Dec 31, 2024 | News
From the Columbus Dispatch — By Jordan Laird — Three Ohio moms sue the state because they want to continue working as their developmentally disabled children’s paid caregivers. They allege in a complaint that a rule adopted by the Ohio Department of...
Dec 24, 2024 | News
From CBS News— By Kate Gibson — Legislation to expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans cleared two procedural hurdles in the U.S. Senate last week, and is now headed toward possible passage, with the clock ticking and only days left in the current...
Dec 17, 2024 | News
Senate unlikely to take up measure until next year From WOUB Public Media — By Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau — COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio House lawmakers voted last week 78-10 to pass an enhanced property tax credit for some older and...
Dec 10, 2024 | News
From Kiplinger — By Kelley R. Taylor — Social Security is a vital source of income for millions of people. However, when it comes to taxes on Social Security benefits, confusion and misinformation often come into play. One common misperception is that Social...
Dec 3, 2024 | News
From Disability Scoop — By Michelle Diament — With Republicans set to assume control in Washington, disability advocates are warning that proposals are in the works to drastically reshape Medicaid and undermine the nation’s system of home and community-based...
Nov 26, 2024 | News
From the KFF Health News — By Judith Graham — Sociologist Elena Portacolone was taken aback. Many of the older adults in San Francisco she visited at home for a research project were confused when she came to the door. They’d forgotten the appointment or...
Nov 19, 2024 | News
From the New York Times— By Jordan Rau — If you’re wealthy, you’ll be able to afford help in your home or care in an assisted-living facility or a nursing home. If you’re poor, you can turn to Medicaid for nursing homes or aides at home. But if you’re middle class,...
Nov 12, 2024 | News
From the Wall Street Journal — By Anna Wilde Mathews, Christopher Weaver and Tom McGinty — People in the final year of their lives left Medicare Advantage for traditional Medicare at double the rate of other enrollees from 2016 to 2022, the Journal’s analysis found....
Nov 5, 2024 | News
From McKnight’s Senior Living — By Kimberly Bonvissuto — A federal court has ruled protections put in place during the pandemic do not give immunity to assisted living communities in COVID-19 wrongful death cases, and remanded a Florida case to the state court...
Oct 30, 2024 | News
From Kiplinger — By Kris Maksimovich — A revocable living trust is an instrument created for the purpose of protecting your assets during your lifetime. It also creates an avenue to pass your assets with ease after your death. But what assets can go into a trust, and...
