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ElderLaw Resources Statutes and Assorted Legal Links

Summary of Virginia Code Sections Applicable to Medical  Records, Civil Commitment, Mental Health Service Providers' Duty to Warn Third Parties, Powers of Attorney & Guardianship, and Living Wills.

My summary and links regarding medical records privacy, civil commitment, duty of mental health workers to warn third parties, powers of attorney, conservatorship, guardianship, and advance medical directives. This link includes the advance medical directive form (downloadable) and the Virginia Supreme Court opinion in the Michelle Finn case.

Legal Search Engines

• Search the Virginia (Statutory) Code
• Search the Virginia Administrative Code
• Search the Federal Code
• Search the Code of Federal Regulations via Cornell
• Search the Code of Federal Regulations via GPO

Elder Law Resources

• The Aging Americans: Census Data Report (10/2001)
• University of Kansas School of Law Elder Law Site
• Senior Citizens Handbook
• Virginia Barristers Long Term Care Brochure

Aging Baby Boomers

• LONG-TERM CARE Aging Baby Boom Generation Will Increase Demand and Burden on Federal and State Budgets
• Baby Boomers: Net Worth and Debt Balances August, 2002

Disability Planning

• Link to Special Needs Alliance

2006 Virginia Statutes

• Title 37.2:
  • Civil Commitment
  • Guardianship
  • Judicial Consent to Medical Treatment