Senior Living

There is now more information available to help families evaluate nursing homes. . .

Most seniors prefer to stay at home as long as possible rather than move into a nursing home. . .

A deficit-reduction plan gaining traction in Washington would do away with a new national long-term care insurance program . . .

Medicare fraud is often in the news, but what is it, exactly? Fraud costs Medicare an estimated $60 billion a year and contributes to the rising cost of health care for all Americans. . .

A new state-by-state scorecard evaluates the effectiveness of long-term care services and concludes that there is much room for improvement . . . ...

A former director of Florida's long-term care ombudsman program who was fired by the governor in February is suing the state for retaliation . . .

Marie-Therese Connolly, a former Department of Justice lawyer who has devoted her career to combating elder abuse . . . ...

These services promise to help families find a good long-term care facility for free, but in many cases there's a hidden price . . .

The Obama administration may be on the brink of scuttling the CLASS Act, a new national long-term care insurance . . . ...