Los Angeles Times journalist Steve Lopez has been writing recently on the financial costs of long-term care, whether in the home or a “senior living” setting. It is part of his series of “Golden State” columns on California’s aging population.
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San Diego Expands its Pilot Program for Alzheimer’s Response
As described in The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego’s Alzheimer’ Response pilot program, launched in 2018 for the “East County,” is a success, helping the public in better addressing people coping with Alzheiemer’s Disease or other dementias. The Alzheimer’s Response…
Did You Miss These Two Items?
By rmorgan
A dear friend of mine sent me this short video on how to make a SNF resident’s room more easily identifiable to them: https://www.tiktok.com/@designsecretsss/video/7184175944666516779Also, the latest edition of the Journal of Elder Policy has been published and is available here…
Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging Academic Research Grants Application Now Open
By rmorgan
Forwarded from the Director Mary Jane Ciccarello The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging Invites Applications for The 2023-2025 Borchard Fellowships in Law & Aging Applications due April 3, 2023 Fellowship InformationThe Borchard Fellowship in Law & Aging offers the opportunity to carry out…
New Article from Professor Kaplan on IRAs
By rmorgan
I am remiss in not telling you sooner that Professor Richard Kaplan has a new article. Anything he publishes is a must-read in my book. Here’s the infoThe Declining Appeal of Inherited Retirement Accounts is now in print: 42 Va.…
Medicare Advantage Plans
By rmorgan
Over the past few months, have you wondered what’s going on with Medicare Advantage Plans? And I don’t mean the slew of ads we get during open enrollment. I mean the all the articles and reports. Here are a few …
Medicare and Social Security Projections-Not Unexpected?
By rmorgan
The news from the Congressional Budget Office underscores the reality that the SSA and Medicare Trustees have been pointing out for a while now. According to an article yesterday in The Hill, CBO warns of sharp uptick in…
Limited Nursing Home Beds Also Impacting Hospital Availability
On December 7, NPR had a short segment during Morning Edition describing the impact of lack of staffing — and therefore lack of “beds” — in nursing homes and rehabilitation care facilities, which in turn means hospitals are stuck keeping…
USA’s Fastest-Growing Demographic Group? Consider the Implications of People Age 50+ Who Live Alone
The New York Times Sunday edition includes a feature article about a trend, “more older Americans living by themselves than ever before.” Using graphs, interviews and research results, the article makes a clear argument, that “‘while many people in their 50s…
Loss of the Ability to Evaluate Risk vs “Winning the Sweepstakes”
When I was a child, my grandfather had an ongoing relationship with Readers’ Digest. Not just their magazine or their condensed books, but with the company itself. He was always convinced he had won their latest sweepstakes and his big-dollar…