Services & Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE) launched a new caregiving portal on its National Resource Center on LGBT Aging website. The Resource Center’s caregiving portal offers tools, tips and multimedia resources that address the challenges unique to LGBT older adults providing care to loved ones. “Caregiving, and access to caregiver supports, is a major [...] [read full article…]
When the Obama Administration announced recently that it no longer will defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court, the news drew plenty of celebratory praise from the LGBT community, and brickbats from conservatives. The court battles over DOMA are far from over. But the Administration’s decision points to the very dramatic gap in [...] [read full article…]
Many employment benefits are geared to employee earnings history. But married couples often can take advantage of policies that allow lesser-earning spouses to tap the benefits of the higher-earning partner. That option often isn’t available to LGBT couples – including those who reside in one of the five states (and District of Columbia) that currently [...] [read full article…]
Reverse mortgage loans, which allow seniors to convert home equity into cash, have become more popular in recent years. But now the reverse mortgage industry and government regulators are dealing with a potential nightmare: a growing number of loan defaults that could lead to foreclosures, and even evictions of elderly homeowners in some cases. Non-performing [...] [read full article…]
The oldest baby boomers start turning 65 in January. For the next two decades, roughly 10,000 Americans will be getting their Medicare cards in the mail daily. The largest generation’s symbolic milepost has sparked predictable newspaper feature stories and polls about how boomers are feeling about the big six-five. Take your pick among the findings–boomers [...] [read full article…]
