By Jack M. Rosenkranz, J.D. How do we imagine the aging experience? What will it be like for us and how will we know what to do when our aging parent requires our help? Howard Gleckman attempts to answer these questions in his new book, Caring for our Parents, published this year (2009) by St. …
This headline ran over a Wall Street Journal article about rationing of health care in Canada. It offers a sad outlook if the US Health Care System follows the Canadian “Too Old for Hip Surgery” model. Preventive care will be the focus of the future. Quality of Life depends on having a supportive and conscientious …
Many elders are concerned about the existing and potential disparities in the American health care system. One’s quality of life depends on having a supportive and conscientious environment within which to age. Recognizing the danger that healthcare disparities represent in the American system, scholars and policymakers have begun to differentiate between the fundamental causes of …
Friday, June 03, 2005 Highlights From The First Rosenkranz Report Welcome to law4elders.blogspot.com! I hope you have all had a wonderful memorial day weekend. When the Jeb Bush released his plans to alter Medicaid in the up and coming year, I took action. I consumed a tremendous amount of time researching the governor’s plans, alternatives, …