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NSCLC’s Paul Nathanson writes in a New America Media blog that it is crucial that the Social Security Administration communicate with individuals in language that people understand.
NSCLC Helps
Reneto Wilkins lost his SSI benefits and assessed $18,000 in overpayments when he had too much in savings… Read More.
NSCLC on Twitter

RT @SenSanders: Nearly half of all seniors are unable to afford even basic living expenses: http://t.co/i65zfLVok4
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@agingnutrition's Downey:In CA, #sequester cut 750K meals. Gone from being providers of meals to arbiters of who goes hungry.That is wrong.
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@SSWorks Nancy Altman's just gave powerful #OAA testimony on #senior #poverty: net worth of 50% of unmarried women 65+ is <$8,000.
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RT @AmyGotwals: Follow the Senate #OAA Hearing happening right now via webcast: http://t.co/kFsFGCz9C9 #OAA
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RT @ElderLawGuy: Study: Slow growth in health costs will continue http://t.co/jeFigPG7Ox
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Tag Archives: Assisted Living
Think Twice Before Signing
(2007) Report: Improper and Unfair Provisions in Missouri Nursing Home Agreements. Click here.
Kentucky Nonprofit Funds Training to Help LGBT Older Adults
According to a story in the Lexington Herald Leader, JustFundKy gave a $5,000 grant to the Nursing Home Ombudsman Agency of the Bluegrass to revise its patient bill of rights and train its staff to be more in tune with … Continue reading
Joint Statement to the US Senate Special Committee on Aging
Ensuring Quality and Oversight in Assisted Living As Medicaid beneficiaries and monies are increasingly shifted from nursing homes to assisted living facilities and other HCBS settings, it is entirely appropriate that Congress and CMS establish some standards on what type … Continue reading


