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  Disagree with Your Disability Decision? We Will Take Another Look

  By Jacqueline Weisgarber , NOV 2, 2022

  Social Security is here to help millions of people secure their today and tomorrow by providing benefits and financial protection. We continue to protect the integrity of our disability programs by ensuring we make the correct decision on each claim. However, if you disagree with the decision on your claim, you can ask for your case to be reviewed by filing an appeal.
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  Medicare Open Enrollment Scams

  It’s open enrollment season, which also means it’s Medicare fraud season. Eligible beneficiaries have until December 7 to shop for the best deal for their health care dollar. Unfortunately, some of the deals offered won’t be deals at all.
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  Blue Ridge Dementia Care Conference

  By Linda Lindberg, OCT 26, 2022

  Caregiving experts and vendors came together in Purcellville recently for the 2022 Blue Ridge Dementia Care Conference to help those caring for, or beginning to care for, dementia patients.
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  Call for Volunteers to Help Older Adults

  AARP has joined hands with Mount Vernon at Home to help make a difference in the lives of your neighbors. Mount Vernon at Home is a local nonprofit organization providing community and essential services, assisting older adults to remain in the home and community they love.
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  COVID-19 Continues to Plague Virginia Nursing Homes

  Vaccination and Booster Rates Stall as Flu Season Arrives
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  Charity Scams

  We Americans are a giving people. In 2020, in the midst of a pandemic that crippled the economy, we still contributed nearly half a trillion dollars, according to the Giving USA Foundation. Unfortunately, some of those funds went to criminal scammers, who capitalize on donors’ goodwill to line their pockets.
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  Roanoke County TRIAD’s 2022 Senior Safety Expo

  By Joyce E. Williams, OCT 13, 2022

  Equipping the Vulnerable to Protect Themselves
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  Speak up and help make Virginia a better place to age

  Community members ages 60 and up: the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) invites you to take an important survey.
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  Social Security Services for the Hispanic Community

  By Jacqueline Weisgarber , OCT 10, 2022

  Social Security strives to deliver great customer service and helpful information to everyone, including people who are more comfortable reading and speaking Spanish. Our Spanish-language website, www.segurosocial.gov, provides information about our programs and services. You can learn how to get a Social Security card, plan for retirement, apply for and manage benefits, and much more.
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  Cybersecurity Awareness Month

  October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month – a great time to remind ourselves just how much of our lives happen online and what threats exist there. Any device that stores information or is connected to the internet can be a way for cybercriminals to gain access to your information systems – or, in some cases, use your devices to attack someone else.