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Aging Today, ASA's bimonthly newspaper, covers developments in public policy, research, practice, media and programming in the field of aging. A four-page pullout section, "In Focus," is devoted to in-depth coverage of a single topic.
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September-October 2004
Vol. 25, No. 5
"Geriatric jurisprudence" is one of the academic mouthfuls that thicken the tongue and glaze the eye of otherwise lively intellects. Yet, the concept is at the center of a little-understood movement to bring the justice system of the United States into the age of longevity. This issue's "In Focus" section touches on today's efforts to adapt the U.S. judicial system to an aging population..." Full Story
ELECTION 2004
President George W. Bush wants to use the tax code to encourage people to buy health insurance for themselves. Sen. John Kerry wants the federal government to pay the bills whenever an individual's medical costs climb above $50,000 in a single year.
Full story.
(Drawings by Janet Lane)
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Front Page
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Florida Elders Cope in Charley's Aftermath
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Study: Many Elders Given Wrong Drugs
Potomac Sources
Forum
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Aged by Age -- And Culture, Too
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'Aged by Culture' Author 'Faces' Children's Images of Aging
Inside Aging Today
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Depression Screening
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National Program Gives Caregivers Powerful Tools
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PTC Classes
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Remembering Dick Ladd, Long-Term Care Revolutionary
In Focus
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Giving Justice to Aging: Geriatric Jurisprudence in America
WINGED JUSTICE
"Geriatric jurisprudence?"
Aging Today's version of Winged Justice might say -- like the late Gray Panther founder Maggie Kuhn -- "That means justice for all."
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Court Watch Elders Serve in War on Domestic Violence
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Guardianship Reform: The Debate Between Safety and Autonomy
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Legal-Size Resources on Aging
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Linking Courts and Elders
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Older Women Behind Bars
Business and Aging
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Burial by the Numbers
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Rewriting the Rules: How Boomers Will Deal With Death
The Aging Spirit
Creative Currents
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'Real Life' Meets True Love -- And Care -- In Janet & Me
ASA Update
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NVL Class of 2005 Creates New Ventures in Diversity
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