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...
Oct 22, 2024 | News
From MarketWatch— By Brett Arends — If you are thinking of signing up for a Medicare Advantage (Medigap) plan for the first time this open-enrollment season, watch out for the “Hotel California” clause: Once you’re on the privatized program, you may find it hard to...
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...
