News Roundup – 4/8/2022

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April is Autism Acceptance Month and Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month. It is also National Financial Capability Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Social Security Month.

General News Sources:

• Ageing gratefully: Older people summon more positivity in response to distress
• Georgia mental health bill promises parity for mental health treatment
• Georgia Gov. Kemp signs mental health overhaul bill
• Georgia’s draft psychological well being regulation guarantees parity within the remedy of psychological sickness
• Whatever happened to long-term care insurance?
• How a recent widow can get help as an elder orphan
• ‘Sesame Street’ Welcomes New Muppet With Disability
• Fed signals more aggressive steps to fight inflation
• Inflation fears force Americans to rethink financial choices, CNBC and Acorns survey says
• Assessing Decision-Making Capacity in Seniors (Slides from presenation dated 5/4/2022) at Greater Augusta Coalition Against Adult Abuse)

Caregiving News:

• We can turn the caregiver crisis around, but fast action is needed
• Carefull, a Digital Platform Built to Help Older Adults with Finances, and Nationwide to Support “Financial Caregivers”
• Here Are Some Tips for Caregivers of Children with Developmental Disabilities

Consumer Protection, Scams:

• Former GVRA External Affairs Director Pleads Guilty to Identity Fraud, False Statements
• AARP launches The AARP BankSafe Initiative
• Working Collaboratively with Retailers to Fight Gift Card Fraud
• Elder abuse up by over 80% since start of pandemic
• Medicaid Fraud Division Obtains Recoveries in Excess of $85 Million in Enforcement Efforts
• Elder Justice Policy Highlights, September 2021 – February 2022
• Money Smart for Older Adults
• Investigating Violent Crimes Against Vulnerable Adults, Part 1 (Slides from presenation dated 5/4/2022) at Greater Augusta Coalition Against Adult Abuse)
• Investigating Violent Crimes Against Vulnerable Adults, Part 2 (Slides from presenation dated 5/4/2022) at Greater Augusta Coalition Against Adult Abuse)

Health and Healthcare Related News:

• NIH: Progress in Parkinson’s
• In Difficult Cases, ‘Families Cannot Manage Death at Home
• Half of older adults now die with a dementia diagnosis, up sharply
• House passes bill to lower insulin costs, but prospects unclear in Senate
• Access To Care, Hospitals, And More (Health Affairs)
• Many Medicare Beneficiaries Do Not Fill High-Price Specialty Drug Prescriptions (Health Affairs)
• Health-Related Social Needs Among Older Adults Enrolled In Medicare Advantage (Health Affairs)
• Time To Fix Dangerous Care Flaws At Nursing Homes: US Report
• Nursing home care is ‘broken,’ U.S. panel reports

Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and VA Benefits:

• Patients’ Perilous Months-Long Waiting for Medicaid Coverage Is a Sign of What’s to Come
• ACA Special Enrollment Could Aid Those Who May Soon Lose Medicaid
• Social Security benefits should not be cut
• New Online Tool to Apply for SSI
• Five ways to access VA care virtually during and after COVID-19 pandemic
• Medicare Covers Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Tests
• Announcement of Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies
• VA: Concussion Care Pathway Streamlined for Better Results

Special Needs News:

• New case: Stern v. Sullum (NT 3/31/2022)
• Article: A School-Based Care Management Service for Children with Special Needs
• Nonprofit aims to empower special needs individuals
• Parents, advocates: Problems plague ‘Katie Beckett waiver’ program meant to help families with disabled children
• Years after the Americans with Disabilities Act, a Utah 4th grader can’t use his school’s playground. Here’s why

Events, Webcasts & Podcasts:

• LeagingAge, Creating a Trauma-Informed Culture to Support Well-being, April 11, 2:00-3:30pm ET
• Elder Justice Decision-Making Capacity Symposium: The Role of Decision-Making Capacity in Elder Justice Cases that Reach Courts, April 19-21
• 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
• American Hospital Association Leadership Summit, July 17-19, 2022
• NELF 2022 Forum, September 9-10 in Kansas City, MO
• Elder Abuse Conference (Oregon AG), October 20-21, 2021
• National Conference on Guardianship, Dallas, TX, October 22-25, 2022
• CareFreeMe – Virutal Study for memory loss patients considering retiring from driving

Government Sources:

• NIH: Nurture Your Resilience: Bouncing Back From Difficult Times
• GAO: Defined Contribution Plans: 403(b) Investment Options, Fees, and Other Characteristics Varied
• GAO: Medicaid: CMS Should Assess Effect of Increased Telehealth Use on Beneficiaries’ Quality of Care
• GAO: Older Workers: Opioid Misuse and Employment Outcomes
• GAO: Mental Health Care: Access Challenges for Covered Consumers and Relevant Federal Efforts
• GAO: Mental Health Care: Consumers with Coverage Face Access Challenges
• CMS: Modified Sections of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Patient Assessment Instrument

Retirement and Financial News:

• When Should Clients Explore Life Settlements for a Policy?
• Missed 2021 RMD within the 10 year rule? Advice on how to proceed (Ed Slott)
• House Passes SECURE 2.0 Bill, But It’s Not Law Yet (Ed Slott)
• House of Representatives set to vote on bill to improve retirement system. What to know
• SEC Tells Exchanges to Treat Customer Crypto Holdings as Liabilities
• Multi-Generational Survey Shows How Retirement Planning is Changing
• Everyone Is Talking about Roth IRA Conversions – Here’s Why
• Road to Retirement presentations available online (Purdue University)

Estate Planning:

• Current developments in taxation of individuals
• Gifting Considerations for now and later
• Does Your Estate Plan Call for More Than Just a Will?
• Estate Planning Checklist: 12 Things to Get in Order

Legal News:

• New Case regarding estate’s appeal of deed conveying property to children where deed was set-aside, then later held to be valid: Estate of Bane (Tenn. Ct. App. 3/23/2022)
• New Case regarding grandparent visitation rights: Cupples v. Holmes (Tenn. Ct. App. 3/31/2022)
• New Case regarding grandparent visitation rights: In re Gracelyn H. (April 4, 2022)

Not New, But Worth Remembering:

• State Bar of Georgia: Find a Lawyer Directory
• World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is June 15th
• KHN Morning Briefing

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