In order to qualify for Medicaid assistance for nursing home care, assisted living, in-home care, or adult foster care, an individual must meet certain income and asset criteria. As a result of these rules, many candidates give away their money and resources to qualify. However, there is a “look-back period” before the individual’s application acceptance, […]
According to some sources, long-term care facilities are underfunded by the government. They lack the resources to do proper inspections of residential health facilities. You may have seen the rating system provided by the Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS awards stars to healthcare facilities on “Care Compare.” The stars are there to […]
There are many costs associated with aging well and securely. The financial toll for millions of the elderly and those families who do their best to care for and support them. Long-term care facilities and retirement communities cost staggering amounts of money, as do the high costs of premiums to maintain a long-term care insurance […]