News Roundup – 1-31-2022

General News Sources:

• Justice Stephen Breyer announces Retirement
• What Assets Should Be Included in Your Trust?
• Facebook parent Meta creates powerful AI supercomputer
• Make a Plan for Your Parents’ Care
• Family members as caregivers
• Social Security: How to get your new baby’s social security number
• School Choice and the Mental Illness Epidemic
• The 4 Phases of Retirement
• The mental health risks of retiring
• 5 Things You Need To Do Immediately After the Loss of a Partner
• The extra Covid challenges faced by a special needs school
• Feds Investigating Billions in CARES Act, PPP Fraud
• Make a Plan for Your Parent’s Care
• Retirees in the U.S. do not live on ‘fixed incomes’
• Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage
• Most older adults support steps to reduce firearm injury risk, study shows
• Social Security Offices Expected To Reopen Soon

Events:

• On Aging, April 11-14, 2022, New Orleans, LA (American Society on Aging)
• On Aging Forums (Virtual meetings)
• Autism Conference & Expo of Georgia, May 18-19
• Engaging families to accelerate boosters for residents of long-term care facilities, 2/4/2022, 3:30ET (ACL)

Health Care and Health Related News:

• Georgia Demands OSHA Permanently Withdraw Unlawful Vaccine Mandate
• Revised paid leave bill has the support of business and Gov. Carney. What’s in it for you?
• 8 Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Schizophrenia
• Undiagnosed autistic traits common among youths with substance use disorders
• International Review of Experts’ Recommendations for Reforming the Long-Term Services and Supports Workforce
• Study now links non-mutated Apolipoprotein E to dementia in the aging brain
• HHS Office of Inspector General Reports Inadequate CMS Oversight and Enforcement of States’ Nursing Home Surveys
• Bruising Questions: The What, Why, and How of Bruises
• Hyperthyroidism (Overactive Thyroid)

Government Sources:

• Two Ways the U.S. Census Bureau Measures Poverty to Capture Clearer Picture of Poverty in America
• How a taxpayer’s filing status affects their tax return
• The 2022 Tax Season Has Started — Tips to Help You File an Accurate Return
• Long-Term Services and Supports Technical Assistance Center
• Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability Publishes Report on Elder Abuse

Legal and Financial News:

• How to Show Couples the Hazards of Claiming Social Security Early
• How to Find Out How Much Debt You Owe
• 5 Smart Financial Habits For 2022
• I went to my first financial planner meeting convinced I was bad with money, but I left feeling encouraged and excited for the future
• 17 Best States for Retirement: 2022
• Changing Georgia’s organ donor laws
• The Supreme Court’s Stealth Attack on Expertise Helps Pave the Way for Authoritarianism
• Decision in Hughes v. Northwestern University, 595 U.S. ___ (2022) (ERISA case)
• Estate Planning for Cannabis Business Owners: An Introduction
• Can the State Recover Medicaid Payments from Future Medicals?
• There’s still time for some retirement savers to claim an extra tax write-off
• 11 SEP and SIMPLE IRA Tax Facts to Know