The February 2010 issue of Bifocal, Journal of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging is available online at http://tinyurl.com/yh3ccam. In this issue you'll find:
-- Advocacy Victory for People with Younger-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Results in Expedited Benefits (by Leslie Fried)
-- Access Express/Resputos Rapidos Brings Knowledge of Legal Issues to Remote Elders and Lawyers Who Serve Them (by Janay Haas and Robert Mead)
-- More Help Is Needed for Persons with Cognitive and Other Brain Impairments Who Want to Vote (by Ellen Klem)
-- The Brooke Astor Case: "An Appalling Set of Circumstances" (Part 2 of an Interview with Alex Forger) (by Lori Stiegel)
-- Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging Announces Fellowship Opportunity
-- Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders Is Awarded Grant to Establish National Resource Center
-- New Article Appraises Current State of Elder Law Education
-- ABA Commission Welcomes Law Intern from Israel
-- Plus: You and Your Aging Parents (book review); A Primer on Veterans Administration Law, Practice, and Procedure (free DVD-ROM); and Legal Guide for the Seriously Ill (book review)
The ABA Commission on Law and Aging distributes Bifocal six times a year to elder bar section and committee officers and members, legal services providers, elder law and other private practitioners, judges, court staff, advocates, policymakers, law schools and elder law clinics, law libraries, and other professionals in the law and aging networks.
To subscribe or to submit news or a manuscript for consideration, e-mail Jamie Philpotts at philpotj@staff.abanet.org. Include the word "SUBSCRIBE" in the subject heading.
Posted by Marc Patterson, Managing Associate Editor, Wealth Strategies Journal.
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