A compassionate and practical guide helps families make the transition to nursing home care for a loved one.

Medicare provides limited coverage of ambulance services. If you go to a hospital or nursing home by ambulance, the...

In December 2004, two California senior citizens organizations have filed a lawsuit charging five companies that sell annuities to seniors with elder abuse, among other crimes.

Consult a professional well in advance of when the loved one needs to enter a nursing home. MEDICAID AND MEDICARE RULES ARE EXTREMELY COMPLEX. Additionally, various allowances and figures are updated frequently and the figures shown in this article may be...

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.

A nursing home in Altoona, Iowa, is restricting a husband's visits to his wife, who is a resident at the facility, a...

Ever wonder what it might be like to move to an assisted living facility? In the last decade thousands of elderly A...

Tax time is approaching, and if you have a large number of medical expenses, you may be able to deduct many of these from your taxes.

Two-thirds of assisted living residents show some indication of a mental health problem, half suffer from dementia, ...