Oct 15, 2024 | News
From CBS News — By Aimee Picchi — The Social Security Administration set its 2025 COLA (cost-of-living adjustment) at 2.5%, the smallest annual COLA hike since 2021. Although inflation has eased from its pandemic-era heights, some advocates for older Americans say...
Oct 8, 2024 | News
From Next Avenue — By Rachel Leland — Relationships with significant age gaps come with unique rewards and challenges, especially for these “May-December” couples discussing how to manage their estate later in life. When a married couple has a significant...
Oct 1, 2024 | News
From The Cincinnati Enquirer — By Jessie Balmert, — Relatives and friends delivering ballots for voters with disabilities should be allowed to use drop boxes, according to a lawsuit filed Sept. 27 by the Ohio Democratic Party and two voters. The lawsuit challenges a...
Sep 24, 2024 | News
From McKnight’s Senior Living — By Kimberly Bonvissuto — WASHINGTON, DC — The senior living industry is at a critical juncture, making now the moment in time to address improvements in quality, equity and resident outcomes, according to experts speaking...
Sep 17, 2024 | News
From AARP — By Kimberly Lankford You can thank the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 for some of the biggest Medicare changes in the past few years — including a welcome reprieve from the high costs of prescription drugs. Among the changes: In 2023, Medicare...
Sep 10, 2024 | News
The first of three numbers the Social Security Administration (SSA) will use to determine the 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is in, and it points to a more modest increase in monthly benefit payments next year. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners...
Sep 3, 2024 | News
From The Columbus Dispatch — By Haley BeMiller — Secretary of State Frank LaRose said lawmakers should consider eliminating ballot drop boxes after a federal court ruled that Ohio law violates the rights of people with disabilities who need help voting absentee....
Aug 27, 2024 | News
From Disability Scoop — By Michelle Diament — Tim Walz didn’t mention the word disability once while accepting the Democratic vice presidential nomination, but it was his son Gus, who has disabilities, who stole the show. Gus Walz, 17, sobbed Wednesday night while...
Aug 20, 2024 | News
From KFF — By Tricia Neuman, Juliette Cubanski and Larry Levitt — On Aug. 15, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced negotiated prices for the first 10 drugs selected under Medicare’s new Drug Price Negotiation Program, established...
Aug 13, 2024 | News
For those with a limited budget for nursing home care, learn what to do and where to get the assistance you require. From US News & World Report — By Lisa Esposito and Payton Sy, RN — Paying for a nursing home with no money to spare is a...
