ninakohn.bsky.social
Professor @SyracuseU. Elder Law Scholar with Yale's @SolomonCtrYLS. I write about civil rights of older adults -- including in contexts of #LongTermCare, medical & financial #decisionmaking, #voting & #guardianship. Also: legal ethics & #highered.
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So glad to have you participate in the workshop and share your empirical work on elder abuse interventions. Looking forward to reading more!
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Thanks @joanfbraun.bsky.social!
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Thanks @orentaoren.bsky.social! It was well worth the long trip! Seriously: everyone should have the opportunity to share their work with such thoughtful and generous critics.
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Thanks @charactergap.bsky.social. Guardianship is so overused and misunderstood. Doing what I can to change that…
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Talking about future #Disability and #EndofLife may sound like a downer.
But imagine if everyone used this Thanksgiving to have the important family conversations we typically put off. We could create better futures for ourselves & our loved ones.
And that's more satisfying than 🦃. 5/5
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An #AdvanceDirective can:
- appoint an agent to make #HealthCare decisions for you if you can't
- provide instructions for future care, and
- communicate your goals & values.
Here's a resource from on what it takes to make one in each state:
www.aarp.org/caregiving/f... 4/5
#ElderLaw
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As you dig into turkey, why not turn the conversation to something less dry: Ask your family how they would want #HealthCare decisions made if they couldn’t make decisions for themselves? If they have a preference, urge them to complete an #AdvanceDirective. 3/5
#Medsky #Lawsky #Aging #HAPC
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If your loved ones are like most Americans, they probably don’t have an #AdvanceDirective. That's a problem. If they lose their ability to make decisions, they may not get the #HealthCare they would want. And family may be burdened with making (unnecessarily) hard decisions. 2/5
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Thanks for this resource @joshuaadouglas.bsky.social! I'd love to be added. I write on voting rights of people with disabilities and long-term care residents (most recently, this in the Boston University Law Review
www.bu.edu/bulawreview/...).
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Thanks for creating this resource @proftracythomas.bsky.social. I'd love to be included. Currently working on a book project at the intersection of law, gender, and aging.
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Thanks for the insight! The manual for my casebook currently takes an all-of-the-above approach so the course can be plug-and-play if needed (partly because #ElderLaw is often taught by adjunct faculty). I was wondering if it was too much—glad to know it’s not.
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Thanks @yeargain.bsky.social--using the teacher's manual to explain why cases were picked for inclusion is an excellent idea. I've done that for some cases, but will make it the norm going forward.