Elder Law and Special Needs Law News Roundup – 9-2-2022

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General News Sources and Top News:

Caregiving News:

• Final Segment of State Policy Roadmap for Family Caregivers Released
• It is depression or burnout? And what you should do
• Caring and Dignity

Consumer Protection, Scams, Abuse:

• LastPass Just Had a Security Breach
• Settlement Announced with Florida Company Over Deceptive Direct Mail Solicitations Targeting Small Businesses
• How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability
• Preventing elder financial abuse: Guide for family and friends of people living in nursing homes and assisted living communities (Spanish)

Health and Healthcare Related News:

• Scholarly Articles, Week of September 2, 2022
• Get Moving! Any Sports Can Lower Seniors’ Odds of Early Death
• A family looks for answers into why so many of them develop Alzheimer’s disease
• Hearing loss is a direct link to dementia. Easier access to hearing aids could help
• Physical activity may have a stronger role than genes in longevity
• Novel blood test helps evaluate severity in pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare lung disease
• The Amazing Brain: Where Thoughts Trigger Body Movement
• What Do You Know About Your Risk for Hernia?
• First U.S. patient receives autologous stem cell therapy to treat dry AMD

Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and VA Benefits:

• Inflation may push Social Security COLA up around 10% in 2023
• CMA Alert | August 25, 2022
• Recent Increase in SNAP Purchasing Power Invests in Children’s Health and Well-Being
• Combined impact of Medicare’s hospital pay for performance programs on quality and safety outcomes is mixed

Special Needs News:

• Disability rights groups battle Lyft for wheelchair accessible vehicles — again
• Webinar: The Voices of People with Disabilities and Older Adults – Strengthening Advocacy in the HCBS Settings Rule, 9/23/2022, 2pm ET

Government Sources:

• DOJ: Elder Justice Decision-Making Capacity Symposium (View recorded sessions)
• Treasury: Statutory Review of Restrictions on Directly Contacting Represented Taxpayers
• Census: New Data Reveal Inequality in Retirement Account Ownership

Retirement and Financial News:

• RMDs Can Trigger Massive Medicare Means Testing Surcharges
• Bond Sales Get Too Expensive Just When Public Pensions Need Them
• 45 Things Every 50-Something Should Know About Retirement
• Mortgage rates will fall to 4.5% in 2023? That’s the estimate from Fannie Mae. Here’s what that means for homebuyers
• How to Build a Strong Succession Plan
• Find Out in 5 Minutes If You Have Enough to Retire
• 7 Surprisingly Valuable Assets for a Happy Retirement
• Investing and inflation: Not mutually exclusive
• How To Take Retirement Money Out Before Age 59 1/2

Estate Planning

• The Cost of Cognitive Impairment: The Impact of Cognition on Financial Decision-Making
• A Checklist for What to Do (and NOT Do) After Someone Dies
• Thy Will be done: Issues in Family Farm Transitions Between the Farmers, Their Family and New Agrarians
• Estate Planning Considerations for Mental Illness
• Preventing Marriage or Divorce From Derailing Careful Estate Planning

Legal News:

• 11th Circuit Affirms That Anti-Injunction Act Prevents Taxpayer Seeking Access to Appeals
• Final Treasury Regulations on No Surprises Act
• Georgia Jury Awards $100M Verdict: the Litigation Strategy Behind the Result (subscription required)
• Georgia Court of Appeals Unveils New Website | Tweet
• New case: Renda v. Price (Fl. Ct. App., 4th Dist) (“Although the trial court made the decision to prevent foreclosure of the lien based on Havoco, that case does not prohibit foreclosure in these circumstances, even on a homestead property, where such property was purchased with funds obtained by fraud”)
• Fifty-Third Selected Bibliography on Computers Technology and the Law, 48 Rutgers Computer & Tech. L.J. 301 (2021-2022)
• New case: Dematteo v. IRS (Tax Court, 7/21/2022) (Summary Judgment Denied in Insurance Valuation Case)

New and Updated Pages:

• Georgia Medicaid Book, Chapter 8 – Medicaid Applications
• Georgia Medicaid Book, Chapter 9 – Medicaid Fair Hearings

Interesting, But Not Elder Law:

• How to Handle Office Gossip … When It’s About You
• Hate Listening to People Chewing? You Might Have Misophonia
• 6 Things Slowing Down Your Wi-Fi (And What to Do About Them)
• Don’t Let Anchoring Bias Weigh Down Your Judgment

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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