Tag: Nursing Homes

The coming nursing home shortage

The coming nursing home shortage

The latest casualty of the Great Recession may soon be the nation’s elderly. Cuts in government payments for patient care and less construction of new nursing homes are already taking a toll. Add to this the aging baby boom generation and you have a worst-case scenario.

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January 27, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Long-term care insurance can come up short

Long-term care insurance can come up short

Will it cover your needs? Can you pay for it? Can you afford not to have it?

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January 24, 2012 | 1 Comment More
Tips for buying long-term care insurance

Tips for buying long-term care insurance

Don’t buy if the out-of-pocket cost for the coverage would be more than you can afford. Policies differ greatly so know what you are buying. Shop around.

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January 24, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Tools help you choose a good nursing home

Tools help you choose a good nursing home

Finding a high-quality nursing home is a daunting task. Fortunately, there is information online that can help you learn about nursing home quality.

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December 6, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Long-term care services in Washington No. 2 in nation — report

Long-term care services in Washington No. 2 in nation — report

Long-term care services for the elderly and disabled in Washington state are second only to those provided in Minnesota, according to a new report.

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September 15, 2011 | 0 Comments More
View: What Medicaid cuts will mean for the elderly and disabled

View: What Medicaid cuts will mean for the elderly and disabled

As you listen to pols argue about how deeply to cut Medicaid think about Natalie — an 85-year-old widow with heart disease and memory problems. Or Lisa — a 50-year old mother of two who has been battling multiple sclerosis since she was 20.

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May 25, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Nursing homes giving powerful antipsychotics to elderly unnecessarily, government report

Nursing homes giving powerful antipsychotics to elderly unnecessarily, government report

HHS Inspector General faults drug companies for aggressively—and illegally—marketing these products to doctors for treatment of dementia and other off-label uses.

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May 10, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Government report finds 92 percent of nursing homes employ convicts

Government report finds 92 percent of nursing homes employ convicts

Though most states require nursing homes to conduct criminal background checks for prospective hires, 92 percent employ at least one worker with a criminal conviction, according to a report released today by the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services.

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March 3, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Day-care program helps keep frail, low-income seniors in their homes

Day-care program helps keep frail, low-income seniors in their homes

PACE, Program for All-Inclusive Care for Elderly, provides comprehensive medical and social services to frail, low-income seniors with serious health problems.

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December 27, 2010 | 0 Comments More
Few seniors buying long-term care insurance

Few seniors buying long-term care insurance

People don’t like to think about what will happen if they become too ill or infirm to manage on their own. Experts say that partly explains why sales of long-term-care insurance policies are so anemic; only about 10 percent of seniors have such coverage. Should you buy long-term-care insurance? Consumer columnist Michelle Andrews talks about these plans in a video.

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December 14, 2010 | 0 Comments More
A new nursing home population: The young

A new nursing home population: The young

There’s one age group that’s going into nursing homes at a higher rate. And it’s not the elderly. Young people ages 31 to 64 now make up 14 percent of the nursing home population.

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December 11, 2010 | 0 Comments More
For “observation”: a hospital stay may not you’ve been admitted

For “observation”: a hospital stay may not you’ve been admitted

Ann Callan, 85, spent six days in the hospital for “observation”, now Medicare won’t cover her three-week $10,597 nursing home bill.

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September 7, 2010 | 0 Comments More