Long Term Care Planning

Nearly half a million Americans over the age of 80 are still working. For some, the choice to keep working is about staying active and engaged. For others, it's necessary.

This past August, Bruce Willis's wife, Emma Heming Willis, revealed that Bruce had moved into a nearby one-story home staffed with full-time caregivers.

The Social Security Adminstration urges all recipients of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and other government benefits to switch to electronic payments as the agency transitions away from paper checks.

People born in 1960 who are turning 65 in 2025 are not yet eligible for full retirement benefits. They must wait until 2027, when they turn 67, to claim their full monthly benefit.

If you or a loved one are receiving Social Security benefits, be careful of downloading email attachments. You could receive a dangerous email from hackers pretending to be the Social Security Administration (SSA), and the email looks convincing.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a disease whose cause remains largely unknown. However, treatment options do exist for improving symptoms.

In 2025, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients who qualify for a waiver under the Campos v. Kijakazi settlement will likely receive them by this summer.

With the help of elder law attorneys, those needing long-term care often artificially impoverish themselves in order to qualify for Medicaid coverage, thereby preserving their savings either for their healthy spouse or their children. Is this practice ethical? 

Maryland's highest court has ruled that a continuing care retirement community's requirement that residents not spend down their assets to qualify for Medicaid violates Medicaid law.

Effective March 27, 2025, the Social Security Administration (SSA) reinstates the 100 percent policy to recover overpayments, reverting from the previous 10 percent withholding rate established in early 2024.