Oct 26, 2021 | News
From Forbes.com — By BRANDON HALL As you may have heard, there is pending congressional legislation that could affect what self-directed individual retirement accounts (IRAs) can invest in and how large of a retirement one can build. This legislation was brought...
Oct 19, 2021 | News
From NPR.org— In 2018, a bipartisan pair of senators introduced legislation that would provide support to individuals placed under guardianships, a legal mechanism set up for people who the court deems unable to manage their affairs. The bill never got a vote. But on...
Oct 12, 2021 | News
From MedTechDive.com— By Nick Paul Taylor The FDA has awarded the latest crop of breakthrough device designations, granting regulatory privileges to investigational products including liquid biopsy tests for Alzheimer’s disease and bladder cancer....
Oct 5, 2021 | News
From DisabilityScoop.com — What’s the best city in America for people with disabilities? A new ranking is designed to answer that question. The top city on the list is Overland Park, Kan. That’s followed by Scottsdale, Ariz., St. Louis, Minneapolis and Denver. The...
Sep 28, 2021 | News
Photo Courtesy Heriot-Watt University | From mcknightsseniorliving.com — Health practitioners in Scotland are piloting remote-controlled robots to assess the physical and cognitive health of care home residents with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias....
Sep 21, 2021 | News
From SixtyAndMe.com — From McKnight’s Senior Living — Eight Lancaster, PA, senior living communities banded together Sept. 14 in announcing a COVID-19 staff vaccination requirement in the “best interest of everyone in our individual communities, as well as the...
Sep 14, 2021 | News
From SixtyAndMe.com — BY DIANA RAAB — Chances are that during the course of your lifetime, or maybe more so in your 50s and 60s, you’ve known people who’ve said that they wanted to end their lives. Perhaps they were victims of trauma or were dealing with physical...
Aug 31, 2021 | News
From NextAvenue.org — Custom-made wheelchairs are lost every day, and some disability activists are calling for accountability and reform Every time Asim Dietrich, a staff attorney for the Arizona Center for Disability Law, has flown with his custom, motorized...
Aug 24, 2021 | News
From NextAvenue.org — Advice from the authors of ‘In Case You Get Hit By a Bus’ — By Abby Schneiderman, Adam Seifer, and Gene Newman — What happens to all your digital accounts, services and property after you die? Planning for this is officially called...
Aug 17, 2021 | News
From Forbes.com — BY John F. Wasik — This is good news, well almost. Due to rising cost-of-living (COLA) index number in recent months, Social Security benefits could be the highest they’ve been in 13 years. There’s a few “ifs” and “buts,” though. The current rate of...
