Aging and the Nontraditional Family
Thomas P. Gallanis
Ohio State University
gallanis.2@osu.edu

1. The Demographic Background
   1. Aging
      References:
      U.S. Administration on Aging www.aoa.gov
      U.S. Census Bureau www.census.gov
      Gallanis, Dayton & Wood, Elder Law: Readings, Cases and Materials, ch. 1 (2000)
   2. Nontraditional Families
      References:
      Fellows et al., Committed Partners and Inheritance: An Empirical Study, 16 Law & Ineq. 1, 3 (1998)
      Waggoner, Alexander, Fellows & Gallanis, Family Property Law: Cases and Materials on Wills, Trusts, and Future Interests, ch. 3 (3d ed. forthcoming 2001)
2. Three Important Issues
   3. Health-Care Decisions
      References:
      In re Guardianship of Kowalski, 478 N.W.2d 790 (Minn. Ct. App. 1991)
      Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act (1993)
      Gallanis, Default Rules, Mandatory Rules, and the Movement for Same-Sex Equality, 60 Ohio St. L. J. 1513, 1518-20 (1999)
   4. Housing
      References:
      Rick Bragg, Fearing Isolation in Old Age, Gay Generation Seeks Haven, N.Y. Times, Oct. 21, 1999, at A1
      Debra Rosenberg, A Place of Their Own, U.S. News & World Rep., Jan. 15, 2001, at 54
   5. Stigma Within the GLBT Community
      References:
      Rhonda Smith, ‘A Dirty Word to Many’: New Report Addresses Issues of Aging, Washington Blade, Nov. 24, 2000 (available at www.washblade.com)
      Patricia Nell Warren, Elephant Graveyards: Gay Aging and Gay Ageism in the Year 2000, OutWord, Nov. 1999 (available at seniorliving.about.com/people/seniorliving/cs/forglbtonly/index.htm)