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has taken action to help low-income older adults lower their health care costs by improving access to Medicare Savings Programs. Advocates can learn more in our Issue Brief:
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has taken action to help low-income older adults lower their health care costs by improving access to Medicare Savings Programs. Advocates can learn more in our Issue Brief:
Regulations to to monitor and hold nursing homes accountable effective January 16, 2024.
Over two million low-income older adults and people with disabilities who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and who had their benefits reduced or discontinued during the pandemic are entitled to relief.
November 2, 2023 rules include new coverage options for substance use disorder treatment that will close gaps for beneficiaries.
Last-minute Open Enrollment questions? NCOA offers many great resources. If these give you more questions call to see if a HICAP Counselor is available. 510-839-0393
Use NCOA's toolkit for professionals to counsel older adults about their coverage options during Medicare Open Enrollment for health and drug plans.
Starting in January 2024, assets will no longer count toward your Medi-Cal eligibility. If your coverage was denied, delayed, reduced, or stopped, because of your assets, you can ask your local Medi-Cal office to review your case. Learn more at GetMediCalCoverage.org.
Current Medi-Cal members! The rules changed, assets no longer count toward your Medi-Cal eligibility. Your car, house, bank accounts and other assets are not counted. Income will continue to be counted. Learn more at GetMediCalCoverage.org.
If you need help understanding your Medicare options in 2024, a HICAP Counselor can provide free, unbiased information. Call 510-839-0393 to make an appointment.
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The NCEA is pleased to share their latest blog, “Caregiver Secrets that Suffocate: Signs & Solutions” by Paolina Milana, author, podcaster, mental health advocate, and USC Family Caregiver Support Center community engagement specialist. “As family caregivers, we often become masters at the art of putting on that public face that everything’s okay when it’s not.” In this blog, Paolina highlights often hidden mental health needs of family caregivers. She includes warning signs and supports.
Caregiver Secrets That Suffocate: Signs & Solutions By Paolina Milana November 21, 2023 Growing up Sicilian with immigrant parents, I was raised to follow an unwritten rule of cosa nostra, the culturally common code that translates to: “What happens in the family, stays in the family.” In our ho...
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Get this week’s updates on Medicaid Eligibility Standards, a new HHS report on older adult homelessness, and more.
Comprehensive Older Adult and Caregiver Help (COACH): A person-centered caregiver intervention prevents elder mistreatment
In addition to all the impressive credentials listed below, M.T. Connolly has been a presenter at the LAS Conference on Elder Abuse/Webinar Series. Check out this podcast where she speaks on caregiving.
M.T. Connolly is a writer, lawyer, researcher, policy-shaper, and leading national expert on elder justice. In her new book, The Measure of Our Age: Navigating Care, Safety, Money, and Meaning Later in Life, M.T. discusses the challenges of aging, how things go wrong, and presents powerful tools we....
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Domestic Violence Across the Lifespan: Honoring Older Survivors this Domestic Violence Awareness Month Kristin Burki, Director of the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life October 10, 2023 Each October during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I take time to reflect on and honor the survivor...
One tool that can help in deciding whether or not to enroll in a certain plan, is to use Medicare’s Star Ratings for this year’s Medicare Advantage and Part D
Third in a series on supporting older adults after incarceration, this brief outlines fair housing protections for people with criminal records. Read more:
Proposed rule updates Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in order to protect against discrimination on the basis of disability.
To get help from a HICAP Counselor call 510-839-0393 to schedule an appointment.
Medicare’s Fall Open Enrollment, officially known as the Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) is in full swing! It runs from October 15 – December 7, and is
CMA has been trying to raise awareness of the inappropriate use of restrictive algorithmic software for years.
In October, Governor Newsom signed SB 311 (Eggman), legislation which will simplify Medicare enrollment for low-income adults and make California a Part A
We recently received an alert from the Administration for Community Living (ACL) about a reported increase in scam calls to older adults, in particular calls
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Following one gerontologist’s decades-long thought evolution regarding how best to engage older adults.
https://generations.asaging.org/asa-rise-anti-woke-remedy
Promoting a multicultural workforce only serves to strengthen our society and the field of aging.
Case is one of many brought by drug manufacturers to strike down the negotiation program created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
SSI provides lifesaving income supports, but people can see their benefits cut by a third if they get help paying for housing and other basic needs. A proposed regulation would help more disabled people and older adults get a full SSI payment each month.
The 60-day public comment period ended November 6, 2023; 46,341 comments were submitted.
https://generations.asaging.org/how-we-talk-about-aging
Big and little picture ways to think about scripts for talking aging.
https://generations.asaging.org/designing-social-citizenship
Concepts, tools, and challenges to explore, use, and overcome when designing for cognitive as well as physical impairment.
Clarifies reimbursement for dental services necessary to the clinical success of certain cancer treatments.
https://generations.asaging.org/changing-narrative-later-life-adventure
In how many directions might we (ad)venture as we reach the end of life?
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