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The Canadian Journal of Elder Law is an academic publication published 1-2 times a year by the Canadian Centre for Elder Law. The CJEL is the only national peer-reviewed journal focussed on elder law issues. Its goal is to promote the scholarly exploration of issues of law and aging. more
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The Canadian Centre for Elder Law has released the first issue of the Canadian Journal of Elder Law. The journal is the...
In anticipation of the publication of Volume 1, Issue 1 of the Canadian Journal of Elder Law, article abstracts have...
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Featured Abstracts

In both Canada and the United States, family caregiving agreements are increasingly being used to formalize the responsibilities that family caregivers undertake when providing in-home assistance form their (typically) older relatives. Under such agreements, each party can be better off because of...
Persons with cognitive disabilities can face formidable barriers to voting as a result of their disabilities. While some of these barriers are the third unavoidable result of those disabilities, others are constructed by third parties. Given the deleterious effects that these constructed...
Aged care is one of the most heavily regulated industries in Australia. However, the protection afforded residents of aged care facilities is not extended to the aged care provider. The recent amendments to the Commonwealth Aged Care Act 1997 have further highlighted the divide between the...

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