Are You Really Ready to Leave the Nursing Home?
Leaving a nursing home may feel like the right thing to do at the time, but it's not a good move for everyone. The AARP has some good questions you...
CRCC Contracts – A Brief Overview
When you enter a continuing care retirement community (CRCC), you will be asked to sign an agreement. Review the contract with an elder law attorney before you sign it to...
Assisted Living Abuse
Residents in assisted living facilities (ALFs) generally require less care and are typically more independent than nursing home residents. However, they share one sobering reality. Both groups are susceptible to...
Adult Children May Have to Pay Their Parents’ Nursing Home Bills
Depending on where you live, you may have to pay your parent's nursing home bills if he or she is unable to pay them. Many states now enforce “filial responsibility”...
Medicare’s Home Health Benefit
If you receive Medicare and require home health services, you may qualify for Medicare's home health benefit. Medicare's home health benefit will cover the costs for home health your services...
Preventing Medicaid Fraud
Medicare fraud occurs when a healthcare provider purposely files a claim for services Medicare does not cover. For example: A medical equipment vendor bills Medicare for equipment a patient never...
Representative Payees – An Overview
If you are the caretaker of a Social Security recipient who is incapable of handling his or her money, you can ask the Social Security Administration (SSA) to designate you...
Signs of Assisted Living Abuse
Assisted living abuse can go undetected for a long time before it is discovered. Victims are often too ashamed, afraid or unable to report it for some reason, such as...
Report Reveals Nursing Home Trust Fund Theft
Sometimes a nursing home resident has the option of setting up a nursing home trust fund account where he or she can deposit money to be used for to pay...
Appealing a Medicare Termination of Services
If you are about to lose your home health services because Medicare will no longer pay for them, you can appeal the decision. Many recipients are unaware that they can...
What is Estate Recovery?
Estate recovery is the process in which states attempt to recover Medicaid payments made on behalf of individuals who received certain types of Medicaid coverage during their lifetime. States are...
Program Helps Nursing Home Residents Move Back Home
Moving back home is usually no longer an option once you enter a nursing home. If your condition improves to the degree where you no longer require nursing home care,...