Monday, April 1, 2019

No "Claw-back" of Large Gifts Made Prior to 2025

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For transfer tax purposes, the IRS has released guidance confirming that taxpayers can make large gifts from 2018-2025 (when the expanded ...
Saturday, March 30, 2019

IRS Changes EIN Application Policy - Requires an Individual “Responsible Party”

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ID 84890539 © Designer491 | Dreamstime.com The IRS announced on March 27, 2019 that the “responsible party” on applications for an emp...
Monday, March 25, 2019

Aging in Place Planning - New Geriatrics Research Offers Roadmap for Person-Centered Care

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Person-centered care (PCC) is an approach to health care that puts personal values and preferences of the patient at the forefront of decis...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

OIG Finds State Survey Agencies Are Not Verifying Facilities’ Corrections of Deficiencies

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State survey agencies ("State  agencies") are required to verify that nursing  homes have corrected identified  deficiencies, suc...
Monday, March 18, 2019

The "Human Touch" in Aging in Place Planning

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ID 117955757 © Patcharin Saenlakon | Dreamstime.com Laizer Kornwasser, writing for HomeCare Magazine , reminds that although technology...
Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Care.com Rocked By WSJ Investigation - Conducts only Preliminary Screen of Caregivers

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Care.com pledges to “help families make informed hiring decisions."  The company, however, undertakes only a "preliminary screen...
Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Opioids Sending More Seniors to ER

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ID 130219425 © Skypixel | Dreamstime.com If you thought that the current opioid crisis is relegated primarily to younger people, you ...
Monday, March 11, 2019

Justice Department Announces Elder Fraud Sweep

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On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced the largest U.S. elder fraud sweep in a detailed press r...
Friday, March 8, 2019

Long Distance Caregiving

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ID 69022089 © Rawpixelimages | Dreamstime.com A new article , published by the  Institute of Family Studies , authored by Professors Na...
Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Nursing Homes Push Dying Patients Into Unnecessary and Hazardous Rehab

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An alarming  study contends that Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) may be pushing dying patients into unnecessary and potentially harmf...