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Seniors Need to File Tax Return to Get Rebate Check
Seniors can benefit from the economic stimulus law enacted on February 13, 2008, but they need to file an income tax return. Seniors, disabled v...
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The Eldercare Handbook: Difficult Choices, Compassionate Solutions
Book Review: How to Protect Your Family's Assets from Devastating Nursing Home Costs: Medicaid Secrets
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).
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Lack of Power of Attorney Stops Daughter's Nursing Home Suit
A decision by Mississippi's highest court illustrates the importance of having a...
Read moreMedicaid Proposes Allowing Recipients to Direct Own Home Care
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...
Read moreNursing Home Quality Twenty Years After the Nursing Home Reform Act
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...
Read moreDon't Let the Government take Grandma's Home and Life Savings
Crusading ElderLawAnswers member attorney Jim Zeigler has written a valuable, step-by-step guide to both crisis and advance long-term care planning.
Read moreWhat Nursing Home Staff Levels Are Required?
Nursing homes are notoriously understaffed. Studies have shown that more staff leads to better care, but employees a...
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