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1989–1990, Volume 1

  1. December ’89 • First MAGiC Conference Splash Hit; Judge Belois Appointed to Probate Bench; LSS, Terry Larpenteur Named in Contracts with Ramsey County; Legislative Update; New Mexico Guardianship Project
  2. April ’90 • Public Guardianship Discharge Initiative; Guardianship Services in Olmsted County; Legislative Update
  3. July ’90 • San Francisco Adopts Mandatory Education for Guardians; AV Technology Arrives in Judicial System; National Study of Guardianship Systems; Oregon’s Adult Foster Care Program; Decision-Making Process; CPR: Difficult Decision;
  4. October ’90 • Henn. Cty. District Court Appoints New Referee for Probate Division; Conservator/Guardian Project, Protection for Vulnerable Adults in Hennepin County; Medical Decision Advocate Program; Nursing Home Bill of Rights

1991, Volume 2

  1. January • SAIL Presents Final Report; Professional Liability Coverage Available for Conservators; Legislative Update; Surrogate Decision Making Committee Program; Fees Committee Report: Indigent Clients
  2. April • Alternatives; Corporate Guardianship; Legislative Update
  3. July • Public Guardianship Discharge Initiative–It Does Make a Difference; Kowalski Update; LSS Offers Program to Assist with Managing Finances; Conservator’s/Guardian’s Fees

1992, Volume 3

  1. January • Managing Finances Statutory Requirements for Sale/Lease of Real Estate; Errors and Omissions; Controlling Assets to Manage Chemical Dependency
  2. April • Coping with Cognitive Impairment Update on Alzheimer’s Disease; Assessing Need for Conservatorship for Persons with D.D.; TBI; Public Guardianship Discharge Initiative
  3. July • Making Medical Decisions Medical Treatment, Conservator, and Court; Living Will Updates; When is Psychological Consult Needed?; Petitioning for ECT; ECT, An Alternative Treatment
  4. October • The Business of the Business: Professional Fiduciaries 10 Ways to Limit Conservator Liability; Selection of Professional Conservators; Pros/Cons of Conservatorship Certification; Surety Bonding of Professional Fiduciaries; Ebenezer Conservator Training Program; Advocacy and Caregiving, Dual Roles

1993, Volume 4

  1. January • Corporate Conservatorships in MN Department of Veteran Affairs; Conservators Plus, Inc.; Public Guardianship in St. Louis County; Catholic Charities; LSS; The Corporate Conservator in MN; Task Force Explores Independent Guardianship
  2. April • MAGiC—New Directions Organizational Goals; Estate Planning for People with AIDS; Conservatorship of Indigent Clients in St. Louis Cty; Payroll Tax Responsibility for Conservators
  3. July • Mental Illness Schizophrenia; Personality Disorder and Guardianship/Conservatorship; Focus on the Person; Long Term Goals for Mental Illness; Depressive Illnesses
  4. October • Neuroleptic Medication . . . Breaking Court Decision In Re: Conservatorship of Constance May; Epilepsy—Fallacies and Facts; Communicating with the Media

1994, Volume 5

  1. January • Coming Home: Transitional and Special Living Environments Maintaining Independence Through Assisted Living; Rule 36 Facilities; Adult Foster Care for People with AIDS; Veterans Transitional Housing; Deputat Board and Lodge
  2. April • On Death and Dying: The Last Decisions The Medicare Hospice Benefit and How it Works; Preparing Incapacitated People for Death; Know Your Role and Who has Authority to Make Life Ending Decisions; Benefits of Prearranging and Prefunding Client’s Funeral; Effect of Conservatee’s Death on Sale of Assets; Viatical Settlements: Death Benefits for the Living
  3. July • Controlling Thoughts and Actions: Psychotropic Medications Psychotropic Medication Treatment Consents and Conservator; Procedural Guide for Neuroleptic Petitions; Tardive Dyskinesia; Alternatives to Neuroleptics; Conservator’s Perspective on Constance May Decision; Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome; Problems with Jarvis; Notes from Hennepin County Probate Division; Antipsychotic Medications, Basic and Bare Facts; Examples of Psychotropic Medication as of 1993; Will I Have to Pay More Taxes on My Social Security?; Help with Medicare Premiums, Co-Payments, and Deductibles
  4. October • Looking at Ourselves: MAGiC Reviews MAGiC [Committee Reports]; Why Commissioner of Human Services Objects to Constance May; 1994 MAGiC Reader Survey Results; Outstate Perspective-One MAGiC Member’s Opinion

1995, Volume 6

  1. January • Interpreting the Vulnerable Adult Act Making Medical Decisions; Vulnerable Adult Act and Adults with Developmental Disabilities; Interview with Assistant Ramsey County Attorney; Vulnerable Adult Act Reform Initiative; Proposed Changes to Vulnerable Adult Act Reform Initiative; Bringing Court to the People: The Hennepin County Guardianship Monitoring Program; Finally Home; Social Security and VA Change is Coming
  2. April • An Inside View . . . I Respect Her; Persons Living with Mental Illness; In Her Eyes; Butcher Revisited; Legislative Update
  3. July • Commitment Vs. Conservatorship Civil Commitment and Guardianship/Conservatorship Compared; Commitment Process: Mental Illness and Chemical Dependency; Emergency Mental Health Holds; Inside View of Conservatees Committed to RTCs; Commitment v. Conservatorship: One County’s Experience; MN Supreme Court Task Force on Civil Commitment; Commitment Process Under MN Commitment Act
  4. October • Advocating For Your Client Conservatee’s Bill of Rights; Advocate: Who Needs One?; Working with Families; 10 Tips For Communicating With Families For Positive Client Outcomes; Everything is Perfectly Fine; Solving a Problem–Coming to a Conservatee’s Assistance; Resources for Conservators

1996, Volume 7

  1. January • Creating An Accurate Financial Picture Assessing Conservatee’s Debts; Landmines and Treasures; Liens Explained; Medical Assistance Property Liens; Financial Exploitation: Prevention and Recovery
  2. May • Traumatic Brain Injury Anatomy of Brain Injury; Medical Treatment of Brain Injury Reaches New Levels; The Road Ahead; Techniques for Working with Persons with Brain Injuries; What About Children?
  3. August • Alzheimer’s Disease A Review of Alzheimer’s Disease; Questions About Alzheimer’s; Progressive Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease; State Offers Special Phone Equipment; The MN Prudent Investor Act: Setting a New Standard for Fiduciaries
  4. November • Making Informed Decisions About CPR; Major Depression in Late Life; Resources; Definitions

1997, Volume 8

  1. March • Managed Care Versus Fee-For-Service Care; Appealing an HMO’s Decision; Is Daycare Kid’s Stuff?
  2. May • Borderline Personality Disorders Dealing With “Difficult” Client; The Hope of Dialectical Behavior Therapy; Personality Disorders; Borderline Personality Disorder, Inside Perspective
  3. August • Outer Limits of Conservatorship of Person Power to Consent to Medical Care; Power Not to Consent to Medical Care; Supervisory Powers; Abode; Grounds for Removal; Making a Will; Marriage and the Conservatee; Marriage Dissolution
  4. November • The Outer Limits of Conservatorship of Estate Financial Exploitation and Powers to Set Aside Transactions; Notice of Lis Pendens; Charges Finally Pressed After 14 Months and Justice May be Served; Lawyer Liability for the Acts of Fiduciary Clients; Applying for Medical Assistance on Behalf of a Conservatee; Guardianship and Conservatorship Bill Draft

1998, Volume 9

  1. January • The Assessment’s the Thing Using OT Services to Assess; Evaluating a Home Care Plan; Housing Options for Seniors; Sex and the Older Adult; Conservatorship Services for Adult Orphans; Conservatorship Assessments: Who Needs It?; Assessing and Nominating a Conservator
  2. April • Belly Up To The Bar: The Court Issue Clear and Convincing Evidence in Conservatorship Proceedings; Conservatorship Statistics in MN; Straight Scoop; Planning for Initial Hearing; Court Visiting in Henn. Cty.; Serving and Complying with Subpoenas; How to Be Good Witness; General Rules of Practice; The Bond
  3. July • Gettin’ Down to Business Marketing in Guardianship; Professional Liability Insurance for Conservator; 10 Ways to Limit Conservator Liability; Business of the Business of Conservators; Setting Limits on Client Referrals: When to Say No; Conservators and Role of APS; Conservator Personal Life? oxymoron?; Show Me the Money; County Billing Procedures
  4. October • To Everything There is A Season . . . A Time to Die Hospice: Special Kind of Care; Perspectives on Hospice Care; Pain Management at End of Life; DNR Guidelines for Use in Community Settings; Changing World of Advance Directives; Whose Body Is It? Using Advance Funeral Directive to Plan Ahead for Final Disposition; Making a Will; Pre-arranged Funeral; Mandated Price Disclosures in Funeral Industry; End of Life Issues: Dealing with Family, Caring for Yourself

1999, Volume 10

  1. January • Beyond Aspirin Commonly Used Drugs for Elderly; Alzheimer’s Treatments; Improving Care and Enhancing Quality of Life Through Pain Control; Real Problem of High-Cost Prescription Drugs; Neuroleptic Medication and Legal Process
  2. April • What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate (Don’t Let This Happen to You) Communicating with Families for Positive Client Outcomes (revised); When Communication Deteriorates; Communicating with Attorney; Communication, Social Workers and Confidentiality; Communication Challenges: . . . Cognitive Impairment, Speech Difficulties, Visual Impairment, Hearing Impaired; Communication Resources; You Have the Right to an Attorney . . . Unless You’re Under Conservatorship in MN
  3. July • You’ve Come a Long Way, MAGiC . . . 10 Year Anniversary Edition A Few Milestones, MAGiC Highlights: First 10 Years; Conservator’s Perspectives on the Last 10 Years; Meet the MAGiC Executive Board; MN Appellate Case Summaries
  4. October • More Than Just Pets . . . Creatures Who Comfort Pets Good for Heart and Soul; Developing Eden in Nursing Homes; Alzheimer’s/Dementia Unit Adopts Pets and Plants; Conservatorship and Pets; Obtaining, Maintaining and Parting with Pets; More Than Pets—These Creatures Transform Lives; Conservators Sweep to Chicago

2000, Volume 11

  1. January • When Home Can’t Be Where the Heart Is . . . Finding the Next Best Thing Adult Foster Care: Housing Options for Vulnerable Adults; Spotlight on Foster Homes; Assisted Living: Definition and Variations; Assisted Living for Seniors on Limited Income; Share-A-Home; Locked Nursing Home Units; Difficult Situations/Placement Problems; Courage Residence Program; Conservator’s Advice on Finding Appropriate Home for Conservatee; Senior Treatment Program Story; Treating Dementia Patients Without Impairing Mental and Physical Abilities; Liability Coverage for Guardians and Conservators
  2. April • Out of Control . . . Managing Addiction Aging Alcoholics; Controlling Assets to Manage Chemical Dependency (updated); Enabling: About More Than Alcoholism; Bridgeway Inpatient Program Closes; Court Intervention to Manage Chemical Dependency; Chemical Dependency Resource for Hennepin Cty. Senior Citizens; Beyond Chemical Addiction
  3. July • Staying on Track . . . Staying Out of Trouble Learning from Others’ Mistakes to Avoid Trouble; The Perspective of the Hennepin County Probate Court; Court Expectations of a Conservator From a Lawyer’s Point of View; A Conservator Gone Bad; Congress Considers New Standards for Rep. Payees; Understanding Bonds; Getting In; NGA Forms Book Samples
  4. October • Spooky Choices . . . Making Tough Decisions To Drink or Not to Drink; Corpus Controversial; Sex and the Conservatee; The Driving Dilemma; Conservators and Fees; Office of Ombudsman for Older MN; Advocate’s Role

2001, Volume 12

  1. January • When the Cupboards are Bare Home Equity Conversion Mortgages; Keeping Tree of Life Nourished; Unclaimed Property; Dealing with Vacant Properties; Community Resources
  2. April • The People We Serve Reflections on Human Dignity; How a Conservatee Changed My Life; Importance of Forgiveness; Celebrating Elna; Life Cut Short; Mary’s Work; The Greatest Generation, Profile of Two Conservatees; Life of Faith & Service; When Conservatee Has a Dependent; Profile of MAGiCian; Revised Standards of Practice; Legislative Update; Response to DHS Report
  3. July • When It’s Not Your Money . . . Investing For Others Prudent Investor Rule; Understand the Basics; Investment Tips for Conservators; Fiduciary Duty to Diversify Assets; Perils of Investing, Bond Company Perspective; Choosing a Financial Professional; Investment Risk; New Rules Preserve IRA Value; Misc. Considerations
  4. October • Home Sweet Nursing Home Long-Term Care in Minnesota: A Status Report; The “Ins and Outs” of Nursing Homes: How to Choose One and How to Do a Discharge; LTCC Quick Facts; Pre-Admission Screening Program: Changed to Long Term Care Consultation Services; Nursing Home Admission Agreements; Minnesota Nursing Home Residents’ Bill of Rights; How to File a Complaint Against a Nursing Home

2002, Volume 13

  1. January • It's a Taxing Issue: The Taxman Cometh; Dealing with the "Taxman" on Behalf of Conservatees; Tax Issues of the Professional Conservator's Business; A Note on Taxation of Estates and Trusts; Tax and Licensure Implications of Privately-Hired Caregivers; Reducing Conservatees' Income Taxes by Deducting Medical Expenses; Tax Checklist; Criminal Background Checks Required
  2. April • The Cognition Issue: It's a Grey Matter; Evaluation and Treatment of Dementia in Older Adults; Cognitive Impairments and Interacting with Cognitively Impaired Adults; Understanding Cognitive Impairments in Older Adults; Anticipating the Future Care Needs of the Cognitively Impaired Client; Ethical Issues Arising Out of the Representation of Cognitively Impaired Persons; Supplemental and Special Needs Trusts
  3. July • Legally Blond: Filing the Void Between Your Ears with Legal Stuff; In Re the Conservatorship of Pauline Miller; Summaries of Appellate Court Cases from 1999 to 2002; Changes Coming in the Minnesota Case Mix System; Judge Presents View from the Bench; Why, Oh Why Should You Certify?
  4. October • The Powers of Attorneys: Attorneys in Fact as a Less Restrictive Alternative; Mental Capacity: The Threshold Issue; Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney; Common Law Power of Attorney; Protecting the Principal in Executing a Power of Attorney; What Are the Limitations to an Attorney-in-Fact's Power to Gift and Change a Dispositive Estate) Plan?; Forget the Party: Realities of the Multi-Party Account Act; Should a Professional Fiduciary Draft a Power of Attorney for a Prospective Client?; When Conservator Meets Power of Attorney; A Note of Caution When Gifting with a Power of Attorney

 

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