I regularly get questions regarding Social Security qualification and benefits, especially disability benefits. Today, we will go through a few of the more common questions that you may have about your Social Security. Q: I applied for a replacement Social …
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Qualifying for Medicare Rehabilitation Services
You have a fall and fracture your spine. You end up in the hospital for five days. You spend your stay receiving hospital nursing care in a hospital room lying in a hospital bed. Your only clothes for five days …
Understanding Benefits for Senior Veterans Part II
Last week, we discussed that there is a growing number of senior veterans in the United States. Senior veterans and their surviving spouses are typically in receipt of four VA cash income programs – Pension, Death Pension, Disability Compensation and …
Understanding Benefits for Senior Veterans Part I
According to Department of Veterans Affairs census estimates, if you are a veteran or a veteran’s single surviving spouse age 65 and older, you are part of a group that is approximately 13 million strong. Compared to a total of …
Planning Retirement With Social Security
Last week we talked about saving for retirement. Most people are aware that you need to save for retirement. However, it is a topic that is easy to brush aside to a later date. Although the subject is important, often …
March 1 Social Security Electronic Payment Deadline Looms
Are you still receiving your Social Security or other federal benefits check by mail? If so, you are part of the some five million Social Security, Railroad or Federal retirement or Veterans benefit recipients the Treasury Department says still have …
Power of Attorney Key to Nursing Home Care Spend Down
You have worked hard your entire life. You have saved up a nice little nest egg for yourself, so you can use it if you need it. You’ve even had your own estate plan set up, including a will, financial …
Recognizing the need for assistance
Things just aren’t the same anymore. Going up and down the stairs is a lot slower these days. Using a grabber is a lot easier to use than trying to bend down and pick things up off the floor. Going …
Employer Support for Caregiving Employees
“There are only four kinds of people in this world. Those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers.” Rosalynn Carter, Former First Lady The U.S. Department of Labor …
Medicare Part C Where’s the Advatage
Since it began in 1965, Medicare has provided a basic level of health insurance for the vast majority of seniors. That system evolved into Medicare Part A, which includes hospitalization and rehabilitative care after hospitalization and Part B, which includes …