Autumn means cooler temperatures and longer nights. For many individuals, autumn also means adjusting their meal menus to include healthy, hearty, fulfilling fall meals. Seniors and caregivers for Medicare recipients can take advantage of all the nutritionally healthy fall foods often on sale at the grocery stores. With a little menu planning, mealtimes can be […]
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Five Apps to Use to Boost Your Brain
We can tend to be less active than when we were young. Once we retire from our jobs, we spend less time out in the public socializing with co-workers, family, and friends. Even with the hobbies that we love, we are spending more time alone. This means that we are not engaging our overall brain […]
How to Spruce Up Your Salad
Are salads healthy? Yes. Do you need to be content with the standard lettuce and tomato salads? No. Is it easy to spruce up your salads? Yes. Does it take a lot of time and money to add extra ingredients to a salad? No. We are going to show you that with a little creativity […]
Staying Connected in the Middle of a Pandemic
Social distancing has become a way of life in America during the COVID 19 pandemic. Seniors who are at higher risk of illness and younger Medicare recipients with health problems are feeling more isolated the longer they need to remain at home. But the good news is that there are several ways that the elderly […]
Favorite Healthy Summer Meals
Besides warm sunny days, summer is the season for a bounty of our favorite fresh and healthy fruits and vegetables. And the best part of summer shopping is that these tasty, nutritional foods are readily available at grocery stores and farmer markets with friendly prices. Preparing dishes with seasonal produce provides us with essential vitamins […]
Staying Safe in the Sun
After months of staying inside during the recent stay at home orders, people are looking forward to safely spending time outdoors in the warmer weather. In any year, the arrival of summer brings out people enjoying walks, going to the beach or the pool, visiting friends, sitting on the patio, and having picnics in the […]
Why Does Social Security Exist?
Historically, older individuals who had reached a point where they were physically or mentally incapable of working any longer were cared for by family members. In many cases, families stayed within the same home or on the same land for many generations, and because mass transit and personal automobiles didn’t exist or were uncommon, communities […]
Does Social Security Have a Death Benefit?
As seniors age, life planning issues become more important. Part of the process of life planning is ensuring that loved ones left behind after death are financially secure, but many seniors wonder whether or not there is a death benefit involved in passing on Social Security income. Many financial retirement plans, including individual retirement accounts, […]
Does Social Security Call You About Suspicious Activity?
Scams and scammers have existed since the dawn of human history, but these days, the Internet has made it easier than ever for unscrupulous individuals to gain access to personal data for nefarious purposes. While many scams involving personal data revolve around using information to open fraudulent credit accounts, more straightforward and intimidating scams involve […]
Will Social Security Run Out?
The Social Security program was created as a way to assist seniors with a monthly source of income after retirement, and it is administered by the Social Security Administration. There were many contributing factors to the need for such a program, including improvements in medical care that extended life expectancies and the introduction of automobiles […]
When Does Social Security Become Taxable?
When you retire, you begin seeing a monthly deposit from the Social Security Administration. The amount of these benefits is determined based on your age at retirement, your income, and your work history. But, after retirement, questions that commonly pop up include: Do I still have to pay taxes, and do I have to pay […]
Does Social Security Count as Income for Medicaid?
The Social Security Administration (SSA) oversees and manages several federal programs that pay allotments to beneficiaries and qualifying dependents. Whether your income from the SSA will be included or excluded for Medicaid eligibility will depend upon which federal program you are enrolled in. TYPES OF SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME INCLUDED IN MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY Retirement Social Security: […]
Does Social Security Count as Income?
Although Social Security is used as supplemental income for many recipients, others rely on it as a sole source of income. Regardless of the case, it’s important to know whether or not Social Security payments count as income for tax purposes and other financial contracts. In most cases, tax liability is determined by income level, […]
When Does Social Security Start?
Social Security is a source of monthly funds that many seniors rely on in order to take care of household costs, including food and utilities. It was put into place in 1935, and today, the program serves nearly 100 million people across the United States. The program is designed to provide financial payments to those […]
Can You Laminate Your Social Security Card?
Laminating documents can be a great way to protect them while also adding support and preventing tears and wrinkles. The downside to lamination, however, is that it can prevent access to the actual original document itself. Because a laminated piece of paper is encased in plastic, it can be difficult to examine the actual properties […]
Do Social Security Benefits Begin the Month of Your Birthday?
Receiving Social Security for the first time can be a freeing experience for some seniors as it often signals the official start of retirement. A number of seniors also rely on Social Security payments for basic household bills, making it all the more important to understand when payments begin. In general, American seniors become eligible […]
What Does the Social Security Card Look Like?
In the United States, a picture ID is required for a number of things, including purchases of products that are age-restricted. You also need to present a picture ID to do things like rent a vehicle or enter into certain other contractual agreements. Although identification with your picture on it is generally accepted when conducting […]
Do Social Security Benefits Increase After Full Retirement Age?
As Americans begin to think about retirement, one of the most difficult decisions is selecting the right time to submit a claim for Social Security benefits. For those already receiving benefits due to a disability, special rules apply. For everyone else, there are several options prompting many questions, including when benefits are increased and reduced. […]
Do Social Security Benefits Continue During a Government Shutdown?
The longest United States shutdown of federal offices began December 22, 2018 and lasted 35 days. When annual budget disputes within the government hit news headlines, there are understandable concerns from seniors and individuals under the age of 65 who qualify for Medicare due to disability who rely on the continuity of their Social Security […]
Does Social Security Go Up Each Year?
Tired of the daily grind at work and looking forward to the day you can retire and start checking things off your bucket list? Or are you one of the lucky people who love your job so much you never want to leave? In either case, you will probably have to start thinking about retirement […]