Senior Living

Many people believe that Medicare covers nursing home stays. In fact Medicare's coverage of nursing home care is quite limited.

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...

Many books deal with the physical ailments of aging. In this one, two clinical social workers address the challenges for adult children of coping with parents whose emotional reserves may be stretched thin by the aging process.

For the first time ever, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has publicly rel...

Senior centers sometimes host presentations by sales agents offering free seminars or lunches that purportedly provide attendees with valuable i...

With older Americans being most at risk from the COVID-19 coronavirus, the response to the pandemic is highlighting issues of ageism in the United States. According to experts, ageism is evident both in the response to the virus and the...

The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) makes it much harder for individuals to qualify for Medicaid nursing home be...

By unanimous vote, a committee of the U.S. Senate has endorsed a bill that would establish a nationwide program to provide respite care services to family caregivers. More . . .

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? ...