Elder Law and Special Needs Law News Roundup – 8-12-2022

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General News Sources and Top News:

Caregiving News:

• Unique Care Needs of People with Dementia and their Caregivers during Transitions from Skilled Nursing Facilities to Home and Assisted Living: A Qualitative Study
• To My Husband With Alzheimer Disease
• How Sibling Criticism of Caregiving Can Hurt Parents With Alzheimer’s
• Op-Ed: Give maids with eldercare duties more support
• Powerful tools are available for caregivers
• Ride the caregiving roller coaster while finding a road to resilience (review of new book on caregiver self-care)

Consumer Protection, Scams, Abuse:

• The Phone Scam: What You Should Know
• Comparing CMS Standard Surveys and Complaint Investigations in Assessing the Scope and Severity of Mistreatment in Nursing Homes
• Complaints Matter: Seriousness of Elder Mistreatment Citations in Nursing Homes Nationwide
• Elder Abuse Commission’s 2022 Elder Abuse Awareness Day Event (Recording available)
• Elder Mistreatment Emergency Department Toolkit
• AARP, FINRA Foundation Team Up to Address Victim Blaming in Financial Fraud
• Georgia AG Carr Announces Guilty Plea in Online Retail Crime Case
• New brochure offers guidance about sex trafficking, exploitation of children receiving special education services
• Medicaid Fraud Division Secures $650,000 Settlement with Atlanta Behavioral Medicine
• She says she was coerced into signing away her rights in a nursing home. When she got out, everything she owned was gone

Health and Healthcare Related News:

• Scholarly Articles, Week of August 12, 2022
• Scholarly Articles, Week of August 12, 2022, Part 2
• Lessons From Five Years Of The CMS Accountable Health Communities Model
• US Trauma Care Access Improves, But Remains Patchy
• Podcast: Genetic Testing for Cancer
• New case: Hospitalization of Jonas H. (Alaska, 7/22/2022) (appeal of superior court orders authorizing his involuntary commitment for mental health treatment and the involuntary administration of psychotropic medication)
• Permanent shock’ to nursing homes? Facilities fail to replace workers who quit after COVID outbreaks
• ICU Stays Linked to a Doubling of Dementia Risk
• Trends In Medicaid Home And Community-Based Services Waivers For Older Adults
• The Amazing Brain: Seeing Two Memories at Once
• Criminal liability for nursing and medical harm
• Is Caffeine a Friend or Foe?
• Pressure injuries found in 11% of SNF stroke rehab patients: study

Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and VA Benefits:

• If you’re ‘unretiring’ and collecting Social Security, here’s what to know before heading back to work
• House overwhelmingly passes key telehealth extension bill
• Medicare Announces Development of Appeal Process for Certain Hospital “Observation Status” Patients
• A dizzying tour of Medicare’s drug pricing labyrinth
• 7 changes Americans are willing to make to fix Social Security — including one with ‘overwhelming bipartisan support
• Promulgating Poverty: How AI Technology Exacerbates Poverty Issues in Public Programs
• Effects of Medicaid expansion on insurance coverage and health services use among adults with disabilities newly eligible for Medicaid
• Brian Kemp’s waiver application to remake healthcare in Georgia denied by feds
• What Happens to My Social Security if I Remarry?
• How Long COVID Could Impact Health Insurance Coverage, Eligibility
• CMA Alert | August 11, 2022

Special Needs News:

• DOE: Supporting Students with Disabilities and Avoiding the Discriminatory Use of Student Discipline under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
• DOE: POSITIVE, PROACTIVE APPROACHES TO SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES: A GUIDE FOR STAKEHOLDERS
• DOE: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND IDEA’S DISCIPLINE  PROVISIONS
• Exceptional Parent Magazine, August 2022 issue
• Expanded Federal Investment in Home and Community-Based Services: State Approaches to Serve Children and Youth
• Lemonade business sells with a purpose in Tiger Stadium
• These parents looked for outdoor activities and a community for their special needs children
• Create a Special Needs Plan That Goes the Distance
• GrandCare Systems® and LADD Reveal Proven ROI and Cost Savings for Smart Home Technology in Disability Group Housing
• EEOC Sues Walmart for Disability Discrimination
• When mental illness leads to dropped charges, patients often go without stabilizing care (Subscription required)
• Webinar: Getting and Staying Involved in the Brain Injury Community, August 31, 2022, 2:30 PM ET

Events, Webcasts & Podcasts:

• Webinar: Working Together to Empower Community Inclusion with Health/Housing/Independent-Living Partnerships, 8/22/2022, 2pm
• 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
• Webinar on Building Partnerships to Scale Effective Dementia Care Supports, 9/12/22, at 1pm
• Best Practices in Trust Account Management, Tenn. Comm. on CLE, September 14, 2022, 9am to Noon CDT
• Life Care Planning for the Elderly Client: Fundamentals and Practice, September 21, 2022
• Annual Mid-Atlantic ADA Conference, October 11-13, 2022
• 24th Annual Conference on Special Needs Planning and Special Needs Trusts, October 12-14, 2022
• Elder Abuse Conference (Oregon AG), October 20-21, 2021
• National Conference on Guardianship, Dallas, TX, October 22-25, 2022
• The 2022 Virtual Tax & Estate Planning Forum, October 24-29, 2022
• ARC National Convention, November 10-12, Denver Colorado
• CareFreeMe – Virutal Study for memory loss patients considering retiring from driving

Government Sources:

• CMS: Accountable Health Communities Model
• CMS: Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set
• CMS: Revised Home Health Quality Reporting Program Help Desks
• NIH: STEM Education and Training Builds Diversity Among Next Generation of Biomedical Scientists
• VA: How to apply for VA health care
• VA: Can life insurance be affordable?
• HHS: Guidance on Nondiscrimination in Telehealth: Federal Protections to Ensure Accessibility to People with Disabilities and Limited English Proficient Persons
• IRS: Security Summit releases new data security plan to help tax professionals; new WISP simplifies complex area
• IRS: Creating a Written Information Security Plan for your Tax & Accounting Practice
• IRS: Updated page on Closing a Business
• GAO: Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities: Federal Programs Provide Support for Preventing Falls, but Program Reach is Limited

Retirement and Financial News:

• Finding the Patterns in Big Data (The Finance Weekly)
• FDIC: The Importance of Deposit Insurance and Understanding Your Coverage
• OFR: Central Bank Digital Currency: Stability and Information
• 3 strategic uses for Roth IRAs beyond retirement
• Pew Finds Rolling a 401(k) to an IRA can be a Costly Mistake
• Things you never knew about annuities
• Georgia teacher pension fund dropped USD 15 billion in rough year for stocks
• Equifax coding error caused millions of inaccurate credit scores. How to know if you are affected
• U.S. Economy: Anatomy of a Recession
• What to Expect From a First Meeting with a Financial Advisor

Estate Planning

• New case: Security Mut Life Ins Co Of New York V Jamila Aquila Amira-Bell (Mich. Ct. App. 7/21/2022) (probate dispute relating to change of beneficiaries on insurance policy)
• How Much of Estate Administration Can Be Automated?
• Living wills and advance directives
• How to avoid your bank refusing your power of attorney
• Steve Leimberg’s Business Entities Email Newsletter dated 8-10-22 indicates family LLCs may be an alternative to ILITs, but warns improperly structured FLLC may cause inclusion under IRC § 101(j) (subscription required)
• Gifting and guiding your children
• Here’s What Capital Gains on Inherited Properties Will Cost You

Legal News:

• Enforcement of the Rehabilitation Act Section 511 Requirements for Workers with Disabilities in the Section 14(c) Program
• Tax debt from late return is held discharged
• Legal Case Forces Michigan Hospitals To Explain Medical Mistakes
• Summary of Provisions in the Securing a Strong Retirement Act (H.R. 2954)
• Tracing Assets: Finding the Truth Behind the Numbers (Book available for purchase)
• New case: In the Guardianship of Lugo (Tex. Ct. App. 7/26/2022) (reversed removeal of conservator to allow voluntary resignation)
• Emotional Distress Recovery for Mishandling of Human Remains: A Fifty State Survey
• Cases That Can Be Litigated By A Personal Injury Lawyer
• When admitting a loved one to a nursing home, be sure to read what you sign (because you could be sued later)
• It’s [Idaho] Law: Sole property inheritance for child

Updated Pages:

• Hospital Discharge Planning and Medicare Patient Rights
• Resources for Older Veterans
• Living in your head (aka social media) instead of the real world can be dangerous
• Can a nursing home resident leave for a family meal while covered under Medicare days?

Not New, But Worth Remembering:

• State Bar of Georgia: Find a Lawyer Directory
• EzElderLaw Financial Toolbox
• 2022 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards
• Blogs and websites we follow

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