Professor Katherine C. Pearson hosts panel at Pennsylvania Elder Law Institute

CARLISLE, PA— Professor Katherine C. Pearson hosted a panel at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s annual Pennsylvania Elder Law Institute, co-sponsored by the PBA Elder Law Section, on July 24. The panel was titled “Standards, Solvency & Corporate Structures Impacting Senior Living Options.”

Pearson shared recent examples from Pennsylvania of financial issues in nursing homes and personal care or assisted living facilities, as well as Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs). Terrance Carolan and Julia Meashey, who are specialists in aging services at CARF International, were guests on the panel.

Pearson shared her reflections about the experience in a recent entry on Elder Law Prof Blog, titled “Summer Time Programming: Diving Deep Into Finance and Regulation of CCRCs and Life Plan Communities.”

Professor Katherine C. Pearson teaches courses on contract law and elder law and is also the Arhtur L. and Sandra S. Piccone Faculty Scholar for Penn State Dickinson Law. She recently completed a Fulbright Fellowship at University of Ottawa in Canada researching comparative approaches to access to justice.