Should handicapped children be educated? There is a federal law that says they should be and that they have a right to a “free appropriate public education.” So how do you think Louisiana is doing? On June 4, 2021 the U.S. Department of Education issued a report that found that Louisiana was not meeting the …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 17, 2021 WYDEN, CASSIDY: ALLOW AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES TO WORK WITHOUT WORRY Bipartisan Bill Ensures American with Disabilities Will Not Lose Social Security Benefits for Working Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Bill Cassidy, R-La., today introduced legislation to remove a Social Security work disincentive …
After you get your COVID-19 vaccine, keep your vaccination card safe — scammers are using the COVID-19 pandemic to try to steal your personal information. Don\’t share a photo of your COVID-19 vaccination card online or on social media. Scammers can use content you post, like your date of birth, health care details, or other …
Do you know anyone who died from Covid? If you do, please let them know that they may be able to get $9,000. And no, this is not a scam. FEMA has started a Covid-19 funeral assistance program. It’s real and it really does reimburse up to $9,000 for funeral expenses for deaths “caused by” …
Frank (not his real name) opened up his mailbox to find something from MONEY NETWORK CARDHOLDER SERVICES, a company he had never heard of. When he opened the envelope, he found a VISA card, which was odd because Frank hadn’t applied for a VISA card. The sticker on the card said that Frank had to call …
COVID RELIEF VISA CARDS……. Does this sound like a scam to you? Read More »
My doctor’s office called me with some bad news. Although my doctor was able to put me on the waiting list for the Covid-19 vaccine, I was pretty far down on the list. The best guess was that the soonest I would be able to get the vaccine was in late 2021. That’s because the …
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 women who lived here were, for now, okay. A beep for Andrea Outman, whose oxygen tubes curved around her wheelchair, the only resident of …
An outbreak at a group home and a frantic effort to Clorox wipe the virus away Read More »
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 for mature adults in Northwest Louisiana. Some of Mr. Aronson’s columns for 2020 include: The Case of the Abandoned Corpse The House without …
When they sent Archie home with hospice care, Edith, his wife, (names have been changed) knew that he didn’t have long to live. It was an emotional time and the couple had a long list of things that needed to get done. But one of the things they did saved themselves a fortune. How? They …
On May 8, 2020, because of COVID-19, there was a big change in the law for nursing homes. Nursing homes are now “required to inform residents, their representatives, and families of those residing in facilities of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases in the facility among residents and staff.” In other words, if you have a …
“We no longer require that masks be worn when meeting with us. However, if you wear a mask, we’ll do likewise.”
