General News Sources:
- Getting the Most from Social Security (NYT – subscription required)
- The average retiree spends 30% of their Social Security income on health care
- Governor Mills of Maine) Releases Historic Elder Justice Roadmap
- Alzheimer’s Foundation of America offers free virtual memory screenings
- How car sensors monitor Alzheimer’s disease
- A document checklist for family caregivers
- 6 Best Long-Term Care Insurance Companies of 2022
- Supplemental Security Income vs Social Security: What are the differences?
- Taking Care of Caregivers
- Age Of Caregivers In U.S. Is On The Rise
- Demand for in-home caregivers continues to rise
- White House unveils $5 billion plan to blanket US highways with new electric-car chargers
- 10 Essentials to Protect Your Loved One — and Yourself — From Fraud
- Ohio Attorney General Yost to Hold Forum on Elder Abuse After Esther’s Law Passed
- Retirement questions that have nothing to do with money
- UTC Faculty Receive $1.5 Million Grant To Help Faith-Based Communities Support Older Adults
Healthcare and Health Related Information:
- Take That Walk: Your Aging Brain Will Work Better
- At Nursing Homes, Long Waits for Results Render Covid Tests ‘Useless’
- Rep. Gunter week 4 Georgia General Assembly update (reporting progress on psychiatric advance directives and the ruth in Prescription Pricing for Patients Act)
- Georgia Senate approves Medicaid expansion for new mothers
- More penalized Georgia hospitals . . . and more controversy
- Nursing Homes vs. Assisted Living | Medicare.gov compare tool
- The Ultimate Guide to Medical Power of Attorney
- What’s the Difference Between Types of Long-Term Care Facilities?
- Dying With Dignity?
- Biden administration will reverse Medicaid changes that Trump had OK’d in some states
- LTC: The exhaustion epidemic
- NIH: Advances in Breast Cancer: Screening and Treatment Get Personal
- How will Medicare and Medicaid fill the widening gaps in the long-term care system?
- CMS shares LTC booster data; coverage among residents meets national average
Special Needs News:
- Children living with disabilities are neglected in severe malnutrition protocols: a guideline review
- Schizophrenia: What It Is and Is Not
- Florida Plans to create a special needs registry for law enforcement faces concerns from disability rights groups
- Podcast: Financial Planning for Children With Special Needs
- Writing Reference Letters for People With Disabilities
- Autism Charities: Resources for Families Seeking Support
- How to Keep Your Estate Plan from Jeopardizing a Disabled Heir’s Benefits
- A Guide To Behavioral Disorders In Children
- Kids with disabilities more likely to be exposed to violence, CDC says
- Students with special needs get hands-on work experience
- Insight into the genetics of autism offers hope for new drug treatments
- How Much Money Can You Make and Still Be Eligible For SSI?
- Music therapy helping special needs children in Frederick
- Ensuring Proper Disability Hiring Policies Are In Place
Events:
- Supporting Smiles: Promoting Childhood Dental Benefits Covered Under Medicaid and CHIP, 2/15/2022, 2pm-3:30ET
- Social Security Overpayments and Low-Income Older Adults, February 23, 2022, at 11:00-12:15 P.T./2:00-3:15 ET
- 16th Anual NYC Elder Justice Conference, June 1-2, 2022, Virtual Conference (information to be available at jasa.org)
- Training: How to Talk About Elder Abuse
- Virtual Alzheimer’s conference: Floridians invited to free educational event on Feb. 16
- Disability Policy Seminar, March 28-30, 2022 (WDC)
Government Sources:
- ACL: Person-Centered Practices Resources
- CMS – Home Health Factsheet FAQ
- Help for Veterans at Home and in the Community
- HHS Issues New Guidance for Health Care Providers on Civil Rights Protections for People with Disabilities
- Health Care Capsule: Improving Nursing Home Quality and Information
- ACL: National Paralysis Resource Center Launches Virtual Support Group Program
- ACL: Input Needed on Accessibility of Visual Emergency Alert System Messages
Financial and Retirement News:
- How Advisors Can Help Wealthy Clients Through ‘Gray Divorce’
- New Purposes For ‘Bypass’ Trusts In Estate Planning
- How To Teach Others About Finances
- Move Over, 401(k)s: HSAs Are the New Retirement Trend
- ‘Once you have a Roth, you never go back,’ claims IRA expert: What to know about choosing retirement accounts
- SEC proposes new rules for private equity
- Maximizing the step-up in basis by gifting assets between spouses
- How to go about investing and financial planning for children
- Estate Planning for Married Couples With IRAs and 401(k)s
Legal News:
- If You’re Over 50, Don’t Leave This Out of Your Will, Expert Says
- Power of Attorney: Useful when executed correctly
- Protecting your inheritance from your spouse
- Should You Own Your Home in Your Trust?
- How to protect real estate assets from a lawsuit
- Special Needs Trust vs. ABLE Account
- Thompson v. Thompson (TN Ct. App. 2/9/2022), affirming lower court’s division of retirement account in divorce action
- Conservatorship
