The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society announced that it has selected WellAWARE Systems monitoring technology in providing care to seniors living at home or in assisted living centers for its LivingWell@Home Project. The LivingWell@Home Project is part of an expansion of the Good Samarian’s use of sensor technology and telehealth services. The goal of the […]
Category: Government Programs
The Pennsylvania Department of Aging last week announced a nutrition services grant to help members of the Nationalities Service Center Senior Center tend their community garden in North Philadelphia. The center, which opened in 1986, older immigrants and refugees from Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Laos, Iraq and other countries, as well as people born in the […]
The Senate passed the Dodd-Frank Regulatory Reform Bill and is sending it to the President later this week for his signature but that will be just the beginning of how the new law will affect consumer finance. The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been tasked with authority to regulate and enable safe guards to […]
Should Congress have the authority to mandate features and functionality of devices with screens that connect to the Internet? Apparently so based upon a new bill being circulated on the Hill known as the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009, or H.R. 3101. The language of the bill aims to make manufacturers […]
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on Monday more than $550 million in housing assistance low income seniors and persons with disabilities. The funding and grants will provide interest-free capital advances to non-profit developers so they can produce accessible housing, offer rental assistance, and provide supportive services for the elderly and […]
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a new on-line tool that will attempt to help consumers by providing new information and resources that explain the new healthcare changes coming as part of the Affordable Care Act. HealthCare.gov is the first central database of health coverage options, combining information about public […]
The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced the release of $597 million in funds to continue support for 74 state, territory and national grantees of the Senior Community Service Employment Program for program year 2010 that enable income and training support for 61,900 individuals ages 55 and older, who have low incomes or are unemployed. […]
According to a new report by Deloitte’s Center for Health Solution, state governments’ obligation to their Long-Term Care (LTC) Medicaid enrollees may have the potential to debilitate government effectiveness and create severe fiscal distress. The report, "Medicaid Long-term Care: The Ticking Time Bomb," cites state budgetary pressures, the fact that Medicaid is the nation’s primary […]
Will the consumer protections proposed by the new financial services reform bill make a difference for seniors and Baby Boomers and their housing decisions and personal finances? Or has too much pain been inflicted already? Lawmakers expect to deliver the final version of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to President Obama prior […]
U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Senator Jack Reed recently announced that over 100 apartments in Warwick, Rhode Island will become greener and more energy efficient as a result of $1.4 million in Recovery Act funding being awarded to Shalom Apartments, a senior housing development. Retrofits will produce major system upgrades […]
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