Tweet The NPR on May 3, 2013 launched a five-part story on elder abuse. all segments can be viewed on their website even if you missed the first airing. Topics covered over the course of the 5 part series include: · Part 1: Elderly Couple’s Tale Of Abuse Not So Uncommon James and Etta Jennings [...]
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Gary R Lieberman Edler Law Specialist suggests the NPR’s Five-Part Story on Elder Abuse
June 3rd, 2013 
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Elderly Depression Linked To Dementia Risk And Mild Cognitive Impairment
February 6th, 2013 news-admin Tweet Medical News Today is reporting that; seniors with depression may have a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia, researchers from University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, reported in Archives of Neurology, Online First . The authors had gathered and examined data on a group of Medicare recipients in the U.S. who were [...]
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Most of Retirement Savings Will Go to Pay Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses
February 4th, 2013 news-admin Tweet Per a recent article to AARP members, in which they said; “You might think your medical costs will be taken care of once you qualify for Medicare. But you’ll quickly find that you’re still paying out of pocket, and probably paying much more than you expected.” Fidelity Investments, which has been tracking retiree health [...]
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Fiscal bill extends a Medicare lifeline to small, rural hospitals
January 22nd, 2013 news-admin Tweet While much of the hospital industry has lamented the deal reached between Congress and the White House because it will pay only about half the $30 billion bill to avert a 27 percent Medicare fee cut for physicians, the agreement was cause for celebration for about 200 small, rural hospitals. That’s because it extended, [...]
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Projects Get People Talking About End-of-Life Care
January 11th, 2013 news-admin Tweet Kim Painter, Special for USA TODAY has continued the subject the tape by PBS that we highlighted on this site on, January 9, 2013. The article starts with the reassurance that; “Making your wishes known” is a gift to your loved ones because it relieves the burden of that guesswork,” says ethics lawyer Nathan [...]
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Aging and End-of-Life Decisions
January 9th, 2013 news-admin Tweet Lillian Rubin is 88 and her health is declining. After watching her husband slip into Alzheimer’s, she says she wants to choose when and how she dies. Should we make that final choice for ourselves? Or should we prolong life no matter the costs? We examine these questions, and how social policies shape our [...]
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October 22nd, 2012 news-admin Tweet Health care spending in the final 5 years exceeds total household assets for one in four seniors In a recent article by Barbara Bronson Gray for HealthDay it was pointed out that, many U.S. seniors have trouble saving enough money to handle health care costs beyond what Medicare covers, a new study suggests. As [...]
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