New York Nursing Home Fined $7 Million for 'Worthless Services' Provided to Patients
Patients were neglected and Medicaid was billed for "worthless services," prosecutors alleged.
Seniors
FDA Approves New Treatment for Macular Degeneration
A new drug offers hope to the one million Americans afflicted by macular degeneration.
For-Profit Hospice Care 'Substantially' Worse Than Non-Profit - RAND Study
RAND study finds for-profit hospice care worse than that provided by non-profits.
Older Adults Lost $90 Million in Timeshare Exit Scam, Feds Charge
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Consumer Law Protection, a company that claims it can help consumers get out of timeshare contracts.
“The defendants used scare tactics and high-pressure sales pitches to coerce seniors into forking over thousands of dollars for timeshare exit services they didn’t deliver,
How to Change Your Career at 50+
You’re not on your parents’ career path. Age 50 may be the time to take another path forward. Here’s how to do it.
First it was longevity: all those Baby Boomers prospering, eating better, living longer…
Then necessity: many were not also saving and therefore are unable to
Making Your Home Safer for Seniors
We’re all getting older. There are more seniors in the U.S. than ever and many of them are choosing to stay in their longtime homes. That can be a wise decision but it may require some upgrades to make those homes safer.
Considering that a month in a
'Tech Support' Was a Scam, Aimed Mostly at Seniors
Everyone has seen the pop-up and text ads promising free tech support, anti-virus and other services. If you dismissed them as scams, you were probably right. And now, one of the larger perpetrators of these come-ons has met his match.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today filed a proposed