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How to Age Well: Planning Your Path, Part 2: Home, Health, and “After I’m Gone…”

By Mason Crane-Bolton Have you planned for future health and home changes? | Photo via pexels.com   There is no way to get aging “right”…   …But it does help to plan. Something is happening each and every day across New Jersey. Across the United States. Across the entirety of the planet. We are all […]

Help for the Season: Tax Season

By Mason Crane-Bolton   As April rolls around we prepare for one of the few certainties in life: Taxes.   If you’ve already filed your annual income taxes, congratulations! If filing your taxes is still on your “to-do” list, we have some suggested resources to assist you in preparing and filing your taxes. (Please note […]

Aging Greatness: Great Achievements by Older Adults!

As a culture we tend to praise accomplishments as if there were an age limit. We like to focus on achievements made by people under a ‚Äúcertain age‚Äù as if we think ‚ÄúThe younger, the better!‚Äù But achievements, major accomplishments, even fame and fortune, don‚Äôt have a cut-off age. There‚Äôs nothing wrong with celebrating accomplishments […]

Cybersecurity: Where does it begin? Where does it end?

Mitchell Feather, Vice-President, Creative Associates   It seems like every day brings news of more cyber threats and breaches, which seems to leave you with more questions than answers. Has my information been stolen? How should I respond? What can I do to protect myself? What can I do to detect and avoid threats? Companies […]

Recent Developments in D.C. To Combat Financial Abuse of the Elderly

Recent Developments in D.C. To Combat Financial Abuse of the Elderly by Robert M. Jaworski, Esq. Financial abuse of the elderly is getting some attention in Washington these days, and, some say, it‚Äôs about time.¬† On February 22, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and law enforcement partners announced[1] the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud […]

MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT

MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT ARE YOU AWARE OF YOUR CHOICES? Charles Clarkson, Esq. Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County, Project Director/VP, Senior Medicare Patrol of New Jersey ¬† Every year between October 15 and December 7, during a period known as ?¢‚Ǩ?ìOpen Enrollment,?¢‚Ǩ¬ù Medicare beneficiaries can make changes in their Medicare coverage. The Senior Medicare Patrol […]

Scammer Lingo

Scammer Lingo Here on NJFA‚Äôs blog we have featured a few posts about scams, we‚Äôve also done articles in Renaissance and posted scam warnings on Social Media. It seems there is always a new scam or the resurgence of an old scam to be on the lookout for. But that got us thinking‚Ķ do we […]

Income Taxes and Your Social Security Benefits

Income Taxes and Your Social Security Benefits David Vinokurov, District Manager, Trenton, NJ, Social Security Administration With tax season upon us, many of you have asked about Income Taxes And Your Social Security Benefits. Some people have to pay federal income taxes on their Social Security benefits. This usually happens only if you have other […]

The New Medicare Cards

The New Medicare Cards By Charles Clarkson, Project Director, Senior Medicare Patrol of New Jersey In 2015, Congress passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. This law requires the removal of the social security numbers from all Medicare cards by April 2019. This new initiative is referred to as the Social Security Number Removal […]

Phone Scams

Here are NJFA, we like to make sure we are keeping folks aware of scams and fraud issues. Our February episode of Aging Insights, is titled, Stop Identity Theft and features two guests that will help viewers to protect themselves. We also want to address a scam that‚Äôs been in the news. Recently, news outlets […]