News Roundup – December 8, 2021

General News Sources:

• NAELA member Janet Colliton, CELA, wrote Eligible Charity Distribution can reduce taxes
• Lack of special ed teachers keeps some autistic students ill-prepared for college
• Bob Dole remembered as champion for people with disabilities
• If you have a child with special needs, here’s how to plan for their life after you pass
• What does a power of attorney over your financial affairs entail?
• Elder Abuse: Awareness and Prevention (subscription required)
• P. Greenwood, Reflection on Elder Abuse after 22 Years of Prosecuting Cases (subscription required)
• Trends in Home Care versus Nursing Home Workforce Sizes (Health Affairs – subscription required)
• Waiting to talk finance with an aging parent in cognitive decline is a mistake, experts say
• How HSAs Can Help Your Clients Save for Retirement
• Bill to give State retirees benefit boost would cost Georgia $5 billion
• Pension Poachers are targeting America’s Elderly Veterans
• How to maximize your health span
• IRS provides tax inflation adjustments for tax year 2022
• Consumer Voice: State Nursing Home Staffing Standards

Government News:

• IRS posts page on Steps you can take ow to make tax filing easier in 2022
• Taxpayers who don’t itemize deductions may qualify to take a charitable deduction of up to $600 for married taxpayers filing joint returns and up to $300 for all other filers for cash contributions made in 2021 to qualifying organizations
• 2022 Veterans disability compensation rates
• CMS: Checking Medicare Eligibility
• Georgia Attorney General Carr has Medicaid Provider do perp-walk after pleading guilty for fraud

Videos, Webinars, Etc.:

• What a Trustee should know Before Agreeing to Act
• Resources for older adult, caregivers and those who serve them, December 14, 2021 (click here to join webinar)