Articles Tagged with Long-Term Care

Gen Xers Are the New Sandwich Generation

Published on: May 1, 2019 | By McCulloch & Miller, PLLC

Balancing careers, children, college funds and aging parents present the same-old scenario, but this time to a new generation with a different value system.

Members of Generation X, who straddle a fairly wide age range, from late 30s to early 50s, are feeling the crunch of being responsible for their children and their parent’s needs. How will they ever get a handle on their savings for their own retirement?

U.S. News & World Report reminds us in its article “Essential Strategies for Generation X” that with the right strategies, Gen Xers can find a money-life balance.

Iowa Senator Sponsors Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act

Published on: March 27, 2019 | By McCulloch & Miller, PLLC

“Iowa Senator Charles Grassley is among those in Congress calling for a crackdown on elder abuse crimes in the country.”

The witnesses of loved ones affected by elder abuse incidents testified at a recent Senate Finance Committee hearing in Washington.

Those witnesses included Pat Blank, longtime Iowa Public Radio host, and past winner of the Iowa Broadcast News Association's Jack Shelley Award. Blank's mother, Virginia Olthoff, died in an Iowa nursing home in February 2018, because of alleged neglect.