As knowledge about autism has grown, along with medical and public benefits for autism, families have been struggling to create and navigate the safety net system all at once.
Now there is a group to turn to, a place to find answers and to share your own lessons learned with other families. Visit the South...
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Open Your Home and Grow Your Family
The South Shore ARC is looking for families who would like to host under the Shared Living program. This is a state program that matches up adults with developmental disabilities with "host families."
If you would like to open your home and your heart, please visit the ARC's Shared Living page....
Medicare Open Enrollment Season
Medicare Open Enrollment is happening now: it runs from October 15 to December 7.
Now is the time to check whether your supplement and Part D plans are the right ones for you. For help with the research, you can visit www.medicare.gov and you can also make an appointment with the SHINE...
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The Globe Made It Sound Like All of Our Seniors are Living Like the 1% and That Ticked Me Off
The Boston Globe Magazine wrote in its 1/31/16 issue of a Massachusetts building boom of senior care communities targeted essentially at the "1%." You can see that article here.
I was ticked off at the tone of the article, to say the least. The author talks about the high-end senior living...
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Alzheimer’s 10th Annual Educational Conference and Caregiver Day
I will be on the afternoon panel of this day-long conference. This year's annual conference features the film "Alive Inside," which shows how music can reach into the depths of our souls even when are minds betray us, and some speakers focusing on how to communicate with the person with demential emotionally. The ever-popular Dr. Paul...
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National Grid Warns Customers to Guard Themselves & Sensitive Account Information
Apparently scammers are getting better at their craft - received this from my local police department:
During this holiday season National Grid and local police departments received an increasing number of calls from customers being targeted by billing scam artists and impersonators trying to gain access to account information and entry to National Grid customers' homes. The...
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Ice Sledding & Skating at Local Rinks
In this weekend's Boston Globe South section, there is an announcement for gear and ice time availability at local rinks. Several rinks will have ice sleds and skate walkers. Some rinks will have time slots set aside for assisted skating and sled ice hockey.
Here's the link to the article.
And here's the link to...
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Gifts and the Five-Year Lookback
I often hear from clients that they “have made gifts in the last five years – but it’s ok, they were all less than $14,000 so they won’t count under the five-year lookback – right?”
Unfortunately, that’s simply not the case. While it IS true that you can give up to $14,000 per year (as...
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Life Estate Deeds – An Antique Technique Providing Modern Convenience
When we pass away, our assets are divided into two groups – probate and non-probate. Non-probate assets are things like bank accounts and life insurance policies that you have named joint owners or TODs on – they transfer to the named beneficiaries upon your death without any court involvement. Probate...
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Home Care Goes High-Tech
CNN recently ran a fascinating article about the expanding use of technology in the field of home care for seniors with Alzheimer’s and dementia, allowing them to remain independently in their homes longer.
You’ve probably heard of “call for help” bracelet or necklace devices, but did you know that a wireless sensor attached to...
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