Senior Living

More consumers are buying shorter-duration policies as a way to keep the cost of long-term care insurance affordable . . .

Many people incorrectly believe that once someone enters a nursing home, their freedom is over. . .

Prudential Financial, Inc., says it will stop selling individual long-term care insurance policies . . . ...

A new study finds that when medical personnel know what kind of care a patient wants at the end of life, Medicare can be spared . . . ...

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 . . .