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  • Pearson, Katherine C., The Importance of Resident Voices in Regulation of Continuing Care Retirement Communities, Testimony at U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, July 16, 2010: (Useful chart by state of relevant CCRC statutes and lawsuits.)
  • Pearson, Katherine C. Continuing Care Retirement Communities, State Regulation and the Growing Importance of Counsel, 77 PA. BAR Q. 172-83 (2006).
  • Peterman, N., Lannan, R., & Gregg, J. (March 2003). “Protecting Residents of Continuing Care Retirement Care Communities.” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Volume XXII, No. 2.
  • National Senior Citizens Law Center. Questions to Consider When Evaluation Continuing Care Contracts.
  • Carlson, Eric M. Chapter 6 – Continuing Care Retirement Communities, Long Term Care Advocacy, September 2005.
  • Martin, Nathlie, Professor of Law At University of New Mexico School of Law. The Insolvent Life-care Provider: Who Leads the Dance Between State Continuing-Care Statutes and the Federal Bankruptcy Code, 61 OHIO STATE LAW JOURNAL 267 (2000). This article describes continuing-care retirement communities (“CCRCs”) in detail, analyzes various state CCRC statutes, and discusses the effects on residents when a CCRC goes into Chapter 11.
  • Gordon, Paul A., Esquire. Seniors’ Housing & Care Facility: Development, Business & Operations. Urban League, 3rd Edition, 1998.
  • Sabatino, Charles P. Consumer Contracts for Continuing Care Facilities, The Columbia Retirement Handbook, Columbia Unversity Press, 1994.
  • Legislative Drafting Research Fund of Columbia University Law School. State Regulation of Continuing Care Communities: Model Language and Commentary, 1988.
  • Pension Research Council – Howard E. Winklevoss & Alwyn V. Powell, Continuing Care Retirement Communities: An Empirical, Financial, and Legal Analysis, 1984.