Competition cuts down Medicare fraud
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
WASHINGTON —
A yearlong experiment with competitive bidding for power wheelchairs, diabetic supplies and other personal medical equipment produced $200 million in savings...
May is Older Americans Month
By Catherine Walsh, Intercity Home Care
May is Older Americans Month and the theme this year is “Age Out Loud”. It was 1963 when President...
FPA March 2022 Central
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Another home care wait list starts today
BOSTON —
A second waiting list for elder home care began today. “This is just policy madness,” said Al Norman, executive director of Mass Home...
You take care of Mom, but who will take care of you?
WASHINTON, DC —
The pool of family and friends to care for Baby Boomers as they age into their 80s will be less than...
Gingrich calls for private retirement accounts
By Philip Elliott
MANCHESTER, N.H. —
Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich wants to give younger workers the option to choose private retirement accounts as an alternative...
Massachusetts lawmakers pass Adult Guardianship Act
BOSTON —
Massachusetts crossed a major hurdle yesterday when the House of Representatives passed the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act (UAGPPJA). If...
‘Supercommittee’ tackles sensitive issue of entitlements
By David Espo
Digging in for a bruising struggle, Republicans on Congress’ powerful deficit-fighting “supercommittee” targeted Social Security and government health care spending Tuesday while...
Hudson resident participates in Jimmy Fund Walk for 21st year
Kevin Blanchard
Photo/Dakota Antelman
By Dakota Antelman
Hudson – Every fall for the past 21 years, Hudson native Kevin Blanchard has walked from Hopkinton to Boston...
Documenting over 50 years from institution to independence
As owner and producer of Connect Your Stories Productions, Judy Faust, 64, of Stow has begun pre-production on her third documentary, “From Institution to Independence: The Donna Jay Story.” Jay is legally blind, and has intellectual and developmental disabilities. She was age 4 in 1960 when their family doctor advised her parents to institutionalize her.