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Elder Law: In a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)

Frolik, Lawrence A.

Kaplan, Richard L.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

West Group

Elder Law in a Nutshell, 4th ed. updates the previous edition to reflect the fast pace of legal change in this area of the law. Special attention is paid to major changes in Medicare, including the new Part D prescription drug program, means-testing of premiums, Medigap policies, and appeals procedures, as well as the 2006 amendments to Medicaid eligibility requirements that pertain to asset transfers, home equity limitations, and long-term care insurance incentives. The latest edition introduces the reader to the rapidly growing legal specialty of elder law. Addressing the myriad of legal issues encountered by the elderly, the book is a succinct overview of this complex intersection of law and social policy, including such areas as health care decision-making, pensions, Social Security, reverse mortgages, nursing homes, guardianship, long-term care, age discrimination in employment, and veterans benefits. The book is designed to assist anyone who has regular contract with older persons, including lawyers, law students, social workers, health care personnel, retirement planners and gerontologists or anyone who wishes a better insight into the world of elder law.

Elder Law in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)

Family Law

West Academic

This reliable source provides expert narration on the scope and diversity of elder law. The text addresses ethical considerations and health care decision-making issues. Discusses Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid, and long-term care insurance. Looks into living arrangements, guardianship, and benefits—Social Security, supplemental security income, veterans benefits, and pension plans. Also explores age discrimination in employment, elder abuse, and neglect.

Elder Law : In a Nutshell (Nutshell Series).

The author provides excerpts of congressional reports and his own extended critiques to dramatize the political and economic implications of major topics. Provides basic outlines ranging from two to six pages that highlight the structure of the Code and integrate the crazy quilt of cross-references, major exceptions, and definitions scattered over many sections into one approachable scheme. Also includes recurring features that point out alternative ways a taxpayer could have planned his transactions or presented his case and traps for those who think they have located statutory gaps.

Federal Taxation of International Transactions: Principles Planning and Policy (American Casebook Series)

Reference

Designed as a second semester textbook for those who emphasize business taxation in the first semester tax course. Y2K update included.

Advanced Taxation (West Federal Taxation)

Business & Money

Gupta, Sanjay

Howard, Katherine L.

Accounting

South-Western Pub.

Politics and the American Press: The Rise of Objectivity, 1865–1920

This study takes a fresh look at the origins of modern journalism's ideals and political practices. The book also provides fresh insights into the economics of journalism and documents the changes in political content of the press by a systematic content analysis of newspaper news and editorials over a span of 55 years. The book concludes by exploring the appropriate political role and professional ethics of journalists in a modern democracy.

History

Cambridge University Press

This edition integrates the wide-ranging changes made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (health reform legislation), as well as other recent developments. It includes the following topics: the Elder Justice Act responding to elder abuse and neglect; criminal background checks of workers who work with older patients; major Medicare changes, such as cost-free annual wellness visits and personalized prevention assessments, end-of-life planning, tax increases on both earned and investment income, increased premiums on higher-income enrollees in Part D, and gradual filling of the Part D "donut hole"; Medicaid spousal impoverishment protection changes; and more.

Elder Law in a Nutshell (Nutshells)

West Academic Publishing

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Elder Law: In a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)

Elder Law in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)

Elder Law : In a Nutshell (Nutshell Series).

Federal Taxation of International Transactions: Principles Planning and Policy (American Casebook Series)

Advanced Taxation (West Federal Taxation)

Politics and the American Press: The Rise of Objectivity, 1865–1920

Politics and the American Press: The Rise of Objectivity, 1865–1920

Elder Law in a Nutshell (Nutshells)