What is IHSS? The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program is California’s largest Medi-Cal HCBS program, providing personal care services to nearly 900,000 seniors, adults with disabilities, and children so they can live safely in their own homes rather than costly institutional settings, like nursing facilities. The program is critical to …

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What is CBAS? CBAS, or Community-Based Adult Services is an essential Medi-Cal funded program that provides daytime support to older adults and people with disabilities so they can remain safely in their homes. CBAS enables family caregivers to work while still supporting their loved ones. For tens of thousands of …

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Who is Eligible for Medicare? Most older adults age 65 and older, as well as certain younger people with disabilities, are eligible for Medicare. Today, there are over 68 million individuals enrolled in Medicare, including over 7 million people with disabilities under age 65. What Are the Different Parts of …

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We’ve heard a great deal lately about a special relationship between the United States and England. At first I thought it was because of the whole 1776 revolution incident. Also, sharing a language, well sometimes anyway. I must admit I’m forced to use the captions when watching certain British shows. …

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Fight Aging! publishes news and commentary relevant to the goal of ending all age-related disease, to be achieved by bringing the mechanisms of aging under the control of modern medicine. This weekly newsletter is sent to thousands of interested subscribers. To subscribe to the newsletter, please visit: https://www.fightaging.org/newsletter/. To …

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Kate Lang: Hello everyone and welcome to today’s webinar presentation entitled Navigating the Social Security Administration: Options for Advocates. My name is Kate Lang and I’m the Director of Federal Income Security on the Economic Security and Housing Team at Justice and Aging. I’m the moderator for today’s webinar and …

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Here’s an upsetting situation that comes up a lot, and may have come up for you: is someone financially taking advantage of Mom or Dad? It’s a pretty legitimate concern to have. To begin with, most people know that there are plenty of “scammers” out there, phoning or mailing older …

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Introduction Despite resiliency through decades, Black older adults face a lifetime of structural racism and discriminatory policies that limit their access to housing, health care, employment, and economic security. Many came of age during legally sanctioned segregation and lived through the Civil Rights Movement, mass incarceration, and the weakening of …

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I can’t play golf to save my life. Yet I can watch it all day. I have no idea why the sport seems to draw me in like a piece of Black Forest Torte, but I am mesmerized watching someone use a stick to hit a ball into orbit and …

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