There's a Criminal Employed in Your Nursing Home

The Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a report this past March, analyzing 35,000 nursing home employee records of nursing homes against criminal records maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).   92% of nursing homes employ one or more people with a criminal conviction.  Nearly half of nursing homes employed… Read More »

Big Banks Exit Reverse Mortgage Market

What is a Reverse Mortgage?   Seniors (you must be over age 62) can tap the home equity in their homes by obtaining a reverse mortgage in either a lump sum or multiple payments.  The homeowner is not obligated to repay the loan, and the payment is deferred until the homeowner dies, sells the home,… Read More »

The Real Reason You Should Have Paid Attention in High School French

  In a recent interview in the New York Times Science Section, cognitive neuroscientist Ellen Bialystock was interviewed about recent studies that have found that being bilingual delays the onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms by an average of five to six years. Unfortunately, the occasional use of a second language does not qualify for bilingualism.  The… Read More »