Posted on 20 April 2022. Tags: Elder Care, Home Care, elderly, long term care
Patricia Keys, 71 and a stroke survivor, needs help with many everyday activities, such as dressing and bathing. Her daughter Christina, who lives near her mom in Vancouver, Washington, cares for her in the evenings and pays about $3,000 a month for help from other caregivers.
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Posted in Health, Family Care, Features
Posted on 22 March 2022. Tags: Healthcare, Medicaid, elderly, eligibility, eligibility changes, long term care, medi-cal, nursing home care
Paying for long term care, whether in a nursing home or care at home, has been a major challenge for the elderly and disabled, because Medicare covers only a very short stay for nursing facilities, and custodial home care is very limited as well.
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Posted in Family Care, Pushback, Your Money
Posted on 07 August 2021. Tags: LGBTQ+, adults, elderly, long term care, nursing homes, research
As the United States continues to recognize, include and protect the LGBTQ+ community, one part of that group may not come to mind immediately: older adults.
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Posted in Health, Features
Posted on 19 July 2021. Tags: Affordable Care Act, Biden, Budget, Congress, Democrats, Medicare, long term care, package
The budget package Democrats are assembling in Congress would likely provide the biggest jolt to the American health care system since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, according to sources familiar with work on the plan.
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Posted in Health, Features, Your Money
Posted on 31 May 2021. Tags: Biden, Health, costs, elderly, future, long term care
Health care for the nation’s seniors looms large as the baby-boom generation ages into retirement. resident Joe Biden tacitly acknowledged those needs in March with his proposal to spend $400 billion over the next eight years to improve access to in-home and community-based care.
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Posted in Health, Family Care, Features
Posted on 05 May 2021. Tags: Home Care, Insurance, Medicare, age in place, caregiving, elderly, long term care, poll
A majority of Americans agree that government should help people fulfill a widely held aspiration to age in their own homes, not institutional settings, a new poll finds.
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Posted in Health, Family Care