The Caring.com analysis identifies Mississippi as the most affordable state overall for senior care, followed by Texas and ...

The proposed rule required a registered nurse on-site at all times. It also stipulated a minimum of 3.48 hours of direct care ...

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

Many people will need to stay in a nursing home at some point in their lives. How much care they'll need and how long they need to stay, however, can be hard to predict. And unfortunately, Medicare ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has officially repealed most of the provisions of the federal nursing home staffing mandate.

A growing number of health plans recognize the value of home-based care, with some taking active steps to ensure their ...

A national long-term care coalition gave an update Tuesday on their action plans to address the fundamental issues facing the LTC sector. Highlighted were plans for a new pilot for a nurse aide ...

ALBANY — After hearing Albany County Executive Mike Breslin present his plan to replace the 37-year-old county nursing home with community-based home health care for the elderly, a lawmakers' ...

Learn about essential services for seniors that Medicare doesn't cover, including non-medical long-term care, nursing home stays, hearing aids, and more.

Congress’ Medicare advisory committee has made it clear that much work still needs to be done to bring alignment to post-acute care regulatory and payment matters. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ...