News Roundup – 3/4/2022

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March is Developmental Disability Awareness Month. March is also National Kidney Month. Also, March is:

• National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• National Consumer Protection Week (6-12)
• National Slam the Scam Day (10th)
• National Poison Prevention Week (20-26)
• National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (10)
• National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (20)
• National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (21-27)
• Women’s History Month

General News Sources:

• 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)

Health and Healthcare Related News:

• 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

Special Needs News:

• 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

Events, Webcasts & Podcasts:

• Webinar: Collaborating with Employers and Utilizing Creative Platforms to Connect People with Disabilities to Meaningful Work, Tuesday, March 8 3:00 – 4:30 pm
• Educating America Tour: Texas, March 9 @ 10:00 am – 12:45 pm CST (Alzheimer’s Foundation of America)
• Free Webinar: Adminisrtation of Irrevocable Trusts, March 9, 4pm to 5:30pm ET
• Preparing for the Future, March 10, 2022, 1pm est (Alzheimer’s Foundation of America)
• FTC: Financial Caregiving for Every Community, March 10, 2022 at 1:00pm EST
• Webcast: Money Mule Scams: Tips for Prevention, Identification, and Trauma-Informed Assistance March 10, 2022, 2pm-3pm EST
• Five-part ECHO Elder Abuse Identification and Clinical Management in Primary Care online series beginning March 11, 2022
• Free Webcast: Housing Assistance Fund (HAF): Navigating the Program Guidelines and Implementation Challenges, March 15, 2022, 2:00-3:00pm, ET
• Eight Part webinar series on Alzheimer’s beginning March 18, 2022 (Alzheimer’s Foundation of America)
• Disability Policy Seminar, March 28-30, 2022
• 2022 National Elder & Dependent Adult Abuse Symposium, April 27-29, 2022
• ACL Webinar Series: Engaging Community Health Workers in Evidence-Based Programs
• 2022 National Voices of Medicare Summit & Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture, Wednesday, May 18, 2022 (Kaiser Family Foundation)
• 2022 NAELA Annual Conference, May 13-14, 2022, Scottsdale, Arizona
• TBA Elder law Forum, July 15, 2022
• National Conference on Guardianship, Dallas, TX, October 22-25, 2022
• CareFreeMe – Virutal Study for memory loss patients considering retiring from driving

Government Sources:

• CMS released its web pricer tool for FY2020-2022 which can be used to estimate Medicare’s payment of claims to skilled nursing facilities.
• CMS revised national coverage determinations on blood-derived products for chronic non-healing wounds and for home use of oxygen.
• VA: Dramatic increase in mental health services to other-than-honorable discharge Veterans
• AHRQ: Performance of a trigger tool for detecting drug-related hospital admissions in older people: analysis from the OPERAM trial
• CMS: New Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Patient Assessment Instrument released
• CMS: Care Compare quarterly refresh of hospice reporting data available
• Georgia’s EVV Solution Receives CMS Certification Approval. Submit questions at evv.medicaid@dch.ga.gov
• Actions Announced to Address the Needs of People with Disabilities and Older Adults in Response to and Recovery from COVID-⁠19
• VA: PTSD and Relationships
• CMS: Evaluation of the Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents—Payment Reform
• White House: Protecting Seniors and People with Disabilities by Improving Safety and Quality of Care in the Nation’s Nursing Homes
• NIH: Drug candidate designed by NIH scientists reduced brain inflammation, protected against cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s mouse model
• GAO: Long COVID
• CMS: Accountable Health Communities Model (addresses a critical gap between clinical care and community services in the current health care delivery system)
• CFPB: Help for homeowners and renters during the coronavirus national emergency
• White House: Supporting Veterans Experiencing Financial Hardship and Addressing the Harmful Effects of Military Environmental Exposures
• White House: President Biden to Announce Strategy to Address Our National Mental Health Crisis, As Part of Unity Agenda in his First State of the Union

Retirement and Financial News:

• 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)

Legal News:

• 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.

Not New, But Worth Remembering:

• Genworth Cost of Care Survey

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