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Formalizing the Informal: Family Care Agreements in Canada and the United States (Completed)

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

Cognitive Impairment and the Right to Vote: Rethinking the Meaning of Accessible Elections (Completed)

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 impedim

Dangers in Aged Care: The Tension Between the Rights of Care Recipients and Those of the Aged Care Providers (Completed)

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 respo