Elder Law News and Special Needs Law News
This news archive is intended to help users locate older articles, most of which appeared in one of our regular news round-ups. We have divided news links into topic areas to make it easier for you to locate articles.
General News:
- Despite Seniors’ Strong Desire to Age in Place, the Village Model Remains a Boutique Option
- More Want Rent Control As It Gets Harder To Afford Food, Medicine, More
- As President Biden proposed, Medicare needs the ability to negotiate drug prices
- More employers are moving retirees to Medicare Advantage as they seek to reduce costs
- Advocates oppose bill to change senior care reforms
- Grassroots effort helps grandparent caregivers in Tennessee
- Meet the Underdog of Senior Care (NYT)
- Older Americans Aren’t Bragging About Their Legacy
- Samuel L. Jackson on aging, ‘fighting the fear’ of Alzheimer’s
- Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Trying to Get Benefits
- Let your family know your end-of-life wishes
- Court ruling will help Georgia motel residents
- Elder Care 101: Lifestyle Basics for Senior Citizens to Live a Comfortable Life
- General Assembly passes protections for Virginians evicted from assisted living facilities
- Slam the Scam: How to Spot Government Imposters
- Biden visits Texas to push for better care for veterans exposed to burn pits
- Properly screen privately paid caregivers
- The joy of caring for loved ones as they age
- Federal HCBS investment could lead to national uniformity
- Biden nominates Jackson, first Black woman, to Supreme Court
- Social Security retirement age stops changing in 2022: What to know
- US falls short in ‘geriatricizing’ emergency departments
- Moving a Person with Alzheimer’s
- Social Security & You: More questions about Social Security disability benefits
- Warnock Introduces New Bill To Cap Costs Of Insulin In Georgia, Nationwide
- Legislation could open path for Georgia families to keep health insurance
- H.R. 6698 introduced to eliminate Medicaid Estate Recovery | Text of Bill
- ‘Learn to live with ambiguity’ still good advice in 2022
- Support The Georgia Caregivers Act HB 1304
- You’ll Never Need Long-Term Care, Right? Nope. How To Protect Yourself
- Signs that spousal caregiving may be becoming too risky for you
- North Florida: Take the Survey to Identify Needs of Older Adults and Caregivers in the Area
- Queen Latifah Got Candid About Being Her Late Mother’s Caregiver: ‘I Would Just Want to Fall Apart’
- Georgia has 7 caregivers for every 100,000 residents. That’s the lowest ratio in the nation
- What Does Alzheimer’s do to a marriage (NYT)
- Yale researchers develop digital tool to identify cases of elder abuse
- NPR video: Who’s gonna take care of grandma? (Transcript)
Caregiver News:
- Generation X Is Helping Older People Age at Home
- It’s compassionate for dementia caregivers to omit unnecessary facts
- Elderly care: Who’s taking care of grandma?
- Support for the Spousal Caregiver Should Not Be Delayed
- I, CAREGIVER: Educating the caregiver
- How the latest in telehealth is simplifying everyday life for seniors and caregivers
- Supporting Employees with Caregiving Responsibilities
- Walmart is an early mover with digital mental healthcare for caregivers—but the price of its new app could be too steep
- Why I Refused To Be My Parent’s Caregiver
- 5 Tips for Difficult Family Caregiving Conversations
Consumer Protection, Scams:
- Georgia AG Carr Recognizes National Consumer Protection Week
- Georgia AG Carr Announces Settlement with Former Telemarketing Companies and Owner
Health and Healthcare News:
- Why its important for more Americans to know about mild cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer’s pathology, not cognitive decline, drives neuropsychiatric symptoms
- Life Span After Alzheimer’s Diagnosis: What Factors Matter Most
- CMS eyes ‘full-court sprint’ to nursing home staffing minimums rule (KHN Morning Briefing)
- Video Series: Hypothyroidism: Challenges in Optimal Patient Management
- Good End-of-Life Care Out of Reach for Many Black Nursing Home Residents
- If your loved one faces life-ending illness, hospice can offer care, support
- Six things that can help you manage urinary incontinence
- Blood test as possible diagnostic tool for Alzheimer’s disease
- Benefits of Pets in Assisted Living
- Will the “Long-Term Care Tax” be Coming to Your State Soon?
- Early intervention vital following traumatic brain injury
- Veterans Affairs completes a deep study of how it treats those with post-traumatic stress disorder
- CMS: ESRD Treatment Choices (ETC) Model
- Biden renews call to let Medicare negotiate drug prices, an effort that has stalled in Congress
- Engaging in comprehensive advance care planning improves participation among older patients
- CMS Innovation Center Launches New Initiative To Advance Health Equity (Health Affairs)
- 5 of the wildest medical malpractice cases
- NIH: Getting sufficient sleep reduces calorie intake
- Biology of Aging Study Shows Why Curbing Calories Counts
- Even a mild case of COVID-19 can cause brain changes
- March 2022 Issue of Health Affairs now available
- As providers are accused of interfering with access to patient data, pressure builds on government to act
- Georgia House passes ‘game-changer’ mental health bill
- Georgia House backs big change in Medicaid program’s pharmacy practices
- Under the ADA, Mental Illness is Illness too
- Smart packaging could improve how older adults take medication
- Coping with Dementia: Care partner as student
- Physical fitness linked to lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease
- For Older Americans, Some Positive Health News (NYT)
- 20 states most desperate for primary care physicians
- Teeth Grinding: You Won’t Believe How Harmful it Really Is
- How Therapy Can Help Men Manage Their Mental Health
- Podcast: Solutions for GERD and Barrett’s Esophagus
- LGBTQI+: what are the barriers and challenges in end of life care?
- Warnock discusses his mental health legislative package
- VA Study finds benefits of concurrent hospice, home-based primary care
- Mental Illness Tied to Increased Dementia Risk
- Georgia House committee approves mental health reform bill
- Why it costs a fortune to get the best test for disabilities like ADHD, autism, dyslexia
- Study identifies 10 factors linked to Alzheimer’s risk
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid:
- Medicare takes center stage in new push to hold down prescription drug prices
- Physician Groups Argue for Increase in 2023 Medicare Payment
- CMS: Your Medicare Benefits (Updated 3/2022)
- CMS: Medicare Hospice Benefits (Updated 3/2022)
- CMS: Medicare Appeals (Updated 3/2022)
- Social Security & You: ‘Welfare’ for Disabled Kids With Wealthy Parents
- OpEd: Long-term care should be covered by Medicare. Until then, here are actions we can take
- Medicaid Spending on Home, Community-Based Services Up by $116B
Special Needs News:
- Pandemic Medical Innovations Leave Behind People With Disabilities
- Autism and Psychosis: Is There a Connection?
- 5 Individualized Education Plan meeting tips for parents
- East Tennesseans push for equality on Disability Advocacy Day
- How the Auto Industry Assists Drivers With Disabilities
- Virtual schools can serve students with special needs—and do it well
- What Is Borderpolar? What to Know from the Expert Who Helped Discover the Mental Illness Term
- Psychosurgery and Mental Illness
- Kids with special health care needs can take small steps toward dental visits
- ‘Start Here’: A guide for parents of special needs kids (Youtube video)
- Tools To Help Special Needs Students
- East Tennessee photographer with Down Syndrome creating book for people with disorders
- EP Magazine, March 2022 issue (Exceptional Parent)
- The important role of special trusts
- Autism Society Capital Connection: March 10, 2022
- Serious mental illnesses tied to higher risk for heart attack and stroke
- A ‘dire’ situation: Savannah parents of children with autism have few child care options
- 5 Ways to Support Parents of Children with Special Needs
- Reimagining Gifted Education and Special Education
- First Responders Offer Tips to keep those with special needs safe
- 3 Disability Microaggressions And Why They Matter
- How to Report With Care on Disability
- A Financial Guide for People With Disabilities and Their Families
- What Qualifies as Eligible Expenses for an ABLE Account?
- Travel and Autism: What ‘All-Inclusive’ Means for Caregiving Families
- Podcast: What’s it like to raise children as a disabled parent?
- Are Special Needs Trusts Allowed in All States
- 5 Tips for Working with a Special Needs Planning Attorney
- American Foundation for the Blind Urges Department of Justice to Complete Rulemaking Process for Digital Accessibility Regulations
- Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month: Parentification of Siblings
Government Sources:
- CMS: Complying with Medicare Signature Requirements
- President Biden Announces Key Appointments to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
- Evidence to support VA pension, DIC, or accrued benefits claims
- NIH: Imaging technique shows Alzheimer’s impact on brain connections
- NIH: How proteins connect common neurodegenerative diseases
- NIH: Use of melatonin supplements rising among adults
- NIH: Finding the ‘Tipping Point’ to Permanent Kidney Damage
- NIH (Aging): Inside the brain: The role of neuropathology in Alzheimer’s disease research
- Health.Mil: Ringing in Your Ears Might Be a Sign of Hearing Loss
- AHRQ: Implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program in long-term care facilities across the US.
- GAO: Women Remain Underrepresented in Management Positions and Continue to Earn Less Than Male Managers
- FDIC: A path toward building financial stability
- NIH: Drug Allergies: What to Look For
- HRSA: Apply to Become an NHSC Site
- NIH: Clinical decision support system reduces cardiovascular risk in patients with serious mental illness
- NIH: Researchers uncover how the human brain separates, stores, and retrieves memories
- NCHS: Some Preliminary Data Available regarding 2020 LTC Statistics
- AHRQ: Hospital-acquired functional decline and clinical outcomes in older cardiac surgical patients: a multicenter prospective cohort study
- GAO: Medicare: Information on Geographic Adjustments to Physician Payments for Physicians’ Time, Skills, and Effort
- DOJ: Findings from investigation of Colorado’s long-term care system for adutls with physical disabilities
- VA proposes updates to disability rating schedules for respiratory, auditory and mental disorders body systems
- SSA: Cost Estimate for “Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act”
- More Free COVID Tests Available
Retirement and Financial News:
- Part-Time Retirement Programs Are on the Rise
- Inflation is causing some older Americans to delay retirement plans, survey shows
- Here’s what to know about managing your debt in retirement
- Labor Department wants to investigate crpto in retirement accounts
- How doctors view retirement
- Ways to Help Protect Your Retirement Against Inflation with a Plan Built to Last
- Required Minimum Distribution Confusion in 2022
- How to Eliminate Tax on Some Roth IRA Conversions
- Wealthy Clients can turn mortgage into a big tax deduction
- Handling Excess IRA Contributions
- The Woman’s Guide To Collecting Social Security
- Bucket List Living emerges as financial planning trend
- Roth Conversions and Contributions: 10 Principles to Understand
- Building Wealth Should Be a Family Affair
- The basics of long-term care insurance
- As Cryptocurrency Wealth Grows, Some Donors Find It Difficult to Give
- Monitoring Concurrent Life Expectancies (Ed Slott)
- Use points to plan vacations for spring or summer, travel expert says: They’ll never ‘be more valuable than they are today’
- How to Better Understand the Psyche of the Seller
- Nearly Half of Americans Say They Pay Too Much in Taxes
- Pressure Mounts on DOL For Fiduciary Rule Updates
- How to find lost retirement accounts
- Which Tax Documents Should I Save, Which Should I Shred?
- How to Calculate Your Retirement Wealth Gap
- 5 ways the Fed and higher interest rates may impact you
- Most Controversial Part of the New IRS Regulations (Ed Slott)
- SECURE Act Regs Bring New Roth IRA Advantage (Ed Slott)
- You can work and collect Social Security at the same time, and you’ll still receive any withheld benefits once you retire
- Best Kept Retirement Secrets
- Alternatives and decisions for older properties
- How To Lessen The Impact Of Divorce On Your Business (Forbes)
- Proposed regulations update RMDs for SECURE Act changes (Journal of Accountancy)
- Using a Fixed Annuity for Fixed Income (Kiplinger)
- Annuities Could Become a Default in Retirement Plans. Here’s How (Barrons)
- 5 Ways Long-Term Care Insurance Can Protect Your Assets (Motley Fool)
- Budgeting Basics for Wealth, Health and Happiness (Kiplinger)
- Money and Relationships: Is your child lying to you about money? (Economic Times)
- A field guide to taxes for affluent investors (Financial Planning)
- Developing Your Own Financial Identity: A Guide for Women
- Should you consider a Roth IRA conversion when the market drops? Here’s what experts say (CNBC)
- Schwab launches digital financial planning action centre (Finextra)
- Financial planning for dementia care: 9 tips
- Secure Act Regulations are Here (Ed Slott) (Regulations)
- Clients Can Tap 401(k)s and IRAs Early Without Penalty, but Beware
- Why young physicians need a financial plan
- Do You Have a Process To Build Your Retirement Plan? 3 Key Steps
- How to Protect Your Estate: A Pandemic-Inspired Checklist
- Build strategies to transition a family business
- Estate Planning During A Crisis
- Into the Breach; Getting Married Again? (Bonus: Recent Tennessee Case where Prenup was unenforceable)
Estate Planning:
- Powers of Attorney, Wills, and Trusts
- The Power of Attorney and Other Ways to Protect Your Interests
- How to choose a legal decision-maker as you get older – 3 things to consider
- Getting the Family Business Owner To Act on Succession Planning
- How married couples can use trusts in estate planning
Legal News:
- CMA Alert | March 10, 2022
- How To End A Domestic Partnership In Texas?
- Fifth Circuit: Remand to Determine Disability was Not a “Second Bite at the Apple” for Insurer
- CMA Alert | March 3, 2022 (Center for Medicare Advocacy)
- The Lifetime Risk of Spousal Nursing Home Use and Its Economic Impact on the CommunityDwelling Spouse
- Issues to Consider in Real Estate Transactions Involving Trusts and Estates (Ga. Bar. Journal 2/2022
- CMA Alert, February 24, 2022 (Center for Medicare Advocacy)
- What happens when I inherit a house that’s in a trust?
- How to provide for your youngest heirs
- Legal Ease: Guardianship in Pennsylvania
- 2022 update – ‘basics’ of Medicaid and nursing homes (New York, written by James S. Rizzo)
- The Great Wealth Transfer: Estate and Legacy Planning
- Effect of Trust Modifications in a Settlement Agreement
- Prince and Michael Jackson: Steps to Minimize Future Estate Tax on Unique, Hard to Value Assets
- 6 Reasons You’re Putting Off Writing a Will and How to Overcome Them
- What exactly is estate planning?
- New Jersey Special Needs Trust Attorney Christine Matus Explains How a Special Needs Trusts Attorney May Be Able To Help
- Age of Majority and New SECURE Act Regulations (Ed Slott)
- When it comes to a will or estate plan, don’t just set it and forget it (CNBC)
- Why Estate Planning Is For Everyone, Especially The Less Wealthy You Are
- The poor excuse for a tort that lurks in the Uniform Trust Code’s certificate-of-trust regime
- Don’t give your power of attorney to the wrong person
- Medicare case argued in U.S. Supreme Court: Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita, Inc.
Podcasts, Videos, Etc.:
- How Medicare enrollment impacts HSA contributions
- Podcast: Celebrity Estate of Pat Bowlen and the Future of the Denver Broncos
- PODCAST: How to Lower Your Risk of Cancer
- New APS Viedo: Asking Inclusive Demographc Questions
- Video Series: Hypothyroidism: Challenges in Optimal Patient Management
News Blog Posts:
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Elder Law Mishmash June 2023
The following is a mishmash of information on various Elder Law, Special Needs Law, and Estate Planning issues. It also includes anything else we found interesting during the month of June, 2023. We will continue updating from time to time throughout the month. Last updated 6/8/2023. Keep in mind, you are using linked content at […]
Elder Law and Special Needs Law News Roundup – 10-14-2022
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Elder Law and Special Needs Law News Roundup – 9-30-2022
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Elder Law and Special Needs Law News Roundup – 9-23-2022
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Elder Law and Special Needs Law News Roundup – 9-16-2022
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Elder Law and Special Needs Law News Roundup – 9-9-2022
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Cognitive Rehab May Help Older Adults Clear Covid-Related Brain Fog
By: Judith Graham August 5, 2022 Eight months after falling ill with covid-19, the 73-year-old woman couldn’t remember what her husband had told her a few hours before. She would forget to remove laundry from the dryer at the end of the cycle. She would turn on the tap at a sink and walk away. […]
Elder Law and Special Needs Law News Roundup – 9-2-2022
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Elder Law and Special Needs Law News Roundup – 8-26-2022
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