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Medicare vs. Medicaid

Video from Pixorize describing Medicare and Medicaid as two different healthcare programs with different functions and beneficiaries.

4 years ago

Resources at the Office of Financial Protection for Older Americans

On April 26, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Office of Financial Protection for Older Americans sent us a link…

4 years ago

Phone App Could Screen Children at risk for Autism

In a press release dated 4/26/2021, the National Institutes on Health announced that a Prototype app for mobile devices could…

4 years ago

RAISE Family Caregivers Act

The RAISE Family Caregivers Act, Public Law 115-119 (January 22, 2018) directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop…

4 years ago

Costs of Aging Handbook

The National Aging in Place Council has published a handbook on the Costs of Aging. The handbook includes, among other…

4 years ago

10 Things to Know about Medicaid: Setting the Facts Straight

The Kaiser Family Foundation published a fact sheet indicating that Medicaid spending is concentrated on the elderly and individuals with…

4 years ago

RCI Engages in Policy Discussions as White House Proposes Historic Care Infrastructure Plan

Source: RCI Press Release 4/21/2021 Over the past several weeks, the issue of caregiving has been hitting its stride in…

4 years ago

Advocacy Groups Call for End to Medicaid Estate Recovery

In April, 2021, Justice in Aging, the Western Center on Law & Poverty, the National Academy of Elder law Attorneys…

4 years ago

Shared Decision-Making with Diverse Patients

This is a five episode conference on shared decision-making, produced by the Stanford Geriatric Education Center in 2015. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa9zTEPoIDSeXxCN-D6ohzvOWCXly--Gd

4 years ago

VIDEO: Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia

In November, 2020, the Alzheimer’s Association-Florida Gulf Coast Chapter posted the following video about Alzheimer's disease including: the impact of…

4 years ago