Saturday, April 26, 2014

From the Advocates at GRADE: Texas Sunset Advisory Commission

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The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission (the "Sunset Commission") is putting DFPS, APS, CPS and DADS under a microscope, this could r...

Hospital discharge law creates gap for patients in need

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The ‘expedited limited healthcare fiduciary’ provision tacked onto the changes in conservatorship law is the kind of solution that can...
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Attorney discipline: 13 punished in South Florida

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  The Florida Supreme Court disciplined 13 South Florida attorneys in recent actions brought by the Florida Bar. Of those disciplined, ...
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Sen. Mary Jo Wilhelm Column: Protecting Seniors From Abuse & Exploitation

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April 24th 2014 Column by Sen. Mary Jo Wilhelm: Across the country, thousands of older Americans face abuse, neglect and exploitation ev...
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Friday, April 25, 2014

From Private Ordeal to National Fight: The Case of Terri Schiavo

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  Her surname in Italian means “slave,” and is pronounced skee-AH-vo. Grim as it may be, the word could apply to Theresa Marie Schiavo...
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VfGR: Virginians for Guardianship Reform

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Despite high expectations and carefully crafted safeguards, our current system of public guardianship is broken. Procedural and jurisdiction...
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Arizona assisted suicide law tightened.

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The Arizona Daily Star has reported that: The Arizona House has given final approval to a bill that aims to make it easier to prosec...
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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Saying Patients are PVS Allows Courts to Starve Them to Death, What if the Diagnosis is Wrong?

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I have written time and time again about the dangerous and dehumanizing persistent vegetative state (PVS) diagnosis. Actually, we saw in ...
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How to See Pain when Dementia Blocks Communication

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Watch Teepa Snow demonstrate how to detect pain in a person with dementia and how you can help them. This video is an excerpt of ...
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