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Accreditation Improves Care in Nursing Homes

Long Term Care Insurance can be surprisingly affordable if you choose your benefits wisely. Finding the balance between too much and too little insurance is important.

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As a caregiver, you may have to decide if it is still possible to leave the elderly loved one in your care alone for an hour, afternoon, or even an entire day. Will they wander away? Will they let a stranger into the house?



Making such a decision is both complicated and emotionally challenging for you and your loved one. For you, it may mean a loss of flexibility, requiring you to develop new strategies to carry out daily tasks and errands. For your…

Many people ask, "When is the right time to buy “long term care insurance?" Some consumer advocates feel the right time to buy coverage is when you are in your 50's. Other…

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Taking care of an elderly parent or loved one at home is stressful enough without having to worry about constantly listening for the sound of a fall, but it's a…

GAO: Feds lose $80M looking for Medicaid fraud  

By KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press

Thursday, June 14, 2012 (06-14) 14:58 PDT   Private contractors received $102 million to review Medicaid fraud data, yet had only found about $20 million in overpayments since 2008, according to a new report by the federal government.

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Although diagnosis in an early or asymptomatic stage is a challenge, researchers are looking at biomarkers to diagnose early, before the disease has a chance to affect the brain. And while there is still no known cure for Alzheimer's disease, experts assert that early detection is helpful in many ways.

• Helps reduce anxiety on the part of the affected person and his or her family about the cause of symptoms
• Allows for the person with the disease to partake…

Today's families are spread out, and moving back home when health issues come up isn't always an option. Whether you're one town over or all the way across the globe, you can…

Association Sends Letter to Congress to Oppose Use of Provider Taxes Tackle Budget Challenges Without Undermining a Key Medicaid Resource, Parkinson Says

Claire Navaro (202) 898-6317 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) today sent a letter to House and Senate leaders urging both chambers to reject a proposal to pay for Stafford student loan subsidies with reductions in the Medicaid provider…

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All of the homes shown received 5 stars, the highest overall rating, from the federal government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  A facility's overall rating is geared to its performance in health inspections, nurse staffing, and medical care. Homes are ranked in tiers according to their star ratings in the three individual areas. Within each tier, the order is…

By Diana Michele Yap, Published: May 28The Washington Post

KEY POINTS: * New research reveals an association between an increase in assisted living options and declines in nursing home occupants. * Assisted living, often financed by private resources, offers alternatives to nursing…