In May, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that a combative 85-year-old Alzheimer's patient had to be treated under the "Chapter 55" standard, instead of the "Chapter 51" process reserved for the mentally ill who are treatable. As Wisconsin and the nation ages, the number of Alzheimer's patients is projected to soar. The ruling, and how current laws should be changed, were the subject of Legally Speaking, a monthly WisconsinEye feature on legal issues. Panelists were Nino Amato, president of the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups; Tom Reed, First Assistant Office of the Public Defender; attorney Carol Wessels of the Elder Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin; Galen Strebe, assistant corporation counsel for Dane County, and attorney Dan Borowski, who represented the Wisconsin Counties Association.