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Government Agencies & Services – National

By Miles Hurley | November 10, 2016

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Planning and Legal

By Miles Hurley | November 10, 2016

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Veterans Day – National, Local and VetFriends

By Hurley Elder Care Law | November 9, 2016

NATIONAL: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA. Held on November 11th, the ceremony commences precisely at 11:00 a.m. with a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns and continues inside the Memorial Amphitheater with a parade of colors by veterans’ organizations. The Anthem Veterans Memorial, located in Anthem, Arizona, is a monument dedicated to honoring…

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EXEMPT AND COUNTABLE ASSETS

By Miles Hurley | November 8, 2016

Exempt assets are those that Medicaid will not include in the asset total to determine eligibility. In Georgia, the following are the primary exempt assets: 1. Home Place: The applicant’s house and all adjoining land and all buildings on the property are excluded from resources if the equity value of the home is $525,000 or…

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Honoring Veterans

By Hurley Elder Care Law | November 8, 2016

The 2016 Veterans Day poster theme this year is “Courage – Honoring All Who Served.” To commemorate the day, the 35th Annual Atlanta Veterans Day Parade will begin at 1111 hrs on Saturday, November 12th, beginning in Downtown Atlanta on Peachtree Street south of Ralph McGill/Ivan Allen Blvd. The Parade will proceed south on Peachtree Street,…

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Events Honoring Veterans

By Hurley Elder Care Law | November 5, 2016

The World of Coca-Cola grants complimentary admission to all active duty, reserve and retired members of the U.S. Armed Forces each and every day, but the attraction is pleased to add something special in honor of Veterans Day. November 3 through 13, active duty, reserve and retired members of the Armed Forces may purchase up…

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History of Veterans Day

By Hurley Elder Care Law | November 4, 2016

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as “the Great War.” Commemorated as Armistice Day beginning the following year, November 11th became a legal federal holiday…

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Behavioral Symptoms Affect Caregivers

By Hurley Elder Care Law | November 3, 2016

Behavioral symptoms of individuals with dementia predicted depressive symptoms among caregivers. It was suggested that the emotional relationship mediates the negative effect of behavioral symptoms on caregiver depression. Information on caregiver depression was shared recently by Susan G. Kornstein, MD, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Women’s Health. A recent study in which participants were daughters…

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Seamless Conversion Suspended

By Hurley Elder Care Law | October 31, 2016

A policy known as seamless conversion, a practice that allows select insurers to auto-enroll newly eligible Medicare beneficiaries in an issuer’s commercial or Medicaid managed care product into one of the same company’s Medicare Advantage (MA) plans was suspended by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Applauding the moratorium, Medicare Rights issued the…

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Flu Season 2016

By Hurley Elder Care Law | October 27, 2016

Here are the things you need to know about this year’s flu season, especially if you are 65 or older: (1) The Fluzone high-dose vaccine is still available for those 65 and up. It contains four times the amount of antigen, the substance that prompts an immune response, as a regular flu shot. “The trade-off with this…

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