Forbes quoted Kate Wilber of the USC Leonard Davis School on how to fix conservatorship in America. With proper estate planning documents in place, “if someone loses capacity, they have set up a mechanism to manage the estate,” Wilber says. “Talk with family members about your wishes. Especially if you want a family member to act as your agent.”
USA Today featured Jon Pynoos of the USC Leonard Davis School on adjustments to make at home to help prevent trips and falls. “Ladders in and of themselves are risky. Anything seniors use routinely should be put on special lower shelves. And, they could think about using items that aren’t as heavy as they age,” he said. This story originally in Reviewed.
Next Avenue quoted Kate Wilber of the USC Leonard Davis School on how to fix conservatorship in America. With proper estate planning documents in place, “If someone loses capacity, they have set up a mechanism to manage the estate,” she says. “Talk with family members about your wishes. Especially if you want a family member to act as your agent.”
The Wall Street Journal quoted Theresa Andrasfay of the USC Leonard Davis School on her research into the pandemic’s impact on life expectancy by race and ethnicity. One reason for the heavy toll among Hispanic people is that many who died were younger than those in other groups, she said.
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured research by Mireille Jacobson of the USC Leonard Davis School and the USC Schaeffer Center on the racial and ethnic disparities in who is getting sick and dying from COVID-19. “Even among a population of Medicaid patients who are similarly economically disadvantaged, Latinos are shouldering an unfair burden of this deadly pandemic,” she said. Additional coverage was found on Univision Los Angeles affiliate KMEX-TV, Telemundo Los Angeles affiliate KVEA-TV, La Opinión, KNX 1070 AM, Spectrum News 1 and the Los Angeles Daily News.