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Legacy and aging — personal and societal choices
Author(s)	Rosalie A Kane
Journal title	Generations, vol XX, no 3, Fall 1996
Publisher	American Society on Aging, Fall 1996
Pages	96 pp
Keywords	Legacies ; Finance [care] ; Social ethics ; Social policy ; United States of America.
Annotation	Should legacies be used for passing on something from one generation to the next, or used for funding long-term care? Short articles in this issue of "Generations" are arranged in three sections. The first - on legal, moral and policy perspectives - considers legacies as possessions, philanthropy, intergenerational transfers, and as wealth to be taxed. Section 2 - legacy and meaning - explores various aspects of the importance of legacies (tangible or intangible) in the lives of people, and by which they might be remembered. Part 3 - paying for long-term care - discusses Medicaid eligibility, and whether people should use money they have saved for funding their long-term care in old age. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-980303203 A
Classmark	QE7: QC: TQ: TM2: 7T
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