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McAndrews Law Offices has recently doubled our office space with the purchase of an adjoining building on Cassatt Avenue due to the growth of our Estate Planning Department! As an integral part of this significant renovation project, we added an additional conference room which doubles as a beautiful courtroom…
Global population over 60 expected to double in next 11 years, and reach two billion by 2050 Published in The Irish Times Elderly people, including former Pope Benedict, attended a gathering of the wise and wrinkled at the Vatican today, where Pope Francis denounced the neglect and abandonment of the old as “hidden euthanasia”. During…
Average Customers Who Compared Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans Had Potential to Save Over $80 Per Month on Prescription Medication Published on CNNMoney September 25, 2014 : 08:00 AM ET eHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: EHTH) today published an analysis of over 22,000 people who used the online Medicare plan comparison tools at eHealthMedicare.com and PlanPrescriber.com during Medicare’s 2014…
by Stafford Betty, Professor of religious studies, California State University, Bakersfield, published in Huff Post Healthy Living An elderly woman never speaks, no longer recognizes her loved ones when they come to visit, and shows no expression. By the looks of her, she is a human vegetable. And she’s been this way for over a year.…
by The Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Transit agencies across Pennsylvania are being scrutinized by the state over the subsidies they claim for transporting riders 65 and older, with at least four agencies being docked millions for inflating senior ridership numbers. Criminal charges are pending against two high-ranking employees of the transit agency in…
by Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press Rosemary Anderson could be 81 by the time she pays off her student loans. After struggling with divorce, health problems and an underwater home mortgage, the 57-year-old anticipates there could come a day when her Social Security benefits will be docked to make the payments. Read Full Article Here
by Barbara Sadick, The Wall Street Journal Prescription-drug abuse and misuse by seniors doesn’t get much attention. But with the senior population steadily growing, it’s getting harder to ignore. Many seniors develop addictions to prescription drugs. Others are taking medication that is having little effect or unintentional effects, either because they are taking it for…
by Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post Hospice agencies must subject themselves to government inspections at least once every three years under new legislation approved by Congress, part of a measure that addresses concerns about substandard operators in the booming industry. Read Full Article Here
I keep a list of the readers who have written to me about difficulty finding homes to accommodate their retirement years. Most include the complaint that “they are building over-55 communities that are not for me.” Indeed, as retirement creeps up on me, I’ve concluded that I will be looking to spend the equity I’ve…
In seventy-five days, over one-half million Pennsylvania residents can begin applying for medical insurance under the recently approved “Healthy Pennsylvania” program. Healthy PA is Pennsylvania’s version of the Medicaid expansion authorized under the federal Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.” Eligible Pennsylvania residents can begin to apply for Healthy PA beginning December 1, 2014.…
