Medicaid Rules

An attorney specializing in elder care and estate planning provides detailed and practical information on how Medicaid works and the strategies for qualifying for it to pay long-term care costs (2009 edition updated through Jan. 1, 2009).

A decision by Mississippi's highest court illustrates the importance of having a...

Medicaid beneficiaries who need help living at home could soon choose to receive a cash allowance to hire their own home care workers or even pa...

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.

Nursing homes are notoriously understaffed. Studies have shown that more staff leads to better care, but employees a...

The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that its Web site comparing nursing homes will now identify facilities ...

Passing on money to the next generation is not as straightforward as it might seem. A father-and-son legal team has written a how-to guide to identifying and resolving the many inheritance problems that can arise.