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		<title>Medicaid Offers Home Attendant Services For Eligible Individuals</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Yorkers who have Medicaid and need home attendant services can have this type of care covered. Approval is granted when financial and medical criteria are met, and an individual submits an M11q form that his or her doctor has thoroughly completed. These services can offer substantial savings for an individual and their family, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proper Planning Needed to Protect Assets From Rising Elder Care Costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Krooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planning for assisted living costs should be at the top of senior citizen’s minds. Nursing home, assisted living, and adult day care costs are rising. The MetLife Mature Market Institute’s annual survey showed that the cost of these types of long-term care have increased by 5.6 percent since the previous year. A private room in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employers Can Be Great Resource for Workers with Ailing Parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Krooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a parent ages, many adult children are left to pick up the pieces. The parent’s financial and medical needs increase and issues start to take over the adult child’s work time. Employers who can help their workers connect with elder care resources and allow for flexible schedules can retain hard workers and help them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Medicaid Changes Affect Estate Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Krooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changes to the Medicaid program in New York can have a big effect on estate assets and planning. New regulations that were put into place in early September allow for the state to recover costs spent on an individual’s Medicaid services. Estate recovery of these costs can come from any assets that pass via a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Wellness Services and Discounts Available to New Yorkers on Medicare</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Krooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 1.3 million New York state individuals have received free preventive services through Original Medicare this year so far. But only a little more than 113,000 people have taken advantage of its free annual wellness exam. With more than 1.77 million New Yorkers enrolled in Medicare Part B, these recipients should use these free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westchester County Veterans Have Access To Discounted Dental and Vision Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Krooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When service members retire from the military, the Department of Veterans Affairs does not offer vision or dental health services. For New York State’s 988,000-plus veterans, access to these services is needed. A new program that launched in Westchester County earlier in the fall brings these services to America’s veterans. The Smiling On America&#8217;s Heroes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proactively Plan For Your Estate While Tax Laws Still Benefit Donors and Heirs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Krooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010, President Obama created the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act (TRA 2010) that affects the federal estate taxes, generation-skipping transfer taxes, and gift taxes for the tax years from 2010 to 2012. It is expected that federal estate tax laws will be modified in 2013 back to the laws that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senior Citizens Advised to Review Medicare Part D Plan Selections Before December</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Krooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the end of the year gets closer, it is a critical time for a senior citizen to review their Medicare Part D plan. Medicare has an open enrollment period from mid October to December 7 of this year to make all selections for 2012. Every year prices can fluctuate for a plan, so it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Legal Advice Before Selling the Family Home and Starting Nursing Home Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Krooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entering a nursing home can provide highly sought-after services and around-the-clock care. Family members and loved ones can have the expertise of skilled staff that provides peace of mind for your elderly parent. But if proper planning for the monies involved in nursing home care and estate planning are not done in advance, it can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Estate Planning for Seniors Should Be Done Before a Life-Changing Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Krooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senior citizens should be enjoying their golden years with their loved ones and not worrying about end of life care. But with more than 120 million Americans not having updated estate plans or any long-term financial plans, according to the National Association of Estate Planners &#38; Councils, seniors are putting their assets and health at [...]]]></description>
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