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Get your GuideIn 2004, I had to report my mom missing in the state of Florida, where we lived at the time. I never stopped looking for her. She was added to the NAMUS database in 2009. This is the National Missing Persons database and website for missing or endangered persons for the entire United States. At the end of 2024, I recei...
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Learn More About EldercareToday, financial exploitation happens quietly – and digitally. Instead of stolen checks or forged signatures, abuse may involve compromised passwords, unauthorized online account access, or highly convincing phone calls or emails designed to pressure an older adult into sending money.
Read moreWhen inheriting property, heirs have tough choices: keep it, sell it for cash and investment freedom, or use smart financial strategies to manage the asset and cut down on taxes.
Read moreTwo privately held nursing homes in New Jersey are accused of siphoning off tens of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding while residents endured unsafe and inhumane conditions.
Read moreMedicaid permits the healthy spouses of Medicaid patients who need long-term care services to retain limited resources to keep them from becoming impoverished.
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