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Public Policy Institute
Protecting Vulnerable Adults: Oversight and Screening of Court-Appointed Guardians
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts convened a hearing on September 22, 2011 to explore the state court guardianship process—and needed protections ... More
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September 29, 2011
In Brief: Guarding the Guardians: Promising Practices for Court Monitoring
A succinct summary of the AARP Public Policy Institute (PPI) Research Report of the same title in which Naomi Karp (PPI) and Erica Wood (American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging) identify ... More
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July 2, 2010
Defending Your Financial Privacy: The Benefits and Limits of Self-Help
Coping with threats to consumers' financial privacy is examined in this AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper by Robert N. Mayer which concludes that while individuals are taking significant action ... More
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May 20, 2010
Federal Options to Improve America's Ailing Guardianship System
Guardianship can both prevent and promote elder abuse. This December 2006 White Paper by Naomi Karp, JD, of AARP's Public Policy Institute explores federal options to improve guardianship, suggesting ... More
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May 15, 2010
Guardianship Monitoring: A National Survey of Court Practices
How well do courts monitor the growing number of guardians they appoint to safeguard adults who lack capacity to make their own decisions? In this AARP Public Policy Institute (PPI) report of a 2005 ... More
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May 15, 2010
In Brief: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule and Patient Access to Medical Records
This In Brief, based on the PPI Issue Paper of the same title, describes the provisions of the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) which grants patients acc ... More
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May 15, 2010
In Their Dreams: What Will Boomers Inherit?
The occurrence and expectation of inheritances by the baby boomer cohort are examined in this AARP Public Policy Institute Data Digest by John Gist and Carlos Figueiredo. While about one-fifth of boom ... More
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May 15, 2010
What are the Effects of Managed Care on Adult Guardianship Agencies and Clients? A Focus Group Report
This AARP Public Policy Institute report by Erica F. Wood of the American Bar Association's Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly summarizes focus group discussions conducted at the 1997 Nationa ... More
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May 15, 2010
Pennies from Heaven: Will Inheritances Bail Out the Boomers?
Can boomers realistically expect to inherit large amounts of wealth from their parents? In this AARP Public Policy Institute Data Digest, Mitja Ng-Baumhackl, John Gist and Carlos Figueiredo explore th ... More
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May 15, 2010
The Deathcare Industry
Major changes are taking place in the funeral and burial industries. How federal and state regulators are responding to the deathcare industry's ongoing transformation are reported in this AARP Public ... More
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May 15, 2010
