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Center for Guardianship
Certification to Unveil Designation Name Change
Designation Name Change to
Occur in October 2008
HARRISBURG, PA- In October 2008, the Center for Guardianship
Certification (CGC) will be updating the name of the current
certification designations, Registered Guardian and Master
Guardian, to National Certified Guardian (NCG) and National
Master Guardian (NMG) respectively.
Release
Enduring Powers of Attorney:
Areas for Reform
The 2008 final report from
the Western Canada Law Reform Agencies (WCLRA), a consortium of
four western Canadian law reform agencies – the Alberta Law
Reform Institute, the British Columbia Law Institute, the
Manitoba Law Reform Commission and the Law Reform Commission of
Saskatchewan.
Executive Summary
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Complete Report
NGA Featured in AARP April 21, 2008 Report - Who Guards the
Guardians
AARP Report Shows How States
Can Help Prevent Abuse Of Older Americans, Identifies Better
Ways For Courts To Oversee Guardianships
Guardianship
Monitoring: A National Survey of Court
Practices
Naomi Karp
AARP Public Policy Institute and Erica Wood ABA Commission on
Law and Aging
Summary
USA Today Reports:
Poor
elderly wait for care as Fla. system backs up
Public Guardianship After 25
Years: In the Best Interest of Incapacitated People? An
Executive Summary of the National Study of Public Guardianship
Phase II Report
Authored by Pamela Teaster
Ph. D; Erica Wood, JD; Winsor Schmidt, JD, LL.M.; and Susan
Lawrence, Ph.D.
Released in January of 2008 by the University of Kentucky and
the ABA Commission on Law and Aging. For more information, or to
order print copies of the executive summary for $5 and the Full
Report for $30, contact the ABA Commission at
abaaging@abanet.org.
State Adult guardianship Legislation:
Directions of Reform - 2007
From the Commission on Law
and Aging American Bar Association
Guardianship for the
Elderly: Protecting the Rights and Welfare of Seniors With Reduced
Capacity
A report issued by Senator
Gordon H. Smith, Ranking Member, United States Senate Special
Committee on Aging Senator Herb Kohl, Chairman, United States
Senate Special Committee on Aging
Final Version of the
Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings
Jurisdiction Act
Testimony by NGA
Executive Director Terry Hammond
Before the United States Senate
Special Committee on Aging
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