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May is Older Americans Month and Elder Law Month; National Adolescent Health Month; It is also Mental Health Awareness Month; National Osteoporosis Month and Military Appreciation Month.
General News Sources:
- What Older Adults Should Know about Getting Divorced and (Maybe) Remarried
- ‘I Had to Go Back’: Over 55, and Not Retired After All
- United States: Public Health Emergency Likely To Remain In Place, At Least For Now
- National Public Health Emergency to Last Until At Least October
- The New MADD Movement: Parents Rise Up Against Drug Deaths
- Who has student loan debt in America?
- Study Says Vaccines Don’t Stop Long Covid Symptoms
- Residents At Risk In Indianapolis Nursing Home: Report
- Grandfluencers’ Are Sharing a New Vision of Old Age
- Pa. long-term care advocates warn of another crisis on the way, due to years of underfunding
- Baby boomers are getting older and want change in long-term care
- Illinois High Court says state pension code doesn’t let government cut disability benefits to terminated employees
- How to age well on National Senior Health and Fitness Day
- Be Prepared This Hurricane Season
- COVID has drastically altered the future of home health care
- New tool helps evaluate older adults’ decision-making ability
- ‘You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure’: Hospitals Slow To Recognize Increasing Number of Dementia Patients
- Skilled Nursing Providers Struggle to Meet Referral Demand Amid Staffing Crunch
- Can Technology And Senior Care Go Hand In Hand?
Caregiving News:
- Many adults over sixty serving as caregivers for their very elderly parents
- How to Care For Your Partner With Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
- Tips for Caregiving for Someone With RA
- With baby boomers aging, one San Diego nonprofit has a plan to meet their needs
- ‘Who Will Care?’: Long-Term Care Workers Raise Their Voices, Share Industry Fears With Lawmakers At Rally
- Whether You’re a Caregiver Or Know Someone Who Is, These 12 Books and Movies Will Hit Home
- The rewards of family caregiving and how to make the most of it
- What Time Away From My Husband Taught Me About Love
- One of the greatest lessons from NBC’s hit show ‘This Is Us’
- How to talk to aging parents about health and wealth
- 8 Tech Products Caregivers Swear By To Do Their Jobs Well—and Take Care of Themselves
- How caregivers can get training for medical care—and get paid for it
- Study Looks at Longitudinal Changes in Caregivers of Patients With PD
- Elder Care: Am I on the hook for my parent’s care?
- Reducing caregiver guilt
Consumer Protection, Scams, Abuse:
- GAO: Consumer Protection: Congress Should Consider Enhancing Protections around Scores Used to Rank Consumers
- Self-Proclaimed Bodybuilder Pleads Guilty to Theft of VA Disability Payments
- Elder scammer gets two years of probation
- Florida Man Arrested Using Power Of Attorney To Steal $40,000+ From Incapacitated Senior
- Former Jackson County DFCS Employee Indicted for Elder Exploitation
Health and Healthcare Related News:
- Johns Hopkins researchers work to give elderly a better quality of life
- Potential pitfalls of high-risk prescribing practices in older adults
- If you take several medications, ‘polypharmacy’ is a word to know
- Paying for the view? How nursing home prices affect certified staffing ratios
- Factors contributing to the mental health outcomes of carers during the transition of their family member to residential aged care: a systematic search and narrative review
- Evaluation approaches, tools and aspects of implementation used in pharmacist interventions in residential aged care facilities: A scoping review
- Associations among incontinence, incontinence-associated dermatitis and pressure injuries in older nursing home residents
- An Event Time Model Study Examining the Impact of the POLST Program on Place of Death of Nursing Home Residents over Time
- Staying Safe in Extreme Heat | CDC | NIH
- Podcast: The Benefits of Manual Physical Therapy for the Spine
- Impact of demographical characteristics on senior persons’ knowledge concerning constipation treatment at the nursing home in the Al-Kut city
- Effectiveness of Nutritional Program on Senior Person Knowledge Regarding Constipation Management at Nursing Home Centers in Al-Kut
City - Researchers use national study to enhance understanding of late-life disability and care
- Type 2 diabetes accelerates brain aging and cognitive decline
- Palliative care’s future under euthanasia
- Helping patients navigate challenging moments
- Experiences with dignity among older people confined to beds living in a nursing home: A qualitative descriptive study
- The delivery and impact of intergenerational programs in the nursing home setting on adolescents and older adults: A systematic mixed studies review
- End of life care explained: what is it, how is it provided, and what are the challenges?
- ‘After mealtime is before mealtime’ – An ethnographic exploration of nursing home residents’ practices of dealing with meal requirements
- Paying for the view? How nursing home prices affect certified staffing ratios
- Evaluation approaches, tools and aspects of implementation used in pharmacist interventions in residential aged care facilities: A scoping review
- Factors contributing to the mental health outcomes of carers during the transition of their family member to residential aged care: a systematic search and narrative review
- Associations among incontinence, incontinence-associated dermatits and pressure injuries in older nursing home residents
- An Event Time Model Study Examining the Impact of the POLST Program on Place of Death of Nursing Home Residents over Time
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and VA Benefits:
- Congress seeks ways to reduce Social Security customer service delays
- Help With Medicare Costs: What You Need to Know
- Justices want solicitor general to weigh in on Medicare ‘upcoding’ ruling
- You can’t put money in a health savings account once you’re on Medicare. A House bill to change that comes with tradeoffs
- CASE: Hammerbger v. Harpstead (Minn. Ct. App. 4/11/2022) (in estate recovery dispute, district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the trustee failed to exhaust administrative remedies and failed to show that doing so would be futile).
- Seven Million Kids Could Lose Health Coverage Soon
- Georgia’s pandemic food stamp benefit ending on May 31
- Full investigation’ pledged of vast fines imposed by Social Security
- Will Medicaid Take My House? Estate Recovery In Georgia
- Medicaid When Both Spouses Need A Nursing Home In GA
- If a Family Member Dies with Medical Bills, Can We Retroactively Apply for Medicaid?
- Life Insurance And Medicaid Eligibility In Georgia
- Don’t Overlook VA Benefits
- Senate Panel Floats Telehealth Expansion For Medicare Mental Health Care
- CMA Alert | May 26, 2022
Special Needs News:
- Budgeting to best served family members with disabilities
- An app to support children with special needs
- Taking Wonder Out Of Autism
- Supporting New Yorkers With Disabilities Facing Mental-Health Challenges
- Selecting a health plan for kids with special needs
- Supporting Siblings of Kids With Special Needs
- VIDEO: Homeschool Groups: Supporting Families with Special Needs | Homeschool Talks Ep. 81
- Creating a special needs trust? Here are the costs, what you need to know and who to use
- Protecting Government Benefits Using Supplemental Needs Trusts
Events, Webcasts & Podcasts:
- 2022 Annual Meeting of the State Bar of Georgia to be held June 2-5 at the Omni Amelia Island Resort in Amelia Island, Florida
- Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, June 4-7, 2022
- TBA Elder law Forum, July 15, 2022
- AICPA Fireside Chat, Elder Care Fraud Trends and Cases, June 15, 2022, apm ET
- 6th Annual Medicaer Secondary Payer Conditional Payment Forum, Streaming July 11-13, 2022
- American Hospital Association Leadership Summit, July 17-19, 2022
- NELF 2022 Forum, September 9-10 in Kansas City, MO
- 53rd Annual Estate Planning Institute, PLI, September 12, 2022
- Elder Abuse Conference (Oregon AG), October 20-21, 2021
- National Conference on Guardianship, Dallas, TX, October 22-25, 2022
- CareFreeMe – Virutal Study for memory loss patients considering retiring from driving
Government Sources:
- GAO: Special Education: DOD Programs and Services for Military-Dependent Students with Disabilities
- GAO: IRS Security of Taxpayer Information: Characteristics of Employee Unauthorized Access and Disclosure Cases
- CMS Framework for Health Equity 2022–2032
- Proposed Rule: Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program
- Proposed Rule: Application from the National Dialysis Accreditation Commission for Continued Approval of Its End Stage Renal Disease Facility Accreditation Program
- HIPAA and Administrative Simplification
- GAO: Foster Care: Further Assistance from HHS Would be Helpful in Supporting Youth’s LGBTQ+ Identities and Religious Beliefs
- AHRQ: Evaluation of Mental Health Mobile Applications
- Mental Health Awareness Month Guest Blog from ACL’s RRTC on Community Living and Participation for People with Serious Mental Illness
- US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PUBLISHES UPDATED FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT GUIDANCE ON MENTAL HEALTH, JOB-PROTECTED LEAVE FOR WORKERS, EMPLOYERS
- IRS video tax tip: ABLE Accounts
- AHRQ: Supporting Nursing Home Residents’ Emotional Health Learning Module
Retirement and Financial News:
- The Rule of 55 and RMD Conversions (Ed Slott)
- Watch out for the Once-Per-Year Rollover Rule (Ed Slott)
- Moving Non-IRA Accounts and the Proposed RMD Regulations (Ed Slott)
- Different Rules Within the 10-Year Period (Ed Slott)
- Here’s the best way to use a health savings account, which offers a triple-tax advantage
- Bitcoin in 401(k) plans is a terrible idea
- A Comprehensive Study Exploring Long Term Care Insurance Market
- Financial Help for Long Term Elder Care – What are the Options?
Estate Planning
- Avoiding ‘Undue Influence’ When Helping Parents With Estate Plans
- Why power of attorney is no Will substitute
- What to do if you want to leave your children unequal inheritances
- Life Care Planning: Just moved to Texas; review will executed in another state
- Petition For Year’s Support: How Can It Help You After A Loved One’s Death
- The Case for Brevity in Trust Documents
- Desantis Delivers An Estate Tax Saving Gift For Floridians
- How To Determine If You Need A Will
- What you should do with your estate plan when getting divorced
- Clearing up the distinctions of power of attorney
- Lifetime Gifts vs. Testamentary Bequests
- Taxes Will Make The Great Wealth Transfer Tricky
- Why a healthcare proxy is essential
Legal News:
- Finding and Dividing Hidden Crypto Assets in a Divorce
- The SEC has taken the first step toward undermining 401(k) plan fiduciaries
- For NAELA Members, the Jamy 21, 2022 NAELANEWS is available online
- Essays in the Consequences of Occupational Regulation
- Tips for working effectively with the IRS
- IRS levy trumps decedent’s children’s claim to money held in usufruct
- Nursing Home Ownership Correlates to Incidents of Abuse and Neglect
- What to do if you receive notification your tax return is being examined or audited
Not New, But Worth Remembering:
- State Bar of Georgia: Find a Lawyer Directory
- EzElderLaw Financial Toolbox
- 2022 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards
- National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center
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