Senior Living

While you generally do not have to sell your home in order to qualify for Medicaid for nursing home coverage, it's possible for the state to file a lien against your home after you die. This is known as estate...

The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that its Web site comparing nursing homes will now identify facilities ...

Elaine Vaughn's 94-year-old mother won't have to move after all. In late March, Liberty Shores Assisted Living Retirement Community had announc...

A report by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows that the use of restraints in nursing homes has declined 40 percent in ...

It is not uncommon for the elderly to become victims of financial abuse. They may be losing...

A recently released study of Medicaid-financed nursing home use over 18 months in 2001 and 2002 finds that in states such as Oregon that have ex...

A nursing home administrator has written a comprehensive guide to handling both the logistics and the emotions of making tough care decisions for an elderly parent or loved one.

An attorney specializing in elder care and estate planning provides detailed and practical information on how Medicaid works and the strategies for qualifying for it to pay long-term care costs (2009 edition updated through Jan. 1, 2009).

Many books deal with the physical ailments of aging. In this one, two clinical social workers address the challenges for adult children of coping with parents whose emotional reserves may be stretched thin by the aging process.