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Policymakers should prohibit lawsuit settlement provisions that keep confidential information that could endanger health and safety while protecting legitimate confidentiality interests such as pri
States should sufficiently fund state victim compensation programs. They should provide expedited compensation in emergencies.
Congress should reauthorize the Elder Justice Act (EJA). It should fully fund the EJA and other programs that address elder abuse.
Policymakers should devise Silver Alert programs to alert the public to missing older adults with appropriate protections and limitations.
The subject of an alert must:
States should simplify estate planning. This includes allowing the use of electronic wills or trusts to govern the distribution of property at death.
States should codify, simplify, and clarify trust laws. They should model them on the Uniform Trust Code.
Policymakers should encourage advance care planning. This should include the creation of advance directives.
States should enact laws that:
Policymakers should simplify, expedite, and minimize the cost of probate. Changes should allow informal or administrative probate procedures for wills and for appointing personal representatives.
Federal policymakers should expand programs to improve guardianship. This should include monitoring programs.