PROFESSOR KATHERINE PEARSON ON RESIDENT RIGHTS IN “SENIOR LIVING”
February 2024 — Professor Katherine Pearson shared her knowledge on resident rights in “senior living” during a recent live broadcast of “Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins” on WFAE 90.7. During the NPR program, Professor Pearson discussed the implications of financial insolvency for a long-standing “continuing care retirement community” (CCRC) in North Carolina. Additional information is available online.
Professor Katherine Pearson has deep experience in the field of elder law. She is the author of articles and book chapters on long-term care, financing issues, and filial obligations, and is the co-author of The Law of Financial Abuse and Exploitation (Bisel 2011) — a book about protection of vulnerable persons from financial exploitation. A former Fulbright Scholar (U.K., Queens University Belfast, 2010), Professor Pearson’s work includes international, comparative analysis of laws, and policies affecting older persons, including work as an international research consultant in the U.K. and Northern Ireland to promote better systems for safeguarding and adult social care.
Professor Pearson has served in leadership positions on national and state organizations for academics and attorneys specializing in elder law, including the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the AALS Section on Law and Aging, and the Pennsylvania Bar Association Elder Law Section. She was a member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Elder Law Task Force that issued an influential report. For more than ten years, she served as director of Penn State’s Elder Protection Clinic.