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The Quick Changes Our Government Has Been Making Are Having A Huge Ripple Effect On Our Seniors, And It’s Time To Talk About It!

Join Lance A. Slatton and Lori La Bey, the Co-hosts of Conscious Caregiving of L & L, as they discuss issues no one really wants to address, but are critical to talk about.  They would love to hear your thoughts, your concerns, and your ideas to protect our seniors.

Learn About The Ripple Effect:

• Social Security
• IRS
• Medicare
• Tariffs
• Police & Fire & EMT
• Department of Education
• Programs for all ages and levels of needs
• Funding for Colleges
• Research
• DEA
• Roads & Bridges & Transportation
• Immunizations
• Prescription Drugs

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Additional Resource Articles To Read

Older Americans’ Services At Risk or Eliminated in Trump Proposed Budget https://www.usaging.org/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=1716

USAging CEO Speaks Out On Behalf of Millions of Older Adults and Their Family Caregivers: Congress Needs to Act Now to Protect the Daily Lifeline That the Older Americans Act Provides https://www.usaging.org/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=1695

Aging care stakeholders ‘extremely concerned’ by proposed OAA breakup https://www.mcknightshomecare.com/news/aging-care-stakeholders-extremely-concerned-by-proposed-oaa-breakup/?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NWLTR_MHC_DailyPulse_04232025&hmEmail=5bEUguhQdz8fiYChW%2FalBDBpjLg24MKG39%2Bd18LqB2M%3D&sha256email=7bae30574840f6d2fdc1b0b4e207a664811448df08cfb829b471b2b4247bf01e&elqTrack=True

In policy shift, Medicare makes family caregivers part of medical reimbursement system  https://www.mcknightshomecare.com/news/in-policy-shift-medicare-makes-family-caregivers-part-of-medical-reimbursement-system/?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NWLTR_MHC_DailyPulse_04232025&hmEmail=5bEUguhQdz8fiYChW%2FalBDBpjLg24MKG39%2Bd18LqB2M%3D&sha256email=7bae30574840f6d2fdc1b0b4e207a664811448df08cfb829b471b2b4247bf01e&elqTrack=True

Federal focus on cost-cutting puts home health, hospice in the crosshairs, experts state https://www.mcknightshomecare.com/news/federal-focus-on-cost-cutting-puts-home-health-hospice-in-the-crosshairs-experts-state/?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NWLTR_MHC_DailyPulse_05082025&hmEmail=5bEUguhQdz8fiYChW%2FalBDBpjLg24MKG39%2Bd18LqB2M%3D&sha256email=7bae30574840f6d2fdc1b0b4e207a664811448df08cfb829b471b2b4247bf01e&elqTrack=True

Medicaid cuts will hurt incontinence care for minority populations https://www.mcknightshomecare.com/medicaid-cuts-will-hurt-incontinence-care-for-minority-populations/?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NWLTR_MHC_DailyPulse_05082025&hmEmail=5bEUguhQdz8fiYChW%2FalBDBpjLg24MKG39%2Bd18LqB2M%3D&sha256email=7bae30574840f6d2fdc1b0b4e207a664811448df08cfb829b471b2b4247bf01e&elqTrack=True

NCPA: Any Pharma Tariffs Should Be Tailored to Avoid Increasing Shortages and Costs https://ncpa.org/sites/default/files/2025-05/5.7.2025-NCPA-to-DoC.pdf

https://www.wsjm.com/2025/03/09/facing-cuts-non-profits-talk-advocacy-and-planning

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trump-cuts-threaten-meals-on-wheels-other-aid-for-people-with-disabilities-and-the-aging

https://www.abc57.com/news/proposed-federal-budget-could-put-real-services-funding-at-risk

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2025/05/02/congress-must-ensure-full-funding-for-vital-elderly-services-opinion/83342071007

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/when-it-comes-to-social-security-and-medicare-this-is-what-the-nations-top-experts-on-aging-worry-about-317298f8

https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/michigan-ages-funding-gaps-widen-senior-centers-some-call-change

Federal Firings’ Impact on Local In-Home Care, Nutrition, Transportation for Older Adults https://www.usaging.org/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=1710

Contact Information

Lance A. Slatton and Lori La Bey are co-hosts and producers of Conscious Caregiving with L & L.  Visit their website at https://consciouscaregivingll.com/  or contact them at https://consciouscaregivingll.com/#contact.

To learn more about Lance and Lori, you can visit their websites. Lance’s websites at All Home Care Matters, or  Lance A. Slatton, or Lori’s websites at Alzheimer’s Speaks, or Dementia Map.

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