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Income Tax Planning For Long-Term Care, David M. English Jul 2002

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

Faculty Publications

Planning for long-term involves more than the preparation of powers of attorney and counseling on possible asset transfers to qualify for Medicaid reimbursement. Steps should also be taken to make certain that the person receiving care continues to file an income tax return and does so at a minimum possible income tax cost. Practitioners should be familiar with the procedure for filing a return on behalf of an incapacitated individual. The medical expense deduction, while of little importance for most taxpayers, is critical for many elderly, particularly for those receiving long-term care. Long-term care insurance and life insurance may be …


Funding Kinship Care: A Policy-Based Argument For Keeping The Elderly In The Family, Holly Shaver Bryant Apr 2002

Funding Kinship Care: A Policy-Based Argument For Keeping The Elderly In The Family, Holly Shaver Bryant

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

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Adult Children And Indigent Parents: Intergenerational Responsibilities In International Perspective, Seymour Moskowitz Jan 2002

Adult Children And Indigent Parents: Intergenerational Responsibilities In International Perspective, Seymour Moskowitz

Law Faculty Publications

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Why They Won't Take The Money: Black Grandparents And The Success Of Informal Kinship Care, Sonia M. Gipson Rankin Jan 2002

Why They Won't Take The Money: Black Grandparents And The Success Of Informal Kinship Care, Sonia M. Gipson Rankin

Faculty Scholarship

In this note, Ms. Gipson Rankin discusses kinship care as an alternative to placing children into foster care. For generations, particularly in the Black community, grandparents and other older relatives have played a crucial role in raising the children of younger relatives when they have become unable or unwilling to raise the children themselves. This system, known as kinship care, has ensured that thousands of American children are cared for and raised by members of their own families. The note explores the history and nature of the kinship care system, and analyzes federal and state policies that impact the system. …


Women And Pension Reform: Economic Insecurity And Old Age, 35 J. Marshall L. Rev. 673 (2002), Lorraine Schmall Jan 2002

Women And Pension Reform: Economic Insecurity And Old Age, 35 J. Marshall L. Rev. 673 (2002), Lorraine Schmall

UIC Law Review

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Winning The Battle, But Losing The War: Purported Age Discrimination May Discourage Employers From Providing Retiree Medical Benefits, 35 J. Marshall L. Rev. 709 (2002), Christopher E. Condeluci Jan 2002

Winning The Battle, But Losing The War: Purported Age Discrimination May Discourage Employers From Providing Retiree Medical Benefits, 35 J. Marshall L. Rev. 709 (2002), Christopher E. Condeluci

UIC Law Review

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Illinois Gets Tough On Elder Abuse, Lanetta Haynes Jan 2002

Illinois Gets Tough On Elder Abuse, Lanetta Haynes

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Video Surveillance In Nursing Homes, Elizabeth G. Adelman Jan 2002

Video Surveillance In Nursing Homes, Elizabeth G. Adelman

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.