Jun 22, 2021 | News
McKnight’s Senior Living — Residents of long-term care facilities located in neighborhoods with high percentages of older adults who live alone are at risk of increased isolation and mortality, according to a first-of-its kind study. Providers operating in such...
Jun 15, 2021 | News
Bloomberg — More than 1.7 million older workers retired early during the pandemic; Unplanned retirement can lead to poverty, report finds The surge in early retirements spurred by the pandemic is increasing inequality among Baby Boomers in the U.S., with older Black...
Jun 8, 2021 | News
The Washington Post — By Laurie McGinley When Phil Gutis was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease at 54, he immediately enrolled in a clinical trial for an experimental drug but had little hope of being helped. Over time, though, he started feeling better,...
Jun 1, 2021 | News
The VAntage Point blog/US Dept. of Veterans Affairs — For more than 30 years, Jennifer Vedral-Baron was a nurse in the Navy, focused on taking care of military members and their families. Now, she is using her experience to support and encourage other Veterans to...
May 25, 2021 | News
Kaiser Health News — COVID-19 is opening the door for researchers to address a problem that has vexed the medical community for decades: the overtreatment and unnecessary treatment of patients. On one hand, the pandemic caused major health setbacks for non-covid...
May 18, 2021 | News
DisabilityScoop.com — States are being given wide latitude to spend an extra $12.67 billion for Medicaid home and community-based services on everything from getting people off waiting lists to raising pay for direct support professionals. The Centers for Medicare...
May 11, 2021 | News
U.S. News & World Report — People who are ill and unable to work long after a positive test for COVID-19 could help overhaul the delivery of disability benefits in the U.S For Chantelle James, a registered nurse who lives in the suburbs of Austin, Texas, the push...
May 4, 2021 | News
The VAntage Point blog/US Dept. of Veterans Affairs — Now more than ever, your financial wellness and security are important. Veterans and their benefits are often targets of scams and financial fraud. While VA is working to prevent these events from happening,...
Apr 27, 2021 | News
From Elder Law Answers — The one-year deadline for nursing home residents on Medicaid to spend down their first round of stimulus checks is here, but they may have a little extra time. In March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act...
Apr 20, 2021 | News
From J.D. Supra — In Estate of Tillotson, an administrator of a decedent’s estate filed a turn over motion to have the decedent’s husband turn over the decedent’s community property interest in certain accounts, through partition of the community property. No....
