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Some Medicare Advantage beneficiaries receive Medicare flex cards, pre-paid debit cards for qualifying expenses, as part of their benefits. This benefit is only available on select Medicare Advantage plans, a private alternative to Medicare.

In a major win for nursing home residents and their families, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the right to sue government-run nursing homes under the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act.

More than 1.1 million individuals live in about 15,000 nursing homes nationwide, yet as many as one in nine of these facilities have not had an annual inspection in the past two years.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced that it would begin covering new Alzheimer’s treatments that receive approval from the FDA.

Seniors, as well as their caregivers, should be aware of the risks posed by Medicare scams and how to avoid falling victim to this type of fraud.

With the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency comes a number of shifts in policy that may specifically impact U.S. military veterans.

Inflation affects all consumers, but older Americans are facing an especially dramatic loss of buying power.

According to research, the rates of homelessness among seniors aged 65 and older in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles county have increased yearly since 2011.

The Biden administration officially ended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023. Certain policies that were implemented in early 2020 during the public health emergency will now expire.

America has three major housing issues for seniors: affordability, physical accessibility, and access to medical care and other services. There is a need for creative solutions to housing.