Alternatives to Contemporaneous Decision-Making for an Adult

Pyramid of Surrogate Decision-Making for Health Care

Model Handout on Advance Directives for Health Care Providers

Surrogate Decision-Making for Adults: A Manual for Health Care Providers (5th ed. 2021)

Surrogate Decision-Making for Adults. Outline of Joint Training, MDHHS / SLTCOP (2007)

Pre-test and Post Test for Joint Training, MDHHS / STLCOP (2007)

Stop making Sense: Advance Directives in Michigan - Power-point presentation at Joint Provider - Surveyor Conference, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (2017)

The Jigsaw Puzzle of Surrogate Decision-Making: Do the Pieces Fit?

Handbook for Guardians of Adults 12th Edition (2018)

Handbook for Conservators of Adults 8th Edition (2012)

Manual for Guardians Ad Litem and Appointed Counsel in Adult Guardianship and Conservatorship Proceedings (Ninth Edition 2021)

Michigan - Misused and Poorly Monitored, excerpt from 1987 Associated Press series, Guardianship of the Elderly: An Ailing System (September 19, 20, 1987)

Guardianship of the Elderly: An Ailing System, Associated Press (September 19, 20. 1987) Reprinted in Appendix A, Abuses in Guardianship for the Elderly and Infirm: A National Disgrace, A Report by the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health and Long Term Care of the United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Aging (December, 1987)

Report of Receiver John Chase, Jr. on Guardian, Inc. of Wayne County (Part 1) (January 8.1996)

Report of Receiver John Chase, Jr. on Guardian, Inc. of Wayne County (Part 2) (January 8, 1996)

Report of the Michigan Supreme Court Task Force on Guardianships Draft with Committee Reports (November 15, 1997)

Boyer, Wendy Wendland, "Who's Watching the Guardians?" Three-part series, Detroit Free Press (May 24-26, 2000); Detroit Free Press editorial ( May 26, 2000).

In Plain Sight: Variance in Guardianship Practices in Michigan's Probate Courts (April 1, 2015)

Gretchen Rachel Hammond. The Fortress: An Investigation Into Alleged Abuse and Neglect of Wards at the Oakland County Probate Court. (August 23, 2019)

Guardianship and Conservatorship: Who Gets What, When, Where and How (April 1, 1996)

Improving Conservatorship Services in Probate Court (November 2003)

Opportunities for Diversion from Guardianship (undated)

Opportunities for Legal Services Attorneys in Guardianship Proceedings (2016)

Index of press reports on financial exploitation by professional guardians in Michigan

Internal SCAO Memorandum "explaining" why the Michigan Supreme Court will duck making systemic changes to guardianship system in response to guardian, Inc of Wayne County scandal ( March 1, 1995)

Letter from Judge Pamela Gilbert O' Sullivan To Michigan Chief Justice Clifford Taylor regarding concerns with the operations of the Macomb County Probate Court, including preferred appointments to a professional guardianship entity, and lack of SCAO response (November 3, 2008)

Letter from State Court Administrator Milton Mack To Oakland County Board of Commissioners clean sheeting Oakland County Probate Court (October 23, 2018)

Letter to the Editor New York Times (January 4, 2022)

Playbill of reenactment of sentencing hearing for Paulette Horton, president of Guardian Inc of Wayne County. Elder Law and Disability Rights Section, State Bar of Michigan Annual Meeting (September 21, 2000); transcript of hearing in United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan (December 3, 1999)

The Guardianship Conundrum. Making the Right Decision: Balancing Self-Determination and Protection from Harm Outline and Speech at Equip for Equality Colloquium, University of Chicago Law School (September 14, 2001).

Adult Guardianship in Michigan: Moving from First Response to Last Resort. Northville State Regional Psychiatric Hospital (November 17, 2002).

Adult Guardianship in Michigan: How We Got Into this Mess: How We Can Get Out. Presentation to University of Michigan Law School Class (2003)

Understanding the Legislative Process. Presentation at Local Long Term Care Ombudsman Program training

Tilting at Windmills: Guardianship Reform and the Quest for Self-Determination. Roxanne Chang, JD, MS and Bradley Geller at Elder Law and Disability Right Section Conference (2014)

Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in the Michigan Guardianship System. Presentation to Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians. Petoskey Michigan (2016)

In the Matter of Application to Appoint a Guardian for Mary Storick, An Alleged Incompetent Person ( January Term 1887)

Stevens v. Stevens, 226 Mich 446, 254 NW 162 (1934)

Opinion and Order, Petition to Modify Guardianship and Conservatorship. In re Robert Evasic Washtenaw County Probate Court (1999)

Motion for Reconsideration of Appointment of a Temporary Guardian. In re Doris Mann. Ingham County Probate Court (February 2, 2006)

Motion to Terminate Guardianship with Jury Demand. In re Fannie Mae Simpson. Oakland County Probate Court (February 10, 2015)

Ronald Boucher, et al v. State of Michigan, et al. (Precis) (December 4, 2018)

Ronald Boucher, et al v. State of Michigan, et al. United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Second Amended Complaint (February 4, 2019)

Ronald Boucher, et al v. State of Michigan, et al. United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. Interrogatories to professional guardian defendants

Ronald Boucher, et al v. State of Michigan, et al. United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Plaintiff-Appellant Brief (October 13, 2019)

Robert Boucher, et al. v. State of Michigan, et al. United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Plaintiff-Appellant Amended Reply Brief (January 13, 2020)

Michigan Model Jury Instructions - Petition to Appoint a Guardian; Petition to Terminate a Guardianship

Volunteer Ombudsman Training Manual

Memorandum to Sarah Slocum, Michigan Long Term Care Ombudsman, concerning appeals from nursing home complaint investigations (August 24, 2012)

State Operations Manual Appendix PP: Guidance to Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities (May 5, 2021)

Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, 42 USC 6101 et seq.

Age Discrimination Act of 1975 regulations, 45 CFR 91.1 et seq.

The Concept of Age Discrimination. Memorandum for the Age Discrimination Study, United States Commission on Civil Rights (January 26, 1977)

The Age Discrimination Study Final Report, United States Commission on Civil Rights Part 2, Chapter 3 : Legal Services

Testimony before the United States Department of Heath, Education and Welfare on Proposed Government-Wide Regulations Implementing the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended (January 23, 1979)

Lansing Community College Course for older adults (1982)

Aging Toward the Future Conferences for Older Adults (1987 - 2000)

Program for Sixth Annual Aging Toward the Future (1992)

Elder Law and Advocacy Section of the State Bar Multidisciplinary Conferences (1996 - 2011)

Disability and Consent: Medical/Financial Decision-Making - Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor, Michigan (1996)

I and Thou: Surrogate Decision-Making in the New Millennium - Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor, Michigan (1999)

Advocacy and Exigency in the New Epoch - Treetops Resort Gaylord, Michigan (2000)

Preventing Abuse - Promoting Self-Determination - Grand Traverse Resort Acme, Michigan (2001)

Synergy - Treetops Resort Gaylord, Michigan (2002)

Running Against the Wind - Mission Point Resort Mackinac Island, Michigan (2003)

Ten Miles Behind Me, 10,000 More to Go - Treetops Resort Gaylord, Michigan (2004)

Juggling with One Ball - Treetops Resort Gaylord, Michigan (2005)

On the Waterfront - Mission Point Resort Mackinac Island, Michigan (2006)

Reeling in the Years - Crystal Mountain Resort Thompsonville, Michigan (2007)

Too Many Rivers to Cross - Homestead Resort Glen Arbor, Michigan (2008)

Biting the Bullet - Crystal Mountain Resort Thompsonville, Michigan (2009)

Changes and Choices - Crystal Mountain Resort Thompsonville, Michigan (2010)

Changes and Choices - Crystal Mountain Resort Thompsonville, Michigan (2011)

Wayne State University Social Work Class (2017) - Outline on Determining Capacity

"Yesterday" The Beatles (1965)

"I Can't Get No Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones (1965)

"Y.M.C.A." The Village People (1978)

"Send in the Clowns A Little Night Music Stephen Sondheim (1973)

"Fugue for Tinhorns" Guys and Dolls Frank Loesser (1950)

"Homeward Bound" Simon and Garfunkel (1966)

"Help!" The Beatles (1965)

"Paul Revere's Ride" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1850)