Elder Law Extra, 11.18.19

A weekly roundup of recent elder law news and practice development articles culled from news sources around the nation.  Click on the headline to read the full article.

• Citing Eagerness From States, CMS Announces Plans to Issue Guidance on Medicaid Block Grants . . . and an Update

• NJ Supreme Court Permits Beneficiary to Retroactively Modify Retirement Option Selected by Deceased Pension Fund Member

• GAO: Better Oversight Needed to Protect Nursing Home Residents from Abuse

• Can We Tolerate Millions of Elderly People Living in Cars?

• Post-it® Note Not a Valid Way to Amend a Trust

• The Cost of Not Expanding Medicaid In Florida? Nearly 2800 Deaths, a New Report Estimates

• Fixed Intentions: Wills, Living Wills, and End-of-Life Decision Making

• Cars Singer Ric Ocasek Cuts Supermodel Wife Paulina Porizkova Out of Will

<p><img alt="Elder Law Extra, 11.18.19" src="https://attorney.elderlawanswers.com//uploads/media/images/newsboy_sm.jpg" style="float:left; height:125px; width:125px" />A&nbsp;weekly roundup of recent elder law news and practice development articles culled from news sources around the nation. &nbsp;Click on the headline to read the full article.</p> <ul> <li> <p><strong><a href="https://www.mcknights.com/news/citing-eagerness-from-states-cms-announces-plans-to-issue-guidance-on-medicaid-block-grants/" target="_blank">Citing Eagerness From States, CMS Announces Plans to Issue Guidance on Medicaid Block Grants</a>&nbsp;. . . and <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/guidance-on-state-caps-on-federal-medicaid-funding-withdrawn" target="_blank">an Update</a></strong></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://vanarellilaw.com/nj-supreme-court-permits-beneficiary-to-retroactively-modify-retirement-option-selected-by-deceased-pension-fund-member/" target="_blank"><strong>NJ Supreme Court Permits Beneficiary to Retroactively Modify Retirement Option Selected by Deceased Pension Fund Member</strong></a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-20-259T" target="_blank"><strong>GAO: Better Oversight Needed to Protect Nursing Home Residents from Abuse</strong></a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2019/11/18/can-we-tolerate-millions-of-elderly-people-living-in-cars/" target="_blank"><strong>Can We Tolerate Millions of Elderly People Living in Cars?</strong></a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://karplaw.blogspot.com/2019/11/post-it-note-not-valid-signature-not-on.html" target="_blank"><strong>Post-it&reg; Note Not a Valid Way to Amend a Trust</strong></a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article237261439.html" target="_blank"><strong>The Cost of Not Expanding Medicaid In Florida? Nearly 2800 Deaths, a New Report Estimates</strong></a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3472049&amp;dgcid=ejournal_htmlemail_elder:law:studies:ejournal_abstractlink" target="_blank"><strong>Fixed Intentions: Wills, Living Wills, and End-of-Life Decision Making</strong></a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.thewealthadvisor.com/article/cars-singer-ric-ocasek-cuts-supermodel-wife-paulina-porizkova-out-will" target="_blank"><strong>Cars Singer Ric Ocasek Cuts Supermodel Wife Paulina Porizkova Out of Will</strong></a></p> </li> </ul>