How to Qualify for Medicaid: Eligibility and Transfer Rules
Nursing Home Threatens to Ban Complaining Husband
A nursing home in Altoona, Iowa, is restricting a husband's visits to his wife, who is a resident at the facility, a...
Read moreThe Nursing Home Crunch
Two ElderLawAnswers member attorneys have produced a remarkably lucid description of the various ways to qualify for Medicaid coverage of long-term care while protecting the maximum of assets.
Read moreDoes Medicare Cover Ambulance Trips?
Medicare provides limited coverage of ambulance services. If you go to a hospital or nursing home by ambulance, the...
Read moreMaking Sense of Nursing Homes
A compassionate and practical guide helps families make the transition to nursing home care for a loved one.
Read moreNew Medicare Drug Benefit Will Help Some More Than Others
A new report on the effects of the upcoming Medicare drug benefit predicts that the low-income Medicare population w...
Read moreResident-on-Resident Violence in Nursing Homes Is Growing
The recent slaying of a Wilton, Connecticut, nursing home resident by his roommate has spotlighted a growing problem...
Read moreELA Member Confirms the Law on Key Medicaid Coverage Issue
There sometimes is a lengthy gap between the time that a nursing home resident shifts from being a private pay resident to officially going on Medicaid.
Read moreExperts Urge Protection of Voting Rights in Nursing Homes
Have you ever considered how nursing home residents get to vote, and what happens to their right to vote if they are...
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