Shouldn’t Home Care Workers Earn a Living Wage?
Published: | 2:30 pm | Posted in: LTC Workforce Issues
Healthcare workers in Massachusetts got good news twice this past week.First, the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act and its insurance exchange rules—a system expected to add some 360,000 Massachusetts residents to the healthcare rolls. On Friday, about 35,000 workers who areproviding disability and senior care through state programs got a major pay raise. […]
Medical Spending of the U.S. Elderly
Published: | 2:10 pm | Posted in: Medicare
We use data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) to document the medical spending of Americans aged 65 and older. We find that medical expenses more than double between ages 70 and 90 and that they are very concentrated: the top 10% of all spenders are responsible for 52% of medical spending in a […]
Why raising the Social Security retirement age really does hurt the poor the most
Published: | 8:57 pm | Posted in: Social Security
a Social Security check means something very different to someone with no retirement savings than it does to someone with hefty retirement savings. Cutting 11 percent of the check someone lives on and 11 percent of the check someone barely notices are not the same thing. And, finally, cutting 11 percent of the check of […]
Florida Conference on Aging 2015
Published: | 9:17 pm | Posted in: News
Happening from August 10th-12th, 2015. Find all the Details Here • Over 70% of attendees work for agencies that provide direct services to older adults. • Administrators account for 49% of attendees. • The Exhibition Hall was visited by 97% of all attendees in 2014. • The 2014 Conference evaluations reflect that 95% of attendees […]
Music and Memory Trailer
Published: | 6:31 pm | Posted in: Long-Term Care
We are excited to show you a project that has been in the making for some time. Enjoy the trailer and be sure to check back for the final video once the research results are in! Here is the Music and Memory trailer : Important Links: If You Had Dementia, What Songs Would Be […]