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Social Security: It's tax time here's how to get your SSA-1099
Tax season is approaching, and Social Security has made replacing your annual Benefit Statement even easier. The Benefit Statement is also known as the SSA-1099 or the SSA-1042S. Now you can get a copy of your 1099 anytime and anywhere you want using our online services.
A Social Security 1099 is a tax form Social Security mails each year in ...Read more
Frail seniors find ways to live independently
DENVER - Pauline Jeffery had let things slide since her husband died. Her bedroom was a mess. Her bathroom was disorganized. She often tripped over rugs in her living and dining room.
"I was depressed and doing nothing but feeling sorry for myself," said the 85-year-old Denver resident.
But Jeffery's inertia faded when she joined a ...Read more
Social Security: Black History Month
In February, our nation honors African-Americans by celebrating Black History Month. Recognizing our shared history is one way we can affirm our belief in freedom and democracy for all. For more than 80 years, Social Security has helped secure today and tomorrow with financial benefits, information and tools for people of countless backgrounds ...Read more
Social Security: Beware of scammers pretending to be from Social Security
In the digital age, frauds and scams are an unfortunate part of doing business online. We urge you to always be cautious and to avoid providing sensitive information such as your Social Security Number (SSN) or bank account information to unknown individuals over the phone or internet. If you receive a call and aren't expecting one, you must be...Read more
Social Security: Benefits to increase in 2019
Each year we announce the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Usually, there is an increase in the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit amount people receive each month, starting the following January. Law requires that federal benefit rates increase when the cost of living rises, as measured by the Department of ...Read more
She's no loaf: At 94, she works 6 days a week at a Giant bakery
Meet Wynnifred Franklin, 94, a great-grandmother who's worked in the bakery of the Giant supermarket in Audubon, Montgomery County, Pa., since 1996.
For three years, Wynnifred Franklin enjoyed retirement. But it got old, quick. And she didn't.
So at the age of 72 - armed with a resume that included a job at RCA during World War II - she went ...Read more
He's paid to help Hornets fans find their seats. So what's with all these dance moves?
There doesn't seem to be a good reason for Jim Kobos to be dancing at this particular moment, much less to be having so much fun doing it.
The team he works as an usher for - the NBA's Charlotte Hornets - is losing by two dozen points to the Dallas Mavericks. The 16,000 or so people in uptown's Spectrum Center are growing more listless with ...Read more
55 Plus: Have you lost too much muscle?
Have you lost so much muscle that it has become hard for you to move? Do you keep a step-stool handy because you can't reach up to a cabinet shelf with a jar in your hand, and no longer have the muscle to take the weight of an item down from a shelf? Do you have to push yourself up from a seated position because your legs no longer have the ...Read more
Need affordable senior housing? You may be waiting years as Philly, nation grapple with long wait lists.
By the time the line began moving on a hot Tuesday morning in June, nearly a dozen seniors had been waiting for almost a day.
They gathered in South Philadelphia - by the end, scores of them, most older than 62 - to try to secure one of the new, affordable senior housing units sprouting near Fourth and Snyder Streets. Many had begun lining up ...Read more
Birthday surprise for WWII pilot reunited with pieces of his past
When Capt. Alan Carlton's B-24 bomber was shot down over Germany during World War II, he felt lucky.
Not that lucky - wounded in the right foot, he left a bloody trail in the snow that made him easy to track. The American pilot was captured at gunpoint and spent more than a year in a POW camp.
But he was alive, which was more than could be ...Read more
UC San Diego opens new senior-focused emergency unit
There's no sign notifying patients that they are entering the new Gary and Mary West Senior Emergency Care Unit, but it's immediately obvious that something has changed.
Moving from the main emergency department at UC San Diego's Jacobs Medical Center into the corridor that leads to the new unit, there is a noticeable drop in noise level and ...Read more
Travel Trending with Kathy Witt: A Duchess, a baker, a plantation history maker: Cruising with American Queen Steamboat Company
A Duchess, a baker, a plantation history maker: Meet this coterie of capable ladies of the river, including a duchess defined by her all-suite staterooms; a nationally known chef who has cooked for the likes of Mick Jagger, Lily Tomlin, and Shirley MacLaine; and a Louisiana rebel who saved the history of the Creole plantation that bears her ...Read more
Social Security: Safeguarding children all year long
During the holiday season, most of us, regardless of our beliefs, focus on the children we love. Children are our future - we share our knowledge and talent with them - we pass on our values to them knowing they will share those gifts. Social Security safeguards children all year long, but we'd like to take this opportunity to share information...Read more
Social Security: Understanding disability payments
Disability is something most people don't like to think about, but the chances that you'll become disabled probably are greater than you realize. Studies show that a 20-year-old worker has a 1-in-4 chance of becoming disabled before reaching full retirement age.
Social Security pays disability benefits through two programs:
–– Social ...Read more
Social Security: Understanding Social Security disability benefits
Disability is something most people don't like to think about, but the chances you'll become disabled probably are greater than you realize. Studies show that a 20-year-old worker has a 1-in-4 chance of becoming disabled before reaching full retirement age.
Social Security pays disability benefits through two programs:
- The Social Security ...Read more
Why more seniors are focused on staying in shape
BALTIMORE - Holly Thomas is deceptively strong.
Standing 5 feet tall and not even close to 100 pounds, the Columbia, Md., resident won't share her exact age, but she's over 75 and able to keep up with her twenty-something grandsons on family vacations. That means she's biking with them on the roads of Japan or exploring Sri Lanka and Thailand ...Read more
To fight elder abuse, new team brings together doctors, nurses, police and social workers
It was the kind of mess many police officers don't like to tackle: an allegation of neglect by the caregiver of an elderly woman.
But after the caregiver's outburst in court and continued complaints brought the woman's condition to light, a Newport News officer started an investigation.
Before long, the case - complicated by concern that the ...Read more
Social Security: Our top 10 sites
At the end of the year, some of us like to take a tally of our top favorite things, such as movies and songs. At Social Security, we're no different. Because we care a lot about making our services convenient and easy to access, we care a lot about our online services - from signing up for retirement benefits to calculating future payments. ...Read more
When needs arise, these older women have one another's backs
NEW YORK - Like many women aging alone, Eileen Kobrin worried that an accident could compromise her independence.
Then, two years ago at age 71, the New Yorker fell while on vacation, breaking her left ankle, and her Caring Collaborative network sprang into action.
One member recommended an ankle surgeon at the nearby Hospital for Special ...Read more
Column: The best holiday gift for the senior in your life? Time and attention.
In this season of giving and gathering, it's a good time to remember that the best gift of all might be the one that can't be bought, wrapped or overnighted.
Time.
So often we struggle with what to give the people on our lists when maybe all they really need is our attention.
That's not always easy to part with, especially in this day and ...Read more
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