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Naela Advocacy Seeks To Influence Public Policy, Emily Starr, Ron Fatoullah Aug 2012

Naela Advocacy Seeks To Influence Public Policy, Emily Starr, Ron Fatoullah

Marquette Elder's Advisor

The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys is an organization with an agenda. This advocacy group works to improve legislation affecting its professionals and their clients.


Finding Internet Sites On Elder Issues: Health And Human Services, Robin C. Schard Aug 2012

Finding Internet Sites On Elder Issues: Health And Human Services, Robin C. Schard

Marquette Elder's Advisor

Have you ever heard the term information over load? Do you feel it every time you try to find an exact piece of information on the Internet? Here's the place to start.


The One-Stop Shop: Beyond Estate Planning, Ann M. Devine Aug 2012

The One-Stop Shop: Beyond Estate Planning, Ann M. Devine

Marquette Elder's Advisor

An investigation of the special needs of the elderly looks to expand the current practice of conventional estate planning beyond the creation of trusts and wills into an innovative business providing holistic life plans and services to address all the needs of aging.


Client Choice, Wise Counsel, And Economic Realities: The Forces That Shape The Representation Of Elders, Michael K. Mcchrystal Aug 2012

Client Choice, Wise Counsel, And Economic Realities: The Forces That Shape The Representation Of Elders, Michael K. Mcchrystal

Marquette Elder's Advisor

The relationship between a client and attorney, while always complex, may become even more complicated when the client is elderly. This column explores three aspects of particular importance in such cases.


Advising Clients Regarding Lifetime Distributions From Qualified Retirement Plans, Barbara Freedman Wand Aug 2012

Advising Clients Regarding Lifetime Distributions From Qualified Retirement Plans, Barbara Freedman Wand

Marquette Elder's Advisor

This column reviews various requirements of qualified retirement plans, their myriad rules and requirements, and how uninformed decision-making can negatively impact a client's overall program. Wand's column is intended to aid an attorney in advising clients as to the appropriate choices.


The Medicare Managed Care Choice Aug 2012

The Medicare Managed Care Choice

Marquette Elder's Advisor

Medicare managed care still has problems and careful evaluation is critical when choosing a program. Government attempts at providing information have created further confusion and drawn criticism from the professionals. This overview highlights some of the most important issues.


Geriatric Psychiatry And Elder Law: Speaking A Common Language, Richard E. Finlayson Aug 2012

Geriatric Psychiatry And Elder Law: Speaking A Common Language, Richard E. Finlayson

Marquette Elder's Advisor

In his introductory column, Dr. Finlayson discusses issues of competency and informed consent involving the elderly. Dr. Finlayson discusses these issues from a medical perspective demonstrating how the legal and medical issues relating to the elderly and mental health often intersect.


Grandparents' Right To Visitation, Victoria Roth Aug 2012

Grandparents' Right To Visitation, Victoria Roth

Marquette Elder's Advisor

Many lawyers, it seems steer clear of "grandparents' rights" by declining cases in which a court orders parents or stepparents to let a grandparent visit their grandchild. Is it because of lack of familiarity with such action, or are they uneasy with the concept of rights of grandparents?


The Use Of Special Needs Trusts In The Settlement Of Personal Injury Cases, Roger M. Bernstein, Margrit S. Bernstein Aug 2012

The Use Of Special Needs Trusts In The Settlement Of Personal Injury Cases, Roger M. Bernstein, Margrit S. Bernstein

Marquette Elder's Advisor

This article explores the ins and outs of special needs trusts, which can offer your client improved protection against the loss of public benefits. These narrowly defined, specific trusts can help to avoid disqualification from Medicaid.


Income Tax Planning For Long-Term Care, David M. English Aug 2012

Income Tax Planning For Long-Term Care, David M. English

Marquette Elder's Advisor

Dealing with taxes is one of the details that can fall through the cracks during the trying times of sorting out long-term care for an elder. As this article demonstrates, there are many advantages to be gained from keeping up with this aspect of daily affairs. However, the regulations are many and complex and require study and forethought.


Pending Hague Convention On Protection Of Incapacitated Adults, Russell E. Carlisle Aug 2012

Pending Hague Convention On Protection Of Incapacitated Adults, Russell E. Carlisle

Marquette Elder's Advisor

The adoption and ratification of the proposed Hague Convention on the Protection of Incapacitated Adults will provide an expeditious and certain means of solving international problems involving the disabled and the elderly. This article looks at some of the issues addressed by the convention and at the complex process involved in its creation and execution.


Innocence, Negligence, And Common Sense: Tort Liability Of Mentally Impaired Persons, William P. Donaldson Aug 2012

Innocence, Negligence, And Common Sense: Tort Liability Of Mentally Impaired Persons, William P. Donaldson

Marquette Elder's Advisor

Recent case law has dictated changes in the treatment of tort cases involving mentally impaired citizens. This study illuminates the developing exceptions to liability with regard to properly trained professional caregivers.


Crafting A Better Power Of Attorney, Penny L. Davis Aug 2012

Crafting A Better Power Of Attorney, Penny L. Davis

Marquette Elder's Advisor

This article deals with crafting effective powers of attorney that carry out an elder's wishes while simultaneously protecting the elder from potential abuses requires care and diligence. This review of some of the more critical issues, along with examples of how to address them, can help elder law attorneys to better serve their clients


Financial Abuses Of Elderly Clients, Alison Barnes Aug 2012

Financial Abuses Of Elderly Clients, Alison Barnes

Marquette Elder's Advisor

This article identifies what is meant by financial abuse of the elderly, discusses who are the abusers and victims, and illustrates how to identify instances of financial abuse. The author then discusses the possible responses to identified financial abuse, including responses by attorneys, state agencies, and federally mandated programs and acts. She concludes that where an older person is dependent for care on a family member, financial abuse may be best controlled through oversight of the interaction between the caregiver and care receiver, as well as modification of financial arrangements to limit the exposure of the care receiver's assets.


A Tale Of Two Women, Ann J. Pinciss Aug 2012

A Tale Of Two Women, Ann J. Pinciss

Marquette Elder's Advisor

This article is a tale of two women, one living her life to its fullest according to her own wishes, the other dependent upon the substituted judgment of another. This tale is a cautionary tale, highlighting the challenges of balancing substituted judgment against the best interests of someone who, because of incapacity, cannot decide what is best for her


The Role Of The Attorney As Nursing Home Advocate, Andrew P. Brusky Aug 2012

The Role Of The Attorney As Nursing Home Advocate, Andrew P. Brusky

Marquette Elder's Advisor

This article explains the need for attorneys to keep informed about current standards and regulations related to nursing home care. The author identifies the areas of concern to clients and their attorneys such as determining the appropriate placement, or investigate financial and payment options. Surrogate decision-making options may need to be considered. Patients in nursing homes may need attorney assistance in patient rights or quality of care issues, or in disputes concerning patient abuse.


From The Editor, Alison Mcchrystal Barnes Aug 2012

From The Editor, Alison Mcchrystal Barnes

Marquette Elder's Advisor

The Editor has utilized this space to identify for the reader the current state of elder law and its continuing evolution. She then introduces the Elder's Advisor and its goals. Professor Barnes then explains the interactive nature of the Elder's Advisor and invites readers to participate.


Physical Restraint Use In Acute Care Hospitals: Legal Liability Issues, Marshall B. Kapp Aug 2012

Physical Restraint Use In Acute Care Hospitals: Legal Liability Issues, Marshall B. Kapp

Marquette Elder's Advisor

This article begins by explaining what physical restraints are. The author then explains that the elderly are the most likely group to be restrained in hospitals. He goes on to discuss the evolution of regulations controlling the use of such restraints. Changes in standards of care, customary practice, informed consent, and assumption of risk dynamics are explained. The article concludes by explaining that health care providers and facilities can limit their tort liability exposure through creative processes that include regulatory compliance, voluntary accreditation, and individualized assessment and care.


Table Of Contents Aug 2012

Table Of Contents

Marquette Elder's Advisor

No abstract provided.


Board Of Advisors Aug 2012

Board Of Advisors

Marquette Elder's Advisor

No abstract provided.


Wednesday Communiqué, 8/22/2012, Chaouki Abdallah Aug 2012

Wednesday Communiqué, 8/22/2012, Chaouki Abdallah

Publications of the Provost's Office

I am confident you are all enjoying your 3rd day of the Fall 2012 semester. As you approach your work this semester, many goals may seem possible and within reach. While I feel the same, I tend to overestimate my abilities and underestimate cost and time for almost everything I do. It may behoove us to consider the planning fallacy, or the tendency for people and organizations to underestimate how long they will need to complete a task, even when they have experience of similar tasks over-running.''


Molecule For Electronics: A Myriad Of Opportunities Comes With Daunting Challenges, Ranjit Pati Aug 2012

Molecule For Electronics: A Myriad Of Opportunities Comes With Daunting Challenges, Ranjit Pati

Department of Physics Publications

Since the invention of Integrated Circuit (IC) in 1958, we have seen an unprecedented growth in Si-based electronics industry; ICs are currently used in almost all electronic gadgets. However, it is now very much clear that this era of growth we have been witnessing for the last five decades will soon hit the brick wall, once the transistor size reaches the physical limit of miniaturization.


Targeted Learning For Causality And Statistical Analysis In Medical Research, Sherri Rose, Richard J.C.M. Starmans, Mark J. Van Der Laan Aug 2012

Targeted Learning For Causality And Statistical Analysis In Medical Research, Sherri Rose, Richard J.C.M. Starmans, Mark J. Van Der Laan

U.C. Berkeley Division of Biostatistics Working Paper Series

The authors present the use of targeted learning methods for medical research, prepared as a chapter for the upcoming book "Statistics: Discovering Your Future Power." The targeted learning framework involves the explicit specification of the data, model, and parameter. The estimators are double robust and efficient, and can incorporate machine learning procedures such as the super learner.


08-22-2012 Swosu Offering On-Line Fall Prevention Training, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Aug 2012

08-22-2012 Swosu Offering On-Line Fall Prevention Training, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2012

On-line fall prevention training is being held as part of Continuing Education courses this fall at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford.


08-22-2012 Swosu Mind Games Team Searching For Competitors, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Aug 2012

08-22-2012 Swosu Mind Games Team Searching For Competitors, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2012

Southwestern Oklahoma State University will again participate in the Mind Games competition on KSBI-TV against other Oklahoma colleges and universities.


08-22-2012 Swosu Sets Social Media Scavenger Hunt, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Aug 2012

08-22-2012 Swosu Sets Social Media Scavenger Hunt, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2012

Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s Social Media Scavenger Hunt is set to begin this Tuesday, August 28 on the Weatherford campus.


Fabrication Of A Large, Ordered, Three-Dimensional Nanocup Array, Joanne C. Lo, Soongweon Hong, Richard J. Anderson, Luke P. Lee, David A. Horsley, Jack L. Skinner Aug 2012

Fabrication Of A Large, Ordered, Three-Dimensional Nanocup Array, Joanne C. Lo, Soongweon Hong, Richard J. Anderson, Luke P. Lee, David A. Horsley, Jack L. Skinner

Mechanical Engineering

Metallic nanocups provide a unique method for redirecting scattered light by creating magnetic plasmon responses at optical frequencies. Despite considerable development of nanocup fabrication processes, simultaneously achieving accurate control over the placement, orientation, and geometry of nanocups has remained a significant challenge. Here we present a technique for fabricating large, periodically ordered arrays of uniformly oriented three-dimensional gold nanocups for manipulating light at subwavelength scales. Nanoimprint lithography, soft lithography, and shadow evaporation were used to fabricate nanocups onto the tips of polydimethylsiloxane nanopillars with precise control over the shapes and optical properties of asymmetric nanocups.


Becoming Warm Demanders: Perspectives And Practices Of First-Year Teachers, Elizabeth Bondy, Dorene D. Ross, Elyse Hambacher, Melanie M. Acosta Aug 2012

Becoming Warm Demanders: Perspectives And Practices Of First-Year Teachers, Elizabeth Bondy, Dorene D. Ross, Elyse Hambacher, Melanie M. Acosta

Education

In the literature on culturally responsive pedagogy warm demanders are teachers who embrace values and enact practices that are central to their students’ success. Few scholars have examined the experience of novice teachers who attempt to enact this stance. In this study of two first-year, female, European American teachers who attempted to be warm demanders for their predominantly African American elementary school students, the authors answer the question, “How do the teachers think about and enact warm demanding?” The teachers’ contrasting experiences have implications for administrators and teacher educators.


Smokejumper Obituary: Bassett, Richard (Pilot 0000), National Smokejumper Association Aug 2012

Smokejumper Obituary: Bassett, Richard (Pilot 0000), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.


The Daily Egyptian, August 22, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff Aug 2012

The Daily Egyptian, August 22, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

August 2012

No abstract provided.