Senior Living

Consumers in eight states are now able to compare'“for the first time--the quality of care provided by home health care agencies in their state. More . . .

An ElderLawAnswers law firm has won an important legal victory in preventing an Indiana nursing home from forcing a 98-year-old Medicaid resident to move to a part of the facility set aside for patients whose care is funded by Medicaid.

Disabled recipients of Medicaid home care services are much happier under an experimental program that allows them to hire the helpers themselves, a new study concludes. More . . .

The person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of an institutionalized Medicaid recipient failed in her role because she did not respect the efforts that the recipient and his wife had made to protect their small savings from...

A former head of Medicare and Medicaid says that covering the nation's 41 million uninsured would cost only a small fraction of the $1.6 trillion that will be spent on health care this year, and would result in unexpected savings...

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 . . .

A booklet offers survivors a roadmap to the many financial and legal obligations that follow the death of a loved one.

While state-sponsored savings accounts for college—so-called "529 plans"—are an increasingly popular way for grandparents to fund a grandchild's college education, they can have one serious drawback: their impact on a grandparent's Medicaid eligibility. Two ElderLawAnswers member attorneys discuss the problem...

An article in the Wall Street Journal claims that Medicaid planning, in which individuals give away assets in order to qualify for Medicaid coverage of nursing home care, is benefiting "well-heeled" retirees. More . . .