Senior Living

An AARP report predicts that the need for long-term care will not grow substantially until after 2030, giving our country a window of opportunity to make needed changes in long-term care services before the baby boomers reach late old age.

The federal government has released data on the quality of care delivered at the 17,000 nursing homes around the nation that care for Medicare or Medicaid patients. But a report terms the data "inacurate" and calls its release "premature."...

America does only a mediocre job of caring for its most seriously ill and dying patients, according to the nation's first state-by-state 'report card' on end-of-life care released by Last Acts, a coalition working for better care for the dying.

U.S. Department of Labor's Disability.gov site is a one-stop source of government information relevant to people with disabilities. ...

The new profession of "private geriatric care manager" has evolved to help families assess the need for long-term care and coordinate services if a loved one requires some type of care.

With the help of elder law attorneys, those needing long-term care often artificially impoverish themselves in order to qualify for Medicaid coverage, thereby preserving their savings either for their healthy spouse or their children. Is this practice ethical? ...

In our mobile society it's not uncommon for parents and children to live in different parts of the country or the world. Fortunately, help is available for long-distance caregivers.

A recent Pennsylvania court decision shows why early long-term care insurance policies had a bad reputation and why it's important to check your policy's terms, particularly if the policy was issued more than a decade ago. More . . .

A New Jersey appeals court blocks a son who is the guardian of his mother from selling his mother's house and transferring a portion of the proceeds to hasten her eligibility for Medicaid coverage of her nursing home care. The...