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JCA Blog / By JCA / May 21, 2025
By Howard Gleckman, for his blog Low-income workers who leave their jobs or reduce their hours to care for aging parents risk losing their own Medicaid benefits, according to a House committee’s budget plan. At the same time, major cuts in projected federal Medicaid funding threaten the ability of states to continue to provide services …
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by Cliff Ambrose for the Beacon Retirement planning is often compared to climbing a mountain. The ascent — the accumulation phase — is about building your wealth, while the descent — the distribution phase — is about strategically living off those savings. The sequence of returns risk One of the most significant challenges during the …
JCA Blog / By JCA / May 9, 2025
Their advice and thinking about resilience, adaptability and outlook have shifted. by Amanda Ericksoln for the Washington Post Physicians, social workers, professors, and researchers who study aging in America have spent decades working with seniors, but they found that getting older themselves shifted their thinking and what they tell their clients. Some are surprised by …
by Janine Vanderburg, Keynote Speaker, Writer, Trainer, and Consultant committed to Slaying the #Ageism Dragon. ™️ Yesterday, I was in the middle of a conversation with Ande Lyons on her Don’t Get Caged By Your Age Podcast. I was describing Flip The Script, our grassroots month-long social and earned media campaign to change the narrative …
JCA Blog / By JCA / May 7, 2025
by Paula Span for the New York Times A new training program teaches aides to stop baby talk and address older people as adults. People understand almost intuitively what “elderspeak” means. “It’s communication to older adults that sounds like baby talk,” said Clarissa Shaw, a dementia care researcher at the University of Iowa College of …
JCA Blog / By JCA / May 6, 2025
by Suzanne Pollak, JCA Senior Writer, for the Washington Jewish Week More than half (52%) of adults who are between the ages of 50 and 64 have credit card debt. Some 17% of these adults are using their credit cards to cover their basic monthly living expenses, according to a recently released survey from AARP. …
JCA Blog / By JCA / May 5, 2025
by Andrew Schwedel, Partner, Bain & Company for World Economic Forum It’s no secret that the global workforce is ageing along with populations. Fewer young people are entering the workforce due partly to lower fertility rates and partly to more extended education. According to OECD data, a long-term trend toward earlier retirement is slowly going into reverse. …
KC Blog / By JCA / May 1, 2025
Montgomery County Commission on Aging to Host Free Annual Public Forum on Supporting Family Caregivers on Wednesday, May 21 in Gaithersburg The Montgomery County Commission on Aging (CoA) will hold its annual public policy forum on Wednesday, May 21, at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg. This year’s event, Revaluing Care: Building Policies, Programs and Connections to Support …
JCA Blog, KC Blog / By JCA / April 29, 2025
by Sue Dickman for the Washington Post When someone you love has dementia, people tell you things. Many are true, but only a few are helpful. It took two years and one pandemic before I finally heard the advice I’d needed all along. I knew I wouldn’t be able to care for Alex by myself …
JCA Blog / By JCA / April 29, 2025
by Jason DeRusha for nextavenue Like most men, I blissfully avoided the doctor as I aged. But when I turned 50, I decided to get some aches and pains checked out. When I turned 40, I had a party with 150 people at a local brewery. I celebrated my 50th with an MRI. My first MRI …
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