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Tuesday, May 26, 2015
How Much Money Will You Have at the End of Your Life?
The Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI) published a note in April, 2015 that looked at the question of how much money people have at the end of their lives. A Look At the End-of-Life Financial Situation in America. Here is what the study examined
This report takes a comprehensive look at the financial situation of older Americans at the end of their lives. In particular, it documents the percentage of households with a member who recently died with very few assets (total assets as well as non-housing assets). It also documents income, debt, home-ownership rates, net home equity and the share of their income coming from Social Security benefits for those households.
This report is useful as part of the work by EBRI in looking at retirement security and whether people will have sufficient funds to last the rest of their lives. Here are some bullets from the conclusion:
- For those who died at ages 85 or above, 20.6 percent had no non-housing assets and 12.2 percent had no assets left.
- Among singles who died at or above age 85, 24.6 percent had no non-housing assets left and 16.7 percent had no assets left.
- Those who died at earlier ages were generally worse off financially: 29.8 percent of households that lost a member between ages 50 and 64 had no assets left.
- People who died earlier also had significantly lower household income than households with all surviving members.
- Among singles who died at ages 85 or above, 9.1 percent had outstanding debt (other than mortgage debt) and the average debt amount was $6,368.
- The average net equity left in their primary residence for those who died at ages 85 or above was $141,147 and $83,471 for couple and single households, respectively.
May 26, 2015 in Other, Retirement | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, April 24, 2015
Got an Idea? Maybe You Are an Inventor!
Are you an inventor? Ever have a good idea for an invention? There is a renaissance of sorts in American ingenuity with an increasing number of older Americans becoming inventors. The NY Times ran a story about older inventors on April 17, 2015. More Older Adults Are Becoming Inventors notes this renaissance
Whether as volunteers or for profit, older inventors ... are riding a rising tide of American innovation. They are teaming up, joining inventors clubs and getting their products into the marketplace. And older inventors bring valuable skills to their work, many experts say, like worldly wisdom and problem-solving abilities that can give them an advantage over younger inventors.
According to the article, the Baby Boomers are at least part of the catalysts for this surge of older inventors, as the boomers look for products to assist them as they get older. According to one expert quoted in the article, older inventors may have an edge over younger ones, since "[a]n aging brain can see patterns better." Before you get out the proverbial drawing board, the article notes that inventions don't necessarily lead to wealth with less than 5% of inventions making money, not to mention the prototype and startup costs
April 24, 2015 in Consumer Information, Current Affairs, Other | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Fundamentals of SNT Administration webinar-it's not too late to register
Stetson College of Law and the Center for Excellence in Elder Law at Stetson Law (full disclosure, I'm hosting this webinar) is offering the annual Fundamentals webinar on Friday April 24, 2015 from 1-5 p.m.. This half-day webinar features presentations by Stu Zimring, Mary Alice Jackson and Robert Fleming. More information, the schedule and registration information are available here.
April 22, 2015 in Estates and Trusts, Other, Programs/CLEs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Promises of Confidentiality in Academic Research? Potential Lessons from The Belfast Project
Today is St. Patrick's Day, celebrated with greater fervor in many U.S. communities than it is in Ireland. Indeed, as I learned during my 2010 sabbatical in Northern Ireland, while Belfast is home to a variety of dramatic "historical" parades and holidays, events on St. Patrick's Day are low key and mostly for children.
In the March 16 issue of The New Yorker magazine, writer (and Yale-educated lawyer) Patrick Radden Keefe digs into the history of Northern Ireland, looking at the late stages of the Troubles. He examines possible roles played by Gerry Adams as an acknowledged leader of political party Sinn Fein versus his long-denied authority for certain violent actions of the IRA.
Keefe provides a comprehensive analysis of the events before and after the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, offering details that are devastating if true about how violence was often at its most problematic when perpetrated within the ranks of extreme republican and loyalist factions. Central to the history is the lingering question of who was responsible for the December 1972 abduction and execution of Jean McConville, the widowed mother of 10 children, suspected of informing against the IRA.
In the article, Gerry Adams comes across as determined to be both charismatic and enigmatic, as hero and anti-hero, as deeply devoted to a "United Ireland," while also oddly enamored with trivial self-promotion. I came away from the article thinking it was a good reminder of how dangerous it can be -- in any country -- to believe absolutely in any single leader.
The article also presents ethical questions associated with efforts to document the Troubles through oral histories recorded under the auspices of Boston College:
March 17, 2015 in Books, Ethical Issues, International, Other | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, February 27, 2015
Indiana Law Review Symposium: State Governments & Aging Populations
Check out Volume 48, Issue 1 of the Indiana Law Review which contains articles from the 2013 Program on Law & State Government Fellowship Symposium: State Governments Face the Realities of Aging Populations. Three articles are included from the symposium, all of which are available on-line. The articles include Introduction: Governing Choices in the Face of a Generational Storm, Aging Populations and Physician Aid in Dying: The Evolution of State Government Policy, and What the Future of Aging Means to All of Us: An Era of Possibilities.
February 27, 2015 in Advance Directives/End-of-Life, Health Care/Long Term Care, Housing, Other, Programs/CLEs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, February 6, 2015
Another Movie for Our List
I recently watched the movie, The Judge, starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Robert Duvall, among others. The premise of the movie is interesting and there's even a good thread about ethics (especially Rule 1.1) running through the movie. What caught my eye toward the end of the movie is (spoiler alert) the use of compassionate release. Although we may cover this in our classes, I don't know that I've seen that crop up in movies. So, I'm thinking of adding this movie to my list for my elder law class. Any movies you think should be on the list?
February 6, 2015 in Crimes, Other, Television | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Follow the happenings with the White House Conference on Aging 2015
Directly from the White House:
The first White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA) was held in 1961, with subsequent conferences in 1971, 1981, 1995, and 2005. These conferences have been viewed as catalysts for development of aging policy over the past 50 years. The conferences generated ideas and momentum prompting the establishment of and/or key improvements in many of the programs that represent America's commitment to older Americans including: Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and the Older Americans Act.
The 2015 White House Conference on Aging
2015 marks the 50th anniversary of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Older Americans Act, as well as the 80th anniversary of Social Security. The 2015 White House Conference on Aging is an opportunity to recognize the importance of these key programs as well as to look ahead to the issues that will help shape the landscape for older Americans for the next decade.
In the past, conference processes were determined by statute with the form and structure directed by Congress through legislation authorizing the Older Americans Act. To date, Congress has not reauthorized the Older Americans Act, and the pending bill does not include a statutory requirement or framework for the 2015 conference.
However, the White House is committed to hosting a White House Conference on Aging in 2015 and intends to seek broad public engagement and work closely with stakeholders in developing the conference. We also plan to use web tools and social media to encourage as many older Americans as possible to participate. We are engaging with stakeholders and members of the public about the issues and ideas most important to older individuals, their caregivers, and families. We also encourage people to submit their ideas directly through the Get Involved section on this website.
January 14, 2015 in Consumer Information, Federal Statutes/Regulations, Other, Programs/CLEs, Web/Tech, Webinars, Weblogs | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Canada: New online program aims to help reduce financial abuse of seniors through education and awareness
Launch of Financial Abuse of Older Adults: Recognize, Review and Respond program marks end of Financial Literacy Month
In honour of November being Financial Literacy Month, Credit Union Central of Canada (CUCC) has partnered with Credit Union Central of Manitoba (CUCM) and Prevent Elder Abuse Manitoba (PEAM) – in collaboration with the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada – to launch a new online course: Financial Abuse of Older Adults: Recognize, Review and Respond. The purpose of this course is to help educate credit union staff about financial elder abuse and provide them with key information, including: how to identify incidences of elder abuse; how to mitigate the risks; community resources available; as well as the legal and ethical responsibilities of both the financial institution and the senior involved. Upon completion of the course, credit union employees will have the opportunity to share their knowledge with members of the community – especially with Canadian seniors –, to help them understand more about elder abuse and how to prevent it happening to them. Minister of State (Seniors), the Honourable Alice Wong; Minister of Healthy Living and Seniors (Manitoba), the Honourable Deanne Crothers; Lawrence Toet, MP (Elmwood-Transcona); Jane Rooney, Financial Literacy Leader; Martha Durdin, President and CEO of Credit Union Central of Canada, and Ted Richert, Vice President, Credit Union Central of Manitoba will make remarks. The program was written and developed by Tamlo International Inc. and will be distributed exclusively by CUSOURCE Credit Union Knowledge Network, a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Union Central of Canada that provides learning and development solutions to the Canadian credit union system.
Source: Canada News Wire
December 3, 2014 in Elder Abuse/Guardianship/Conservatorship, International, Other, Programs/CLEs | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Laughter is Great Medicine-Even When Talking About Zombies
Start your week with a laugh, or at least a smile.
One of the many blogs I read, GeriPal, ran an excellent parody for Halloween that had me howling....with laughter at the author's cleverness. Addressing Unmet Palliative and Geriatric Needs of Zombies is a hysterical must-read. The title gives you an excellent preview. And don't ignore the links in the article to the other sources, especially the one regarding the speed with which the Grim Reaper walks (at least the section on strengths and limitations).
November 2, 2014 in Advance Directives/End-of-Life, Cognitive Impairment, Health Care/Long Term Care, Other | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
On the Escalator of An Aging Society?
A few days ago I blogged about an article in The Atlantic explaining one person's thinking of 75 being his optimal "old age". In that same issue of The Atlantic is another article--about longevity and 100 year olds--what it will mean for society as more of us reach that age. What Happens When We All Live to 100? was published on September 17, 2014.
The article starts with a history of sorts of life expectancies from human origins and notes that
Viewed globally, the lengthening of life spans seems independent of any single, specific event. It didn't accelerate much as antibiotics and vaccines became common. Nor did it retreat much during wars or disease outbreaks. A graph of global life expectancy over time looks like an escalator rising smoothly. The trend holds, in most years, in individual nations rich and poor; the whole world is riding the escalator.
Projections of ever-longer life spans assume no incredible medical discoveries—rather, that the escalator ride simply continues. If anti-aging drugs or genetic therapies are found, the climb could accelerate. Centenarians may become the norm, rather than rarities who generate a headline in the local newspaper.
The article then moves to a discussion of those institutions intentionally working on increasing life spans, the Buck Institute, the U of Michigan, the U of Texas, UC-San Francisco, and the Mayo Clinic for example. Long-term readers of this blog may also remember a post about CALICO (Google's "spin-off called the California Life Company (known as Calico) to specialize in longevity research."). The article has a fascinating section about the research being done, including some interesting consideration of other life forms that excel in longevity (worm genes, anyone?).
I particular enjoyed reading the quote of one of the leaders in the field in describing the nascent nature of the research. "'[M]edically, we do not know what 'age' is. The sole means to determine age is by asking for date of birth. That's what a basic level this research still is at.'" There seems to be some debate amongst the experts about whether life expectancy will continue to rise at the steady escalator-smooth rate as in years past. The article also mentions some of the theories advanced over time on increasingly longevity: vitamins, low calorie diets, education, exercise, etc.
One section of the article bears significant possibilities for class discussion, the political implications of an older society.
Society is dominated by the old—old political leaders, old judges. With each passing year, as longevity increases, the intergenerational imbalance worsens. The old demand benefits for which the young must pay, while people in their 20s become disenchanted, feeling that the deck is stacked against them. National debt increases at an alarming rate. Innovation and fresh thinking disappear as energies are devoted to defending current pie-slicing arrangements.
The author reveals this is a description of what is actually occurring in Japan. Consider as the author does, what increased longevity may also do to the judicial branch--especially the Supreme Court with lifetime appointments.
This article may be viewed as a bit of a wake-up alarm, although I suspect many of the folks in the US will just hit the snooze button
People's retirement savings simply must increase, though this means financial self-discipline, which Americans are not known for. Beyond that, most individuals will likely need to take a new view of what retirement should be: not a toggle switch—no work at all, after years of full-time labor—but a continuum on which a person gradually downshifts to half-time, then to working now and then. Let's call it the "retirement track" rather than retirement: a phase of continuing to earn and save as full-time work winds down.
Widespread adoption of a retirement track would necessitate changes in public policy and in employers' attitudes. Banks don't think in terms of smallish loans to help a person in the second half of life start a home-based business, but such lending might be vital to a graying population. Many employers are required to continue offering health insurance to those who stay on the job past 65, even though they are eligible for Medicare. Employers' premiums for these workers are much higher than for young workers, which means employers may have a logical reason to want anyone past 65 off the payroll. Ending this requirement would make seniors more attractive to employers.
Back to the reasons for increasing longevity. One in the list above, education, seems to have a solid correlation and maybe not as obvious as other reasons that come to mind (vaccines, antibiotics, improved health care, public services, etc.). The author considers the role of education in longevity and examining budget cuts by states, suggests
Many of the social developments that improve longevity—better sanitation, less pollution, improved emergency rooms—are provided to all on an egalitarian basis. But today's public high schools are dreadful in many inner-city areas, and broadly across states ... Legislatures are cutting support for public universities, while the cost of higher education rises faster than inflation. These issues are discussed in terms of fairness; perhaps health should be added as a concern in the debate. If education is the trump card of longevity, the top quintile may pull away from the rest
The last section of the article hypothesizes on the impact of an aging society if the escalator continues its ascent, achieving perhaps a "grey utopia" of sorts. The article is well worth reading, but it makes me think about how society values, or devalues, aging. Is getting old a challenge or disease to be conquered? For example, the author writes, "[i]f the passage of time itself turns out to be the challenge, interdisciplinary study of aging might overtake the disease-by-disease approach. As recently as a generation ago, it would have seemed totally crazy to suppose that aging could be "cured." Now curing aging seems, well, only somewhat crazy." Read this article and have your students read it, too.
October 1, 2014 in Current Affairs, Dementia/Alzheimer's, Health Care/Long Term Care, Other, Science, Statistics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
The Jordan Liebhaber Scholarship Fund and Elder Decisions accepting applications for scholarship
The Jordan Liebhaber Scholarship Fund and Elder Decisions® are, for the second time, jointly sponsoring a scholarship for a young adult between the ages of 18 to 30 to attend Elder Decisions® Elder / Adult Family Mediation Training.
The Jordan Liebhaber Scholarship Fund was created in loving memory of Jordan Washor Liebhaber, May 22, 1986 - March 29, 2013, with the intention to carry forward Jordan's clear values and good works to help make the world a better, more caring place for our elders. The fund seeks to help young adults with interest in the elder services field.
If you or someone you know is between the ages of 18 to 30, a trained mediator, and interested in participating in Elder Mediation Training held in Newton, MA, on October 28-30, 2014, please submit an application directly to the fund (a link to the application is below). The selected applicant may enroll in the Elder Decisions® October training at a rate of $75, with the remaining registration fee shared equally by The Jordan Liebhaber Scholarship Fund and Elder Decisions®. (Note that transportation and lodging costs, if any, are the responsibility of the recipient.)
September 23, 2014 in Other, Programs/CLEs | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Intergenerational Housing--A Cool Idea From Oregon
One of the things (among the many things) I like to post about is the concept of age-friendly communities that allow a person to age in place. Governing ran an article last month, showcasing a cool project in Oregon that provides intergenerational housing. Young and Old Find Common Ground in Oregon Housing Community explains about Bridge Meadows where elders and foster children reside in the same housing complex, where the units are provided for free to the foster parents. "Bridge Meadows, a 36-unit apartment complex in [Portland] ... mixes incomes, generations and skill sets in a way that enlivens and enriches the lives of young and old alike." Twenty-seven of the units are for lower-income elders with the rest for those who will be foster parents (or even legal guardians) for at least 3 children within 5 years. Not only do the elders get a break on the housing costs they get to be involved!
[E]lders volunteer their time to work with the kids in the complex. For at least 100 hours per quarter, they tutor, cook, babysit, participate in outdoor activities and so forth. The complex also offers a computer room, library, public courtyard and community garden to help foster connections.
As far as the kids, the program has had a pretty significant impact. Of the "29 children ... 24 were formerly in foster care. Of those 24, just over half are either adopted or in legal guardianship and the rest are on their way to adoption or legal guardianship. In other words, they're all now part of functional families, in permanency or on their way."
The head of Bridge Meadows is pretty enthused about this model's ability to be duplicated, noting that it serves as a solution for 2 serious problems our society is facing, (1) "how to civically attend to our rapidly aging population and" (2) "how to place all the troubled kids peppering children and family services systems in the country."
The author has some concerns about effective replication but still considers this program jan important addition to the spectrum of strategies. It is a nifty idea! More information about the project, as well as photos, are available on their website.
September 9, 2014 in Current Affairs, Housing, Other | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Wow. Just, wow.
A couple who met as teenagers 10 years before the start of World War Two have celebrated 80 years of marriage. Maurice and Helen Kaye, from Bournemouth, met in 1929 when they were 17 and 16 respectively. They courted for four years because Mrs Kaye's mother wanted her older sister to be married first. The couple, who are now 102 and 101, said the secret to a happy marriage was being tolerant of each other and being willing to "forgive and forget". The pair, one of Britain's longest-married couples, plan to celebrate their oak wedding anniversary with children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Source/more: BBC
August 27, 2014 in Other | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Increase in seniors with HIV
The Centers for Disease Control says more than 1 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV, and almost 1 in 6 don't know they are infected. This could affect Suncoast seniors who may be unaware of the dangers. There are certain things we are hesitant to discuss with children, and frequently those same topics are avoided with seniors. But whether we address it or not, older people are not only sexually active; according to the American Academy of HIV Medicine, by 2015, half the U.S. HIV population will be age fifty or older. "But they think they're not at risk. In their day, condoms were only for birth control. And so today, they don't have to worry about birth control and they don't know about HIV and all the other STD's that they could have to worry about." Seniors with HIV that don't realize it are in a very dangerous position. "HIV accelerates and predisposes you to a number of diseases which causes death.
August 19, 2014 in Health Care/Long Term Care, Other | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Health Affairs Call for Papers: Caring for Older Adults
Health Affairs Journal: Call for Papers on Care for Older Adults
The journal Health Affairs is seeking articles on older adults, and specifically regarding the care and management of multiple chronic conditions among this population. We are interested in work that spans the full range of care settings, including primary care and specialty practices, hospitals, nursing homes and other long-term care settings. We are grateful to The John A. Hartford Foundation for providing support for our ongoing coverage of these topics. There is no deadline for submissions; papers on these topics will be considered on an ongoing basis and considered for publication through 2015. For more information, contact Health Affairs executive editor, Don Metz: email@example.com.
August 14, 2014 in Dementia/Alzheimer's, Health Care/Long Term Care, Other | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
Monday, August 11, 2014
New York teen wins $50,000 prize for invention aiding Alzheimer's patients
Via Reuters:
A New York teenager whose grandfather suffers from Alzheimer's disease won a $50,000 science prize for developing wearable sensors that send mobile alerts when a dementia patient begins to wander away from bed, officials said on Wednesday. Kenneth Shinozuka, 15, who took home the Scientific American Science in Action Award, said his invention was inspired by his grandfather's symptoms, which frequently caused him to wander from bed in the middle of the night and hurt himself. "I will never forget how deeply moved my entire family was when they first witnessed my sensor detecting Grandfather's wandering," Shinozuka said in a statement. "At that moment, I was struck by the power of technology to change lives." His invention uses coin-sized wireless sensors that are worn on the feet of a potential wanderer. The sensors detect pressure caused when the person stands up, triggering an audible alert on a caregiver's smartphone using an app.
The award honors a project that aims to make a practical difference by addressing an environmental, health or resources challenge, said Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina.
Read more at Reuters.
August 11, 2014 in Dementia/Alzheimer's, Grant Deadlines/Awards, Other, Web/Tech | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
Sunday, August 10, 2014
China's Rural Elderly Don't Get Enough Medical Care
Via Bloomberg:
By 2050, a quarter of China's population is expected to be age 65 or older. Although the government has recently loosened its restrictive population policy to allow most couples to have two children, so far it doesn't look likely that any forthcoming baby boom will save China from its rapidly aging population. China's current elderly, especially those living in rural areas, frequently endure chronic medical conditions without treatment, according to a new study in the journal International Health. Dai Baozhen of Jiangsu University's Department of Health Policy & Management analyzed the results of China's semi-regular "health and nutrition survey" for 2009, looking in particular at the responses from rural households in nine provinces.
Among his findings: China's elderly are likely to be less educated than younger cohorts and often poorer. Nearly 70 percent of the rural elderly in the survey had an annual income of less than 5,000 renminbi ($810). Many also said their children had left home to work in cities, and while they might send money back, they couldn't provide steady emotional support or help in obtaining and monitoring health care. Fifty-eight percent of the elderly respondents were illiterate, another barrier in obtaining health services.
It was not uncommon for China's rural elderly to suffer chronic conditions, according to the study, including hypertension (18 percent), asthma (6 percent), and diabetes (3 percent). And those figures represent diagnosed conditions—the worrying possibility exists that many elderly suffer in the absence of any diagnosis. Fully a quarter of elderly were diagnosed with hypertension, and a third of those diagnosed with diabetes received no treatment.
Isolation and depression are also significant risks for rural elderly. China's overall suicide rate has dropped sharply over the past two decades, especially among rural women under age 35. But among China's elderly, it remains distressingly high. According to a recent study by researchers at the University of Hong Kong, cited by the Economist, the suicide rate for men in the Chinese countryside aged 70 to 74 is 41.7 per 100,000 (more than four times higher than the national average of 9.8 per 100,000).
Source/read more: Bloomberg
August 10, 2014 in Health Care/Long Term Care, Other | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, July 24, 2014
The Five Halves of Elder Law
The CarTalk Guys on National Public Radio have a crazy tradition of breaking their one hour radio program into "three halves" (okay, they have a lot of crazy traditions -- I'm focusing on just one). In that tradition, I'd been thinking about how the practice of "elder law" might also have three halves, but then I realized that perhaps it really has five halves. See what you think.
- In the United States, private practitioners who call themselves "Elder Law Attorneys" usually focus on helping individuals or families plan for legal issues that tend to occur between retirement and death. Many of the longer-serving attorneys with expertise in this area started to specialize after confronting the needs of their own parents or aging family members. They learned -- sometimes the hard way -- about the need for special knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, health insurance and the significance of frailty or incapacity for aging adults. They trained the next generations of Elder Law Attorneys, thereby reducing the need to learn exclusively from mistakes.
- Closely aligned with the private bar are Elder Law Attorneys who work for legal service organizations or other nonprofit law firms. They have critical skills and knowledge of health-related benefits under federal and state programs. They also have sophisticaed information about the availability of income-related benefits under Social Security. They often serve the most needy of elders. Their commitment to obtain solutions not just for one client, but often for a whole class of older clients, gives them a vital role to play.
- At the state and federal levels, core decisions are made about how to interpret laws affecting older adults. Key decisions are made by attorneys who are hired by a government agency. Their decisions impact real people -- and they keep a close eye on the financial consequences of permitting access to benefits, even if is often elected officials making the decisions about funding priorities. I would also put prosecutors in this same public servant "Elder Law" category, especially prosecutors who have taken on the challenge of responding to elder abuse.
- A whole host of companies, both for-profit and nonprofit, are in the business of providing care to older adults, including hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, group homes, home-care agencies and so on -- and they too have attorneys with deep expertise in the provider-side of "Elder Law," including knowledge of contracts, insurance and public benefit programs that pay for such services.
- Last, but definitely not least, attorneys are involved at policy levels, looking not only to the present statutes and regulations affecting older adults, but to the future of what should be the legal framework for protection of rights, or imposition of obligations, on older adults and their families. My understanding and appreciation of this sector has increased greatly over the last few years, particularly as I have come to know human rights experts who specialize in the rights of older persons.
Of course, lawyers are not the only persons who work in "Elder Law" fields and it truly takes a village -- including paralegals, social workers, case workers, health care professionals, and law clerks -- to find ways to use the law effectively and wisely. Ironically, at times it can seem as if the different halves of "elder law" specialists are working in opposition to each other, rather than together.
My reason for trying to identify these "Five Halves" of Elder Law is that, as with most of us who teach courses on elder law or aging, I have come to realize I have former students working in all of these divisions, who began their appreciation for the legal needs of older adults while still in law school. Organizing these "halves" may also help in organizing course materials.
I strongly suspect I'm could be missing one or more sectors of those with special expertise in Elder Law. What am I forgetting?
July 24, 2014 in Cognitive Impairment, Consumer Information, Crimes, Health Care/Long Term Care, Housing, Medicaid, Medicare, Other, Social Security | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Evolution of Human Rights for Older Persons: Preparation for UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing, July 30-Aug.1
On July 30-August 1, the United Nation's Fifth Working Session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing will be held in New York City. Established by the U.N. General Assembly in 2010, the working group's task is to "consider the existing international framework of the human rights of older persons and identify possible gaps and how best to address them, including by considering, as appropriate, the feasibility of further instruments and measures."
One potential result of this process is to frame and seek approval for a Convention (Treaty) on the Rights of Older Persons, a process which was used successfully, for example, with the U.N.'s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
The question of a Convention on rights of older persons was a hot topic during the 2014 International Elder Law and Policy Conference hosted by John Marshall Law School in Chicago. A number of participants and observers described key moments leading to the present status on international recognition of the rights of older people. Several commented on the prospects for eventual passage of a Convention. Listening to multiple perspective was an educational experience for those not yet steeped in the world of international law and ageing policy and I'll do my best here to provide a concise overview from my notes at the Conference.
Professor Israel ("Issy") Doron from the University of Haifa, a keynote speaker with long experience specifically focused on international human rights for older persons, described the journey that began in the mid-1970s. The first steps led to a first World Assembly on Ageing in 1982. Known as the Vienna Assembly, the body issued a report with 62 recommendations for action (VIPAA 1982), a report that was unanimously approved by the 124 (then) member states in the United Nations. Optimism was in the air. Twenty years later, and with several more intervening gatherings to discuss or focus on international ageing rights, there was a Second World Assembly on Ageing in Madrid and a corresponding report (MIPAA 2002).
Professor Doron rexcognized that this extended timeline can be frustrating for some human rights advocates. Nonetheless, he explained that these steps were important parts of the journey, moving from concern, to concept, to "soft soft law," to "soft law." A Convention or treaty would be "hard law," and thus perhaps also a hard sell, at least for some nations, including the United States. The U.S. has a history of resistence to becoming bound by international laws affecting what it views as "domestic" concerns, even if the U.S. often participates in international drafting.
There are lessons to be learned about the journeys taken by advocates for other human rights instruments. Professor Gerard Quinn from National University of Ireland Galway drew upon the experience of framing the Convention on disability rights, to demonstrate the need to build alliances and to establish a clear reason for an instrument applied to a specific group, such as older persons. National laws can provide models and their existence may help to build support; for example, U.S. law on disability rights paved the way for a key section of the CRPD that recognizes the rights of disabled persons to reasonable accommodations.
Professor Quinn noted a concern that "thematic" treaties may be seen, wrongly, as standing in isolation, rather than as a component of the human rights structure as a whole. Thus, it may be important to show how specific international law is necessary to tackle the problem of "invisibility" of affected individuals. Advocates for a Convention on ageing should also be realistic about the potential for a dichotomy in goals, as where some may emphasize promotion of "autonomy" of individuals while others focus on "protection," a tension that was present during framing of the CRPD.
One of the historical details for the CRPD, that I had failed to appreciate until hearing Professor Quinn, was what he described as "situational support" coming from potentially surprising sources. He described important support for the CRPD provided by Ireland's Mary Robinson and Mexico's Vicente Fox, with the latter making disability rights a major feature of his campaign for president of Mexico. Who will emerge as key supporters for rights of older persons?
Another important perspective on a Convention on Rights for Older People came from Ervin Nina, Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Albania to the UN, where one of his roles was as Vice Chair of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing from 2011-2014. He explained the history of U.N. Resolution 67/139 ("Towards a Comprehensive and Integral International Legal Instrument to Promote and Protect the Rights and Dignity of Older Persons") adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 2012. Despite "passage" of this resolution that expressly mandates renewed consideration of an international legal instrument, 118 member states abstained from the vote. Thus the low number of states actually voting in favor of the resolution signaled low support for movement forward on a Convention on the Rights of Older Persons.
The final keynote speaker was Eilionoir Flynn, Deputy Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy and Senior Lecturer at the School of Law at National University of Ireland Galway. The very articulate Dr. Flynn addressed the challenge of moving forward, including using the upcoming 5th session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing as an opportunity to regain and drive momentum. She urged that civil society organizations, who have seats at the table in New York, need to work together to identify goals and reach consensus, and thus to build working alliances for drafting and passage.
During the Chicago conference, several speakers noted that one potential ally -- or stumbling block -- to adoption of a formal Convention on the Rights of Older Persons may exist in the person of the United Nation's newly appointed "Independent Expert on Older Persons' Rights," Rosa Kornfeld-Matte from Chile. On the one hand, Ms. Kornfeld-Matte, appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council on May 8, and someone with deep experience in ageing issues, has the potential to be a catalyst for true change, including adoption of "hard" international law. However, there is also the potential for international momentum to wane while waiting for the "expert's" investigation and recommendations.
Where to go from here? One of the unique features of the Chicago conference was the decision of the host, John Marshall Law School, to open a deliberative process of its own. Beginning in the early spring of 2014, many of the participants in the conference met with faculty and staff at the law school via email, video conference and telephone, to create a working template of a "Chicago Declaration on the Rights of Older Persons." During the two- day meeting in July, drafting sessions were held in parallel to the speaker presentations, organized into five subject matter groups that examined each element of the working template. The advantage of this approach was to give not just a few U.S. professors a hands-on opportunity to participate, but to obtain input and review from a wide range of faculty, lawyers, social workers, public officials, advocates and interested organizations from more than 15 countries. At the close of the conference on July 11 we learned that the finalized "Chicago Declaration" (by then in its 10th iteration) will be presented on August 1 at the 5th Session of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing in New York. Check the John Marshall Law School website for updates on the final version.
From my perspective as a comparative "newbie" to international human rights drafting, the Chicago Declaration was an impressive and comprehensive undertaking. It was also a lesson in building consensus and making strategic choices, such as whether to emphasize rights of autonomy or balance that focus with concern about protection for older persons. As one speaker commented, it was an excellent example of engagement, drawing upon academic research skills and international scholarship to tackle real issues in the real world.
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After Losing An Only Child, Chinese Parents Face Old Age Alone
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It's been nearly 3 1/2 decades since China's government started limiting most urban families to one child. The family planning policy successfully slowed the nation's population growth, but it has had some unintended consequences. One is that some parents lose their only children to illness or accidents and end up with no one to care for them in their old age. Now, these parents have gotten together to demand their rights. A group of parents meets at a Beijing restaurant to talk and console each other. Many of them say they have a hard time relating to people who haven't experienced the heartbreak they have. They ask to be identified by their online names, because they don't want to get in trouble for criticizing government policy. One of the diners identifies herself as Xiaonan's mom. Xiaonan died of illness eight years ago, when he was 25 years old. She says his death made her feel like a failure and her life lost its meaning. More On China's One-Child Policy A man and child walk in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. China's government recently announced an easing of the country's one-child policy. While the move appears to be broadly supported, many urban Chinese parents say it would be hard to afford a second child. Feng Jianmei and her husband could not pay $6,000 in fines for violating China's one-child policy. In June, when she was seven months pregnant, local officials abducted her and forced her to have an abortion, her family says. The case has provoked widespread outrage. "I gave everything to him, so when he left, he took everything I had," she says. "Now I'm just surviving. After he left, I started drinking. If I didn't, I wouldn't be able to sleep at all." Population experts estimate that over 1 million Chinese families have lost their only children. They say that number could exceed 10 million by midcentury.
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With the movie studios departing Comic-Con a day early (or two days early if you weren't a fan of the Saturday options), Sunday (July 24) will be all about TV.
And for the first time, Comic-Con is acknowledging the TV dominion by just shifting a whole day of small screen panels over the the cavernous Hall H. While other TV shows -- "Lost" and "Heroes" come to mind -- have paneled in Hall H in the past, this Sunday's slate -- including "Glee," "Doctor Who," "Supernatural" and "Sons of Anarchy" -- will all be making their Hall H debuts.
But even while Hall H gets the biggest of the Sunday TV names, a slew of smaller shows will still be paneling elsewhere, which will make for a potentially busy last day of the Con.
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10:00 - 11:00
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Who: Producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk will be joined by a yet-to-be-revealed assortment of "Glee" castmembers.
Lowdown: It used to be that people didn't understand what a show like "Glee" was doing at a place like Comic-Con, but thanks to two years of packing smaller rooms, FOX's musical hit is ready for the big-time. Expect lots of audience members thanking the producers for various things, though a question about Kurt and Finn last year caused actual tension.
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Who: Jonah Hill, French Stewart and Nat Faxon will be joined by producers David Goodman, Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul.
Lowdown: See? Not all of the big names are over in Hall H. Come marvel at Jonah Hill's weight loss and get a sneak peek at his new FOX animated comedy.
11:15 - 12:15
Hall H
Who: Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles are the only names on the Comic-Con schedule, but we assume an assortment of co-stars and producers will also be there.
Lowdown: After filling up smaller rooms in previous years, "Supernatural" packed Ballroom 20 to the gills last Comic-Con and there's no reason to doubt that the Winchester Boys will be able to pack Hall H as well.
11:45 - 12:45
Room 6BCF
Who: Nathan Fillion
Lowdown: Last year, Nathan Fillion's Sunday panel was so packed that this reporter couldn't even get into the room and missed out entirely. So this year? The Comic-Con organizers put him in the same room. Good luck getting in this year to see one of TV's most beloved figures.
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Who: Who? "Who." Matt Smith and Karen Gillan will be joined by some number of "Doctor Who" writers and producers.
Lowdown: How often do you get to be in a vast ballroom with a Time Lord, a Companion and 6000-ish of your closest friends? Not too often.
1:00 - 2:00
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Who: Anthony Head leads a panel that also includes co-stars Colin Norgan, Bradley James and Katie McGrath, plus producers Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy.
Lowdown: Expect plenty of schadenfreude if anybody happens to ask the "Merlin" gang about how their little show keeps trucking along (Season Four is on the way), while Starz' far more hyped and star-studded "Camelot" flamed out after only one season.
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Who: Mike Henry, Sanaa Lathan, Kevin Michael Richardson, Reagan Gomez, Rich Appel and Kara Vallow.
Lowdown: See, you pair this show with "Allen Gregory" and it's a logical animation pairing in a smaller room and then you put Nathan Fillion in Hall H and the result is that the entire Hall H audience doesn't clear out after Doctor Who. And as with Saturday's panels, Seth MacFarlane remains absent.
"The Looney Tunes Show"
2:15 - 3:15
Room 6A
Who: Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone, Hugh Davidson and Rachel Ramras.
Lowdown: An assortment of producers, animators and writers discuss their refreshing of the Bugs, Daffy and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang.
2:45 - 3:30
Hall H
Who: Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day, Kaitlin Olson and Danny DeVito.
Lowdown: It'll be a freewheeling good time, as the stars (and creators) of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" get together to talk about their comedy's upcoming season and why, exactly, Rob McElhenney decided to put on more than 50 pounds for his art. It's a hilarious cast and hilarity is almost guaranteed to ensue.
"Sons of Anarchy"
3:30 - 4:00
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Who: Creator Kurt Sutter will be joined by stars Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal and Ron Perlman.
Lowdown: The "Sons of Anarchy" gang made its Comic-Con debut last year with a solid Ballroom 20 panel, so perhaps for the show's Hall H debut they're going to really let Sutter off his leash.
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Novell is back on the winning side. But investment firm Elliott Associates considers its stock below where it should be. Therefore, Elliott wants to take over the Linux and NetWare firm altogether.
Novell and Elliott both confirmed the takeover proposal in a press release. According to Novell, Elliott wants to pay $5.75 per share in cash. The NASDAQ promptly reacted and Novell's share price soared by as much as 37 percent in late trading March 2, rising above Elliott's per-share offer. The NY Times reported a $2 billion offer, although this bid may go even higher.
Elliott Associates now owns 8.5 percent of Novell's outstanding shares, putting it among the highest shareholders. With the takeover it wants to strengthen Novell's weak share position, having lost 85 percent of its value in the past 10 years. Elliott considers the past years of results as unsuccessful, but didn't mention Linux or open source in particular.
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Sometimes following your heart can end up destroying the ones you love.
When 17-year-old Eviana Dumahl is faced with the responsibility of an arranged marriage and clan leadership, she is forced to choose between the life required of a mermaid and one of a teenage girl simply infatuated with the wrong guy.
Kain, her devoted fiance, would make a wonderful husband - except that she's been in love with Brendan, a shape-shifting selkie, ever since they were kids. Choosing to abandon her family, her clan, and her life with Kain will have dire consequences far beyond anything she could have imagined.
A war is brewing amongst the clans and Eviana unwittingly becomes a pawn in the intricate schemes of a twisted mastermind. With Brendan's life on the line, she has no choice but to involve those who she once considered friends. Amidst encountering senseless tragedies and immense loss, Eviana discovers that she is more valuable as a clan leader than anyone ever suspected.
Her survival is not only dependent upon the loyalty of her friends, but also on her acceptance of a life that she had so adamantly tried to escape.
Promises is the first book of The Syrenka Series trilogy following Eviana and her friends through the perils of growing up in a discrete world that inherently threatens human society.
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When Spider-Man went to a fully open-world formula with 2004's Spider-Man 2, simply swinging around the city was exhilarating -- even if the combat and missions were an afterthought. The situation didn't improve much in either subsequent entry (Ultimate Spider-Man or last year's Spider-Man 3). Here, we have codeveloper Shaba Games to thank for fixing the combat: For the first time in two generations of Spider-Man titles, it's fun to fight...for a while, at least. More importantly, webslinging, wallcrawling, and engaging pockets of foes are no longer mechanically disparate elements. Thanks to a few handy new moves and some smooth transitional animations, you can go straight from climbing a building to twisting through the air to kicking a thug in the chest. Or kicking multiple thugs in the chest, once you master the Web-Strike, a couple taps of a button that allows you to pull yourself to a target, hit them, then pop back up into the air to repeat. Silky combat animation, clever camera placement, and a dash of motion blur make combat a treat to watch, too (something the game relies upon more and more as it progresses). Spider Sense is smartly mapped to the left trigger, which serves as both an enemy finder and a camera lock.
Regrettably, that's where the important changes end, as the combat just can't carry the entire game. While side missions don't have you chasing stray balloons or rescuing dangling construction workers anymore, they aren't much better in Shadows, giving you numerical goal after numerical goal of things to kill and people to save. Defeat 10 thugs, then defeat 50, then defeat 150...and then do the same with every other enemy type as they come along. I went out of my way to accomplish these things for the first third of the game -- fueled purely by wanting to complete everything, and because combat was still novel -- and then I simply stopped caring. The rewards for doing anything off the beaten path are minimal; completing objectives grants you XP, which is used to unlock additional moves in a skill tree. You're unlikely to even use these techniques (the vast majority are simply extensions of other moves), as the Web Strike is always the most efficient means of attack. Combat is what you make of it to some extent, but with so many bad guys to quash -- and the same static, unpolished New York City to fight in -- it's tough to imagine using anything but the most effective option.
The story itself is C-grade comic book runoff -- an underdeveloped, drawn-out story of the symbiote alien taking over NYC and its inhabitants as a random selection of Spider-Man's pals and foes come out of the woodwork to play their part. Sure, the narrative lends a reason to swap out gang members for soldiers, then soldiers for infected citizens, and then infected citizens for symbiote creatures...but when they basically behave the same way in combat, it doesn't really matter. You can change between the normal red suit and black symbiote suit by clicking the left analog stick (a neat visual trick), but the barely different move sets don't warrant splitting time between the two. You also encounter several situations throughout the game where you're forced to choose the red (good) or black (evil) path of action; this leads to different cut-scenes and determines who teams up with you along the way. But the game doesn't offer much motivation for choosing the villainous route.
A few excellent boss fights punctuate the first half of the game -- a spectacular airborne battle against the Vulture and his cronies high above the city, a trivia-injected alleyway bout with Wolverine -- but these foes aren't anywhere near as entertaining when you have to fight every one of them again in their symbiote forms. By the end of the game, the entire plot just feels like an excuse to make you fight everyone twice. I would bring up the cringe-inducing writing and voice acting -- particularly for Spider-Man himself -- but that's belaboring the point.
Shadows is halfway there. I experienced plenty of cool "Spider-Man" moments throughout thanks to the basic locomotion and combat and the occasional well-done cut-scene...but Shadows never really hits any sort of stride. Rather, it settles into a rhythm of repetition and drags out as its third act self-destructs. And without the unlockable costumes or artwork (despite seeing it behind the closing credits) of most superhero games, you've no reason to power past the bad bits. Shadows might be the best Spider-Man game yet, but that's just a testament to the series' now-mediocre standards.
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Dutchman Huntelaar hit a brace for the hosts, the first after only 80 seconds, while Adam Szalai scored on his debut as the Royal Blues twice came from behind against Hamburg.
Huntelaar got Schalke off to a flying start when he raced through the Hamburg defence and planted a right-foot shot past Rene Adler after less than two minutes at the Veltins-Arena.
Fellow Dutchman Rafael van der Vaart quickly equalised with a 12th minute penalty, Maximilian Beister headed the visitors in front and the drama continued as Huntelaar headed Schalke level with the last touch of the first half.
There was no let up after the break as Hamburg went back in front with a Lasse Sobiech header, only for Szalai to complete the scoring when he snapped up a rebound following a mistake by Hamburg goalkeeper Adler in the 72nd minute.
Minutes earlier, Adler had been Hamburg's hero with a brilliant point-blank save to keep out a Szalai header. Joel Matip had two good chances to win the game for Schalke, who are hoping to better last season's fourth-placed finish.
Overall, the weekend's nine games produced 37 goals with only Augsburg, VfL Wolfsburg and promoted Eintracht Braunschweig failing to score.
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BYU owns the digital video rights to its school sports (and actually has its own TV network), which has given it the ability since last summer to stream a range of live events for fans online via a precursor to the new site, BYUtvSports.com. But adding incentive for fans to engage with content and participate in a more social experience has allowed the school to offer a digital experience that it says is unmatched in college sports.
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If You're Planning to Get Pregnant
Many women now have type 2 diabetes during their childbearing years. A healthy pregnancy is certainly possible with diabetes, but it takes extra care.
If you plan to get pregnant with type 2 diabetes, see your doctor first. You need a plan to keep your blood sugar level under control -- and during pregnancy the goals for blood sugars are very different.
Your doctor should check on your diabetes drugs, because some shouldn't be taken during pregnancy. As a result, you may need to take insulin.
When you're pregnant, you may also need to check your blood sugar more frequently -- up to eight times daily -- to flag any blood sugar level spikes. And, of course, a healthy diet and exercise are a must to help control blood sugar.
Once you have your baby, you can breastfeed, if you choose to. Nursing helps your baby get to a healthy weight, and it also helps get your blood sugar and insulin levels under control.
After your pregnancy, your blood sugar control will change. You may need less insulin or a change in your diabetes drugs or doses. Talk about it with your OB/GYN, as well as the doctor you see for diabetes care.
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"Certain types of infections can happen to anyone, men or women, but they tend to happen more frequently among women with type 2 diabetes," says Melanie Jay, MD, a New York University professor of medicine. High blood sugars make a person with diabetes more likely to get infections. Higher than normal blood sugars may be a subtle sign of an infection.
Urinary tract infections happen when bacteria grow more readily in the lining of the bladder. Urinary tract infections can usually be treated with antibiotics your doctor prescribes.
Vaginal yeast infections may also accompany type 2 diabetes. The yeast, called candida, lives all over our bodies but thrives in warm, moist areas. If your blood sugars are often too high, you can have an overgrowth of candida that leads to infections.
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When I was barely twenty-one, I spent a brief and difficult period as a postulant in a Carmelite monastery. It didn't take me long to discover that I lacked a monastic vocation. No one who has felt the throttling sensation of the walls closing in will ever forget it.
In the wake of that painful experience, I moved on to graduate school and a different kind of common life: sharing a narrow, tumbledown Washington, D.C., row house with six other young women. The house was located on an extraordinary street. Tucked away in the Brookland neighborhood, Perry Place was home to some of Washington's few remaining Italian immigrants.
They were a tightly-knit community, all from the same small region of Italy. As much as they could, they had turned their little block into something redolent of the Old World: the front yards overflowed with flowers, alongside pots of oregano and cement birdbaths. Elderly residents would sit on their front porches on summer evenings, enjoying the gardens and exchanging neighborhood gossip.
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October 19 2012 10:35PM
Remember when hockey was on the ice and actually played? I found some!
KHL action featuring a goal from Pavel Datsyuk that makes me rethink my entire existence, Ilya Kovalchuk is also nuts, Grabovski continues to put up numbers, and Yakupov's team falls.
AGD: Heat Take on the Wolves
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October 19 2012 11:40AM
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Broadcast: Sportsnet Fan960 (radio), www.abbotsfordheat.com (listen live stream)
The Heat and Chicago Wolves are a couple of undefeated teams through the first few of games of the AHL season. To get a clearer perspective on both clubs, I talked to the Heat's PbP man Ryan Pinder about the pending back-to-back series this weekend:
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October 19 2012 09:43AM
Undoubtedly there was going to come a time when the writers here at Flames Nation were not going to agree on something. With the Summer over and the blatant disregard from the NHL and NHLPA to provide us with our winter fix, we have been left no choice but to now turn our vitriol on each other, and it's time for the Nation to eat their own!
The Calgary Flames have given us a glimpse of its new Forever A Flame campaign where they have given themselves countless opportunities to honour past players without having to retire their numbers. They promised us at least three, and gave us only one, leaving us
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With the rapid appreciation of Book of Loob's 2 Minutes Hate, I decided to see just how far I could push our rookie scribe. He failed... Actually he started to cry during our lunch meeting, saying he just couldn't in good conscience… Well I don't wanna ruin the story, so without further ado. Get ready for the biggest demonstration of FlamesNation grandstanding you've seen since the CBA negotiations started.
How I Spent My Lockout Vacation: Tim Jackman
October 18 2012 01:58PM
The year is 2012. The month is...let's say NOVEMBER 2ND. The NHL lockout is now over and behind us and we never have to think about it again for another seven years. We all survived that Bristol Palin poker celebrity cruise show that aired on Sportsnet every night in place of NHL broadcasts. The locusts, in the end, were merciful invaders and moved onto greener pastures, leaving us with mere crumbs, which we devoured gratefully and without shame. But at least the Mayans were wrong, so high five on that.
Your Calgary Flames return to the Saddledome, refreshed and relaxed after an extended break away from the rink. With FlamesNation having a tremendous, some would say inappropriate amount of access to the team, coupled with the bluster to do what we want that only comes from knowing there's no one out there who can stand in our way, we approached the Flames to provide us with short essays documenting how they spent their lockout vacation. Which is what we're calling it now. Again, because we can.
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Flames Projections: Secondary Forwards
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October 18 2012 12:08PM
Every year we project how many points each of the players will score using a couple of different statistical methods, and why should a potential lockout season be any different?
If you're just tuning in, we explained our methodology in more detail in our first piece, which covered the top-six forwards. Last time we covered the defensemen and here in our third and final piece we'll look at the remaining, secondary forwards.