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August 4, 2023
With support from the California Department of Aging, Justice in Aging is providing targeted resources and trainings, technical assistance, opportunities to connect, and capacity building support to California legal services providers to help them meet the needs of the state’s low-income older adults.
January 5, 2022
As a part of Justice in Aging’s Strategic Initiative to Advance Equity for older adults, we are committed to offering resources that support advocates in that work. Below you will find recorded trainings, tools, and other resources from Justice in Aging and our partners that you can use to center your work in equity for […]
July 1, 2021
Improper evictions are a long-standing problem in nursing facilities across the country. Federal law allows eviction only for six narrow reasons, but facilities often evict residents for various invalid reasons, including being “difficult,” needing one-on-one attention, switching from Medicare to Medicaid payment, and not complying with treatment plans.
August 8, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the unmet needs of low-income older adults across the country, as well as the disparate impact a public health crisis like COVID-19 has on communities of color. Older adults and people with underlying and chronic health conditions are most at risk from both the virus and the range of […]
May 6, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the unmet needs of low-income older adults across the country, as well as the disparate impact a public health crisis like COVID-19 has on communities of color. Older adults and people with underlying and chronic health conditions are most at risk from both the virus and the range of […]
December 12, 2019
California has committed to developing a Master Plan for Aging in order to meet the needs of older adults today and for generations to come. Justice in Aging will release a series of short papers containing specific policy recommendations, developed with partners, that the Master Plan for Aging must include to meet its goals to […]
June 7, 2019
Members of immigrant families living together help one another thrive and contribute their talents and hard work to our communities. All families should be given the freedom to support each other as best they can, but the Trump Administration’s proposed rule would prohibit families with mixed immigration statuses from living in subsidized or public housing. […]
June 7, 2019
Too many seniors who worked all their lives, cared for family members, and contributed to our society are struggling with poverty and economic insecurity and scrimping to pay for health care and food. Record numbers are becoming homeless. 7.1 million seniors are living in poverty and almost double that number economically insecure. Instead of helping, […]
March 18, 2019
On Friday, February 1, 2019, the Social Security Administration (SSA) published proposed regulations on removing “inability to communicate in English” as an education category in making disability determinations for people applying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Under the current rules, proficiency in English is one of the considerations […]
March 2, 2016
Recently, Justice in Aging released a toolkit of five model letters that advocates can use when their low income clients face illegal balance billing for Medicare co-pays, co-insurance or, deductibles.  Accompanying the letters is a webinar that explains balance billing protections for dual eligibles (people with both Medicare and Medicaid) and for people who are […]
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