The Social Security Administration recently updated its guidance on pandemic-related financial assistance to make it more clear that these funds do not count as a “Fact Sheet: SSI Exclusion for Pandemic-Related Financial Assistance”
Tag: COVID-19
Moving Forward While Protecting Our Communities
Our communities have dramatically changed since the COVID-19 pandemic started two years ago. Since March 2020, more than 1 in 100 people over age 65 “Moving Forward While Protecting Our Communities”
Lack of Medicare Coverage for at-home Coronavirus Tests Sparks Outcry
Washington Post: Lack of Medicare Coverage for at-home Coronavirus Tests Sparks Outcry (January 28, 2022) When the Biden administration began requiring insurers to pay for “Lack of Medicare Coverage for at-home Coronavirus Tests Sparks Outcry”
Aides’ Training Waiver Must End for Nursing Home Safety, CMS Told
Bloomberg Law: Aides’ Training Waiver Must End for Nursing Home Safety, CMS Told (December 10, 2021) Advocates for nursing home residents say it’s past time “Aides’ Training Waiver Must End for Nursing Home Safety, CMS Told”
California rolled out websites and apps to fight COVID-19 — did they work?
Cal Matters: California rolled out websites and apps to fight COVID-19 — did they work? (November 9, 2021) Expectations for California’s digital response to the “California rolled out websites and apps to fight COVID-19 — did they work?”
Why eviction hits older adults harder, making them vulnerable to homelessness
Big if True: Why Eviction Hits Older Adults Harder, Making them Vulnerable to Homelessness (November 3, 2021) Older adults are uniquely vulnerable to eviction and “Why eviction hits older adults harder, making them vulnerable to homelessness”
Groups Call to End Age Discrimination in Idaho’s Care Rationing
Public News Service: Groups Call to End Age Discrimination in Idaho’s Care Rationing (October 6, 2021) Idaho hospitals are rationing care because of the strain “Groups Call to End Age Discrimination in Idaho’s Care Rationing”
New York Suit Contests Social Security Closures, Changes
Public News Service: New York Suit Contests Social Security Closures, Changes (October 5, 2021) Disability advocates and other groups are suing the federal government over “New York Suit Contests Social Security Closures, Changes”
Justice in Aging Supports Mandatory COVID Vaccinations in Long-Term Care Facilities
To Protect Older Americans’ Health and Quality of Life, Justice in Aging Supports Mandatory COVID Vaccinations for Staff and Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities COVID-19 “Justice in Aging Supports Mandatory COVID Vaccinations in Long-Term Care Facilities”
Issue Brief: Do you Think Older Renters on a Fixed Income Can’t get Help with Back Rent? Think Again!
Many older renters and others living on fixed incomes have fallen behind in their rent and utility payments during the pandemic, but don’t realize that “Issue Brief: Do you Think Older Renters on a Fixed Income Can’t get Help with Back Rent? Think Again!”
