The average Medicare-covered nursing home stay is only 22 days, and Medicare does not pay for non-skilled assistance with “activities of daily living.” ...

If your appeal isn't successful, your mother will be considered a private pay patient. While she will not have her benefits ...

For Laurie Craigen, the realities of senior medical costs hit hard when her grandmother needed hospice care. "It was a stressful time for the family because we were trying to figure out how to ...

Deciding between a stand-alone or hybrid long-term care policy can be confusing. We asked ChatGPT for advice, then had a ...

Since Maggie is in her 60s and still working, it’s unlikely she would meet the requirements for undue hardship if the state ...

(5) Medicare and Medicaid serve very different purposes when it comes to long-term care. Medicare typically does not pay for ...

Colorado parents caring for adult children with severe developmental disabilities want to know why their pay is being cut ...

Virtual care proponents are concerned about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services scrapping pandemic-era ...

Jacqueline Glover, 24, has Dravet syndrome, a severe and rare type of epilepsy marked by prolonged seizures and increased risk of sudden death.

To qualify for Medicaid, Katie's mom would need to spend down those joint accounts before she can get coverage. If her ...

Food plays an essential role in long term care (LTC) settings. Dining services teams do more than provide three meals a day. The menus they create, the way they present food, and their collaboration ...

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by Congress on July 3 will cut federal spending on Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program ...