Memory loss and end of life: a personal journey

An elder-law attorney relates the series of goodbyes leading up to The Long Goodbye

Sanford I. Horowitz

From Issue: 2015 April

Investigating and pursuing RCFE elder abuse and neglect cases

Reporting is the first step in successfully prosecuting

George Kindley

From Issue: 2016 March

Holding nursing home corporate employers accountable for fraud

A case study

Jennifer Fiore
Susan Kang Gordon

From Issue: 2022 March

Appellate Review

Arbitration agreements in health-care settings; also, the “baseball rule” on assumption of the risk; legal malpractice, causation and anti-SLAPP

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2022 May

Appellate Reports

Appellate Court holds that hospital’s substantial impairment of an elderly patient’s right to autonomy can constitute actionable “neglect” within the Elder Abuse Act

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2017 November

Long-term care lawsuits: Sadly, a growth industry

Actions are increasingly based more on emotion and psychological trauma than true abuse or neglect

David Hahklotubbe

From Issue: 2010 January

Home repair and home warranty “rip-offs” still target the elderly

Unscrupulous contractors are nothing new, but homeowner warranties are a new twist

Michael Panish

From Issue: 2010 September

Grandma got done over by a fraudster

Federal and state laws that may help victims of elder fraud recover from financial institutions and credit-reporting agencies

Nick Barthel

From Issue: 2023 November

Appellate Reports and Shorter Takes

FAA does not apply when son with power of attorney signs arbitration agreement with hospital, later sues for elder abuse in father’s death

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

From Issue: 2018 April