category? 3. Social Attitudes Toward the Elderly 4. Who is Old? 5. Aging and Ethnicity 6. Generational Justice Part II: Work, Income, and Wealth 7. Retirement 8.
Age Discrimination in Employment 9. Pensions 10. Social Security 11. Social Security Reform Part III: Housing 12. Housing Needs 13. Appropriate Housing 14. Continuing Care Communities 15. Broad and Care Homes 16.
Assisted Living Part IV: Mental Capacity Issues 18. Legal Standards of Mental Incapacity 19. Guardianship Procedures 20. Guardianship Reform 21. Personal Autonomy and Families 22. Alternatives to Guardianship Part V: Health Care Decision Making 23. The Doctrine of Informed Consent 24. The Right to Die of Competent Older Adults 25.
Competent Older Adults 26. Structural Responses to Competency and Informed Consent Controversies 27. Mentally Incapacitated Older Patients A. What is Mental Capacity? B. Proxy Decision Making C. Legislative Responses 28. Assisted Suicide Part VI: Long-Term Care 29. Home Health Care A.
What Is Home Health Care? B. Paying for Home Health Care Programs C. Regulation of Home Health Care 30. Board and Care Homes 31. Nursing Homes A. Profile of Residents B. Mechanisms for Monitoring Care 32. Financing Long-Term Care Part VII: Health Care Finance 33.
Medicare A. Introduction B. History of Medicare C. Medicare and Health Maintenance Organizations 34. Medicare Reform 35. Rationing of Health Care 36. Medicaid 37. Medicaid Reform 38.
Filial Responsibility for Impoverished Parents Part VIII: Family and Social Issues 39. Marriage and Family 40. Spiritual Issues 41. Social Problems A. Alcohol B. Suicide C. Loneliness D. Mental Health Part IX: Abuse, Neglect, Victimization, and Elderly Criminals 42.
Abuse and Neglect of Older Persons A. Definitions and Causes B. Financial Exploitation 43. Abuse and Neglect in Institutions 44. Sentencing of Elderly Criminals Part X: Legal Representation and Ethical Considerations 45. Introduction 46. Representing the Incapacitated Client 47. Ethical Conflicts About the Contributors Index.