Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health coverage to low-income individuals, including children, pregnant women, people with disabilities and seniors. For seniors, it helps ...

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

Question: My mom suddenly needs to be in a nursing home. Should I spend down her assets so she qualifies for Medicaid? Answer: If you’re in a situation where your mother needs nursing home care, you ...

Medicaid's future is so murky that it's doomed even without direct cuts to senior care The doom scenarios for Medicaid are bleak, and it doesn't take much imagination to get to them - even without ...

I recently met with a man in his 50s caring for his wife who was recently diagnosed with dementia at the incredibly young age of 53. Because of her having to stop work (he does have a claim filed for ...

Holly Lewis has already seen what happens when a nursing home has staffing troubles. Five years ago, as the COVID pandemic raged, Lewis watched institutional knowledge disappear from her mother’s ...