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The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced an 8.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2023, the largest inflation-fueled increase in benefits in more than 40 years. This increase reaches approximately...
Read MoreThe Agency released its Long-Term Care Workforce Shortage report on Oct. 7 resulting from a three-year Del Mar Encore Fellowship through The Dayton Foundation. This Fellowship features the skills and...
Read MoreMedicare’s Annual Open Enrollment Period runs from October 15 to December 7. The Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program (OSHIIP) offers information about Medicare changes for 2023 in addition to information...
Read MoreStaffing shortage is the main topic for the fifth annual Business of Aging: Housing, Healthcare, and Technology event scheduled online 11am-12:30 pm on Oct. 6. St. Mary Development sponsors this...
Read MoreSeptember is Falls Prevention Awareness Month to increase recognition about older-adult falls and how to minimize the risks. Despite popular opinion, falls are not an automatic accessory to mature years....
Read MoreThe Ohio Department of Health fields a Health Opportunity Team that recently launched a Community Well-being: Social Determinants of Health dashboard that provides a statewide overview regarding Geographic Profiles, Economic...
Read MoreThe Congressional passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) brings sweeping Medicare prescription drug reforms and changes to the Part D program to protect people with Medicare from...
Read MoreThe Area Agency on Aging, PSA 2 is holding a public hearing at 10:00am on August 24, 2022, to hear comments on the Agency’s 2023-2026 Strategic Area Plan and its...
Read MoreThe National Weather Service in Wilmington issued a Heat Advisory for Wednesday, August 3. Public Health-Dayton and Montgomery County (PHDMC) explains that extremely high or unusually hot temperatures can affect...
Read MoreThe Ohio Department of Development and local Community Action Agency will help income-eligible Ohioans stay cool during the hot summer months. The Home Energy Assistance Summer Crisis Program provides eligible...
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