New Jersey may soon join a growing number of states that issue alerts when a person with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or similar age-related cognitive impairments goes missing.  Lawmakers are considering a bill that would create “Silver Alerts,” community alerts similar to the widespread Amber Alert program that is used to locate and recover missing children. .. read more →

The Social Security Administration, envisaging the near-future prospect of 10,000 baby boomers applying for benefits every day for the next 20 years, has put together a new on-line service that will allow people to get their benefits without ever traveling to a Social Security field office. “We have nearly 80 million baby boomers coming in,”.. read more →

In a recent study, “Three Phases of Retirement and Planning for the Unexpected,” the Society Of Actuaries (SOA) identified three stages of retirement and offered advice on how to prepare for each stage of retirement. The SOA said that retirement is often depicted as life on the golf course, holidays with the grandchildren, and traveling.. read more →

More than 91 % of U.S. nursing homes were cited last year for violating at least one federal health and safety law in each of the past three years,  the-new-york-times reported recently. During the same time period, a greater percentage of for-profit nursing homes were cited for violations than not-for-profit and government nursing homes. About.. read more →

Federal law allows nursing homes to evict residents for six reasons: they are healthy enough to return home; they require care not offered at the nursing home; they risk the health of other residents or staff; they endanger the safety of other residents or staff; they do not pay their bills; or the nursing home.. read more →