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		<title><![CDATA[Hand-stitched memory bears help grieving maker and recipients]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — Shirley Whitlinger knows all too well the profound,
existential loneliness that follows a spouse’s death.

When David, her husband of 50 years, died from prostate cancer in
2021, after two years of chemotherapy and trials at ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4086236</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/01/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hand-stitched memory bears help grieving maker and recipients]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — Shirley Whitlinger knows all too well the profound,
existential loneliness that follows a spouse’s death.

When David, her husband of 50 years, died from prostate cancer in
2021, after two years of chemotherapy and trials at ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4086101</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/01/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Toni Says: Why am I being charged an extra $565 a month to enroll in Medicare?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Toni, I am not sure if I have enrolled in Medicare the right way because I am being charged a Medicare premium of $768 a month beginning June 1 since I turn 65 on June 14. My friend Sue told me that I am being overcharged because she is paying $...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/tonisays/s-4084188</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Social Security and You: Identity Theft's Usually Not a Social Security Issue]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: My purse was stolen and now I worry that someone might be using my
Social Security number. I called the Social Security office and was told
to contact credit reporting agencies and possibly the police. And they
gave me some website to look up. ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/socialsecurityandyou/s-4084229</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[105-year-old Chicago woman finds herself on century-old Irish census: ‘Those years went by so fast’]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — One hundred years ago, a few thousand miles away across
the Atlantic, a quiet moment in history rippled across northwestern
Europe.

The day was April 18, 1926. Ireland was coming off centuries of
British rule and a bloody civil war ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Apr/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[105-year-old Chicago woman finds herself on century-old Irish census: 'Those years went by so fast']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — One hundred years ago, a few thousand miles away across
the Atlantic, a quiet moment in history rippled across northwestern
Europe.

The day was April 18, 1926. Ireland was coming off centuries of
British rule and a bloody civil war ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4083525</link>
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    <pubDate>Apr/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Toni Says: Help, what do I do about changes in income?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Toni, My wife, Joyce, who is not yet 65, was released from her job in February and our joint income has changed because she is no longer earning $230,000 per year. My Social Security check for 2026 is $4,000 monthly. I began taking my ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/tonisays/s-4077399</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Social Security and You: Lawyers and Social Security Disability]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: You have written past columns in which you said it is very difficult
to qualify for Social Security disability benefits. I think just the
opposite is true. It is so easy to get on the government disability
dole. After all, you see so many ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/socialsecurityandyou/s-4077438</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[For many patients leaving the ICU, the struggle has only just begun]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The accident happened in Pittsburgh on Nov. 16. Joseph Masterson, a
lawyer who was just days from retiring at age 63, suffered cardiac
arrest while driving, plowed into a guardrail, and lost
consciousness.

Other drivers stopped, broke the car ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4077437</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[For many patients leaving the ICU, the struggle has only just begun]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The accident happened in Pittsburgh on Nov. 16. Joseph Masterson, a
lawyer who was just days from retiring at age 63, suffered cardiac
arrest while driving, plowed into a guardrail, and lost
consciousness.

Other drivers stopped, broke the car ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4076284</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Toni Says: How do I disenroll from Medicare?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Toni, I need your help! I made a big mistake and enrolled in Medicare when I turned 65 in January due to the marketing phone calls I received, telling me it was time to. My company’s HR department advised me to disenroll from Medicare ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/tonisays/s-4070520</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Social Security and You: An Old and Whacky Social Security Rant]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[A reader shared with me an email he got from an acquaintance. It is a
Social Security screed that is filled with half-baked ideas,
exaggerations and outright lies. The reader said he had never heard of
these allegations before. But I pointed out ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/socialsecurityandyou/s-4070561</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mortgages for retirees and older adults]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[We often think of homebuyers as young people — newlyweds and
couples with small children — but baby boomers actually make up the
majority of those buying a home in the U.S. Still, according to recent
studies, older adults face higher rejection...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4070560</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is it bad to spoil my grandchildren?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Showering your grandchildren with gifts and treats comes
from a place of love and excitement, but what impact could this type of
spoiling have in the long term?

We spoke to Counselling Directory member Annabelle Hird, a
BACP-registered...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4070559</link>
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    <pubDate>Apr/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Seniors face unfair rents and homelessness. They need rent control]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[From mobile home parks in Maine to modest apartments in California,
seniors desperately need rent control to protect themselves against
skyrocketing rents charged by predatory landlords. Our grandparents,
parents, aunts, and uncles, many of whom ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4068352</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Apr/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Toni Says: Do you need your original American citizenship paperwork to enroll in Medicare?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Toni, I had no problem opening the “My Social Security” account to enroll in Medicare because I knew those answers. When it came to filling out the application for Medicare, that was another story. I had a problem with Medicare’s ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/tonisays/s-4064237</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Social Security and You: When My Word Isn't Good Enough]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Readers are always asking me to explain various Social Security rules
and regulations. But sometimes they want more. They want to see
something official -- something in "black and white." In other words,
they want me to give them a legal reference...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/socialsecurityandyou/s-4064277</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Warehoused without any protection’: Florida traps seniors in elder care homes]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Martin Hochheiser was overjoyed when nurses told him he was
going home to his North Miami Beach condo after a brief hospital stay
— until the medical van began veering west toward Hialeah.

His dread turned to panic when Hochheiser, 79...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4064276</link>
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    <pubDate>Apr/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Warehoused without any protection': Florida traps seniors in elder care homes]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Martin Hochheiser was overjoyed when nurses told him he was
going home to his North Miami Beach condo after a brief hospital stay
— until the medical van began veering west toward Hialeah.

His dread turned to panic when Hochheiser, 79...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/seniorlivingfeatures/s-4064132</link>
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    <pubDate>Apr/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Toni Says: Medicare enrollment options if you are over 65 and have preexisting health conditions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello Toni, I’m retiring January 1, 2027, and beginning to research what is the right Medicare option for me and my wife, Jennifer, who is receiving breast cancer treatment. Jennifer’s cancer drugs are expensive, and I am concerned about the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/tonisays/s-4051660</link>
 
    <pubDate>Apr/02/2026</pubDate>
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