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They’d always checked temperatures inside this house. Twice a day the thermometer was moved from bedroom to bedroom, tucked under five arms, offering five beeps and five numbers, assurances that [...]

The North American Mature Publishers Association has just awarded Lee Aronson first place for his writing about senior issues in his monthly column for The Best of Times, a free monthly magazine [...]

– A project of the Southeast ADA Center and Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University The ADA and Face Mask Policies Updated: 7/8/2020 Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has [...]

Question: My Mom is in the nursing home on Medicaid. Can the nursing home take Mom’s $1,200  coronavirus stimulus payment? Answer: No. The Social Security Administration just posted a blog [...]

Every year, people of a certain age have to take money out of their retirement accounts. That age used to be 70 and a half, but is just recently changed to age 72. And here’s another change in [...]

MEDICAID PLANNING IN LOUISIANA Joseph R. Gilsoul Gilsoul & Associates, LLC Elder Law Attorneys Introduction This outline gives only the briefest explanation of Medicaid planning, which is but [...]

Fred and Wilma had $30,000 invested with an investment advisor.  When Fred died, Wilma tried to get the money.  But she couldn’t. That’s because in Louisiana, if one spouse dies, then the assets [...]