Reasonable Accommodations: Accessibility in the Workplace

Providing reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities is one key element in creating a more inclusive work environment.

Does spend-down of assets have to be completed before applying for Medicaid services?

I have been living with and caretaking for my elderly mother for the past five years. She now needs long-term care and has recently qualified for Medicaid. The house is exempt from a Medicaid [...]

Over the past year, the Social Security Administration has been making numerous improvements to its SSI program. These changes will make things a bit easier for SSI applicants as well as current [...]

Proponents of raising retirement age argue that it would help address the Social Security deficit. Opponents say there are better ways to fix the program. Most Americans, polls show, are against [...]

A new GAO report found that parents of children with disabilities experience many barriers to finding child care that meets their needs.

Social isolation can lead to significant health risks. For older adults who prefer to live at home rather than a nursing home, enrolling in an adult day service can provide the social interaction [...]

Medicaid can provide seniors with financial assistance for home care services. However, since the federal government and the individual states run Medicaid jointly, benefits coverage is different [...]

Every day, people with disabilities must navigate airports, airplanes, and related forms of conveyance. To ensure they receive fair and equal treatment when traveling by air, Congress passed the [...]

Can a first-party special needs trust (funded through a settlement on personal injury) be taxed as a grantor trust if grantors are parents? If treated as a grantor trust, will income taxed to the [...]