Elder Law and Special Needs Law News Roundup – 6-17-2022

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June is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, PTSD Awareness Month and National Pride Month.

General News Sources:

Caregiving News:

• Advice for Caregivers
• Parents, Caregivers Face Down the Challenge of Keeping Kids Cool During Heat Wave
• Many caregivers struggle from burnout, but support is available
• The Importance of Self-Care as a Caregiver
• Tips for Caregivers of Someone With MS
• Warner, Scott Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Hiring of Caregivers for Seniors

Consumer Protection, Scams, Abuse:

• Supreme Court denies Nigerian’s appeal in Laurel-based elder abuse scam
• The complex and often hidden abuse of our elders
• Georgia AG Carr Recognizes World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• How to spot if a client is vulnerable
• How do I protect my in-laws from swindlers when they won’t cooperate?

Health and Healthcare Related News:

• Beyond Compliance: A More Integrated Public Health Approach To Outbreaks In Nursing Homes And Other Disasters
• Family care prior to the admission of the elderly in a nursing home and continuity in family care: A comparative study of Colombia and Spain
• Hospitals serving nursing home residents disproportionately penalized under hospital readmissions reduction program
• Isolation May Raise Odds for Dementia, Brain Study Suggests
• NIH-funded studies reveal credible estimates for Alzheimer’s-like brain disorder prevalence
• Mushrooms may help ease the elderly and terminally ill into afterlife
• Virtual Health Care Is The Future
• Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults
• VA nursing home compare metrics as an indicator of skilled nursing facility quality for veterans
• Health economic evaluation of a nurse-led care model from the nursing home perspective focusing on residents’ hospitalisations
• Pain Impacting Quality of Life in Persons with Dementia Dying in the Nursing Home by Alternative Medicare Payment Model
• Nursing Home Residents’ Experiences and Perceptions of Antibiotic Use: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
• Why Men Fare Worse: A Mixed Methods Study Examining Gender Differences in Nursing Home Resident Quality of Life
• The relationship between the degree of stressors and the coping strategies of older adults living in nursing home
• US Nursing Homes Face Closure Risks From Staffing Shortages

Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and VA Benefits:

• Another record-high Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2023 could put more money in retirees’ wallets and impact the program’s funds
• Social Security may be the most powerful equalizing force in our society
• CMA Alert | June 9, 2022
• Georgia seeks input on new Medicaid contracts
• Medicare Makes Some Cancer Drugs Unattainable
• New Medicaid Look Back Rules (New York)
• New Case: Gardner v. Ohio Dep’t of Job & Family Service (Ohio Ct. App., First Dist. 6/15/2022) (Holding Ohio must use Medicaid eligibility criteria no more restrictive than SSI and, as a result, must include a reasonable efforts exclusion for property where an applicant makes a bona fide attempt to sell)

Special Needs News:

• Understanding the Intersection of Intellectual Disability, Capital Punishment and Social Inclusion
• Podcast: Summer Reading Tips for Parents with Dr. Nancy Carnevale
• Role of brain development in hereditary autism spectrum disorder
• EP Magazine, June 2022
• Social Interventions for “Serious Mental Illness” Show Promise But Face Resistance
• U.S. Department of Education Creates National Parents and Families Engagement Council to Help Ensure Recovery Efforts Meet Students’ Needs
• FDA clears digital tool to help diagnose autism in children as young as 16 months
• New Case: S.W. v. Turlock Unified School District (E.D. Calf., Case No. 1:20-cv-00266-DAD-SAB, 6/14/2022) (Approving settlement for incompetent, approving Special needs Trust and attorney’s fees).
• AHRQ: Transitions of Care From Pediatric to Adult Services for Children With Special Healthcare Needs

Events, Webcasts & Podcasts:

• Pathways to Person-Centered Decision-Making and Alternatives to Guardianship, June 21, 2022, 3pm ET
• 6th Annual Medicaer Secondary Payer Conditional Payment Forum, Streaming July 11-13, 2022
• American Hospital Association Leadership Summit, July 17-19, 2022
• Rocky Mountain Regional Elder Law Retreat, August 25-27, 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
• ARC National Convention, November 10-12, Denver Colorado
• CareFreeMe – Virutal Study for memory loss patients considering retiring from driving

Government Sources:

• CMS National Quality Strategy: A Person-Centered Approach to Improving Quality
• GAO Report outlining 6 priority open recommendations for the Social Security Administration
• NIH: Assessing Progress Toward the Vision of a Comprehensive, Shared Electronic Care Plan: Scoping Review
• AHRQ: Concentration of Healthcare Expenditures and Selected Characteristics of High Spenders, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2019
• AHRQ: Leading by Example Learning Module (for nursing home employees)
• NIH: Using data to improve nursing home clinical care
• CMS: Updated Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Public Reporting

Retirement and Financial News:

• You’re Never Too Young for a Roth I.R.A.
• What to do with a 529 college savings plan if student debt is forgiven
• Annuity Illustrations Are Coming Soon to Your 401(k) Statement
• Savvy Strategies for Your Health Savings Account
• Senate Panel Advances Retirement Bill as Part of Secure Act 2.0 Plan
• 3 Financial Planning Moves to Make When You Turn 50
• How budgeting forms the basis of your financial plan
• Inherited IRAs and Qualified Charitable Distributions (Ed Slott)
• Retiring into a bear market: What to do, what to avoid

Estate Planning

• Why You Need to Update Your Will Now
• Why everyone should plan ahead for end-of-life decisions
• Inheritance Advice: The ‘Times’ Got It Wrong
• Proposed Tax Changes Could Impact Charitable Giving
• Deconstructing a Leveraged Life Insurance Plan That’s on Borrowed Time
• Colonoscopy or end-of-life planning? Many would pick physical exam

Legal News:

• New Case: Estate of James McKinney (Tenn. Ct. App. 6-9-2022) (Will did not disinherit one daughter by implication where not listed in “family” clause, but residuary is left to children)
• New Case: In re Butler (Md. Ct. Special Appeals 6/10, 2022) (Attorney’s fee judgment vacated because SNT was not joined and was necessary party) (Google Scholar link)
• EEOC Issues Guidance Regarding How Employer Software and Artificial Intelligence May Discriminate Against Individuals With Disabilities
• (A)ESOP’s Fables – The Income and Estate Tax-Free ESOP
• Tax Court in Brief | Musselwhite v. Commissioner | Loss in Sale of Real Estate: Ordinary Loss or Capital Loss?
• PLR 202223010 (6/10/2022) (granting executor 120 extension to make QTIP elections)
• C-Span Video: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen responds to questions from Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. about guidance concerning grantor trusts
• Snyder v. Finley & Co. (6th Cir. 6/15/2022) (finding that under Ohio’s Necessaries Statute, statute does not impose joint liability on spouses so before collection company can proceed it must first show indebted spouse was unable to pay)

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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