May 2, 2023 | News
From Marketwatch.com — By Brett Arend — If you make it to 65 the chances are slightly more than 50% that you will end up needing long-term care and support services. Attention, middle-class Americans: Thank your lucky stars for Medicaid. Most...
Apr 25, 2023 | News
From MoneyWise.com — By Serah Louis — Many Americans compromise their own long-term financial security to care for loved ones. Jacquelyn Revere was just 29 years old when she quit her job in New York City to become a full-time, unpaid caregiver. The former TV writer...
Apr 19, 2023 | News
From the Internal Revenue Service — WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service wrapped up its annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for 2023 last week with a reminder for taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals to watch out for these schemes throughout the...
Apr 11, 2023 | News
From The Washington Post — By Amanda Morris — Britney Spears’ successful fight to end the conservatorship that controlled her life has spurred a new effort in Congress to retool these types of legal arrangements. Proposed legislation to be introduced in the Senate...
Apr 4, 2023 | News
From the Veterans Benefits Administration — By Bryan Lettt — VA’s Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) is in the middle of an awareness campaign to ensure Veterans, their families, caregivers or survivors know about the expanded care and benefits for Veterans...
Mar 28, 2023 | News
From Disability Scoop — By Michelle Diament — The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a student with a disability in a case with significant implications for families and schools entangled in special education disputes. In an opinion issued March...
Mar 21, 2023 | News
From the The Washington Post — By Christopher Rowland — Beth Roper had already sold her husband Doug’s boat and his pickup truck. Her daughter sends $500 a month or more. But it was nowhere near enough to pay the $5,950-a-month bill at Doug’s assisted-living...
Mar 14, 2023 | News
From the Kaiser Family Foundation — By Lauren Sausser — When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist in Los...
Mar 8, 2023 | News
From NAELA News Journal — By Terry Berthelot, MSW, JD — Elder law attorneys should have a comprehensive understanding of the Medicare hospice benefit for three reasons. I. Introduction Elder law attorneys should have a comprehensive understanding of the Medicare...
Feb 28, 2023 | News
From NAELA News — BY ERIC M. CARLSON, ESQ. — Everyone always wants to talk about nursing facilities. I should know. Most prominently, President Biden has proposed a reform package that includes numerical minimum staffing standards.1 To prepare for implementing...
