ELDER LAW - Law and Aging - Syllabus
COURSE SYLLABUS
David C. Jordan, Esq. Attorney at Law (SBN # 69052)
Director-Paralegal Studies Program
Cell Phone 818/415-2015
E-Mail: profjordan@ucla.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Practical Planning for the Elderly: Legal, Financial, and Health Care Considerations (Online)
This course introduces the student to advance directives, wills, guardianships, patients' rights in healthcare decision making, entitlement programs, managed care and long-term care insurance, viatical settlements, managed care, long term-care insurance, living facilities for the elderly, financial planning, social security, elder abuse, and resources for the elder law team. For technical requirements.
Practical Planning for the Elderly introduces the student to advance directives, wills, guardianships, patients' rights in healthcare decision making, entitlement programs, managed care and long-term care insurance, viatical settlements, living facilities for the elderly, financial planning, social security, elder abuse, and resources for the elder law team.
The student will learn elder law law through related textbook readings, online classroom participation & instruction, written projects, multiple-choice and fill-in the blank questions, and research on the Internet/World Wide Web. The end product is a student who understands the legal issues involved with aging and who can provide the necessary assistance to elders and their families.
COURSE TEXT
BOOK: Law and Aging: Essentials of Elder Law: Second Edition
by Ronald J. Schwartz
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub Date: July 26, 2004
ISBN: 0-13-117322-7
Pages: 400
order book - http://uclaextension.edu - in upper left hand corner, under "keyword" - type in the Course Registration Number "S8042" (without the quotes), and follow the links to order your textbook.
COURSE OJBECTIVES
1. The student will be introduced to wills and "living trusts", along with guardianships, patients' rights in healthcare decision making, entitlement programs, managed care and long term insurance, viatical settlement, laws related to again and social security, and elder abuse, along with internet legal resources in elder law.
2. The student will learn to "think critically" in law, and in the area of elder law.
3. The student will improve his/her writing skills and legal drafting/writing skills.
4. The student will improve how they study law.
GRADING & EVALUATION
The class will be composed of class discussions posted under "Discussion Board", Tests - Essay questions based on reading your textbook - Chapters 1-15. and Drafting of Elder Law Documents - posted under Draft Documents.
The "letter grade" scale is as follows.
A = 90-100 percent of total points
B = 80-90
C = 65-80
D = 55-65
F = Below 55
The primary web address for this class is http://uclaextension.edu, and type under keyword the Registration Number "S9435" to order your textbook and to go to class.
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