Financial fraud: Safeguarding Veteran benefits

Financial fraud: Safeguarding Veteran benefits

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,...
Medicaid recipients have a little more time to spend stimulus money

Medicaid recipients have a little more time to spend stimulus money

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...
Pandemic Not Spurring Seniors to Record Advance Care Wishes

Pandemic Not Spurring Seniors to Record Advance Care Wishes

From AARP —  Even with the increasing availability of COVID-19 vaccines, the pandemic is far from under control. Yet a majority of the nation’s older adults have failed to document wishes about the type of care they want — or don’t want — with a spouse,...