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Living the life of another — the need for public guardians of last resort
Author(s)	Pamela B Teaster, Karen A Roberto
Journal title	Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 21, no 2, June 2002
Pages	pp 176-187
Keywords	Court of protection ; United States of America.
Annotation	This was a project funded by a grant from the Virginia Department of Aging. Self-report surveys were sent to pre-identified representatives of Adult Protective Services and other US related bodies, to assess the need for public guardianship. The agencies estimated the need for a total of 2,881 surrogate decision makers (including powers of attorney and payees) and in particular, 1425 guardianships. Events most likely to precipitate guardianship included third-party behaviour, mental health, and cognitive impairment. Virginia's trajectory for establishing explicit public guardianship is useful for other authorities seeking to establish or refine public guardianship statutes. As a result of information obtained from the needs assessment and a companion evaluation of two demonstration projects, the Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Program became law in 1998. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020621203 A
Classmark	JVC: 7T
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