Medicaid Planning

When one member of a couple moves to a nursing home, we expect that spouse will be the first to die, but this isn’t always the case. What happens if a Medicaid recipient's spouse dies first?...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2014 federal guidelines for how much money the spouses of institutionalized Medicaid recipients may keep and the limit on how much a home can be worth for its owner...

A fear that the government will seize their house after they die is causing some people to not sign up for expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

The attorneys general of 30 states have sent a letter to CMS asking it to suspend and revise its rating system for nursing homes. . .

A psychologist with years of experience treating nursing home residents reveals the bureaucratic and sometimes heartless world behind the cosmetic facades of places with names like "Pleasant Manor," and reflects on how care at the end of life could be...

Disagreements with a nursing home can arise regarding any number of topics, including the quality of food, troubleso...

Since Congress passed a law designed to improve the quality of nursing homes 20 years ago, nursing homes have improved, but there are still a lo...

Crusading ElderLawAnswers member attorney Jim Zeigler has written a valuable, step-by-step guide to both crisis and advance long-term care planning.

Becoming a caregiver for an elderly loved one can be an overwhelming experience. The Complete Eldercare Planner is a practical guide designed to help caregivers organize and manage all the tasks involved in eldercare.