Monday, October 19, 2015

Married Couples Should Reconsider Home Ownership In Trust

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A narrowly divided Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that the transfer of a home between spouses prior to Medicaid eligibility is an impr...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Non-Profit Long-Term Care Safer than For-Profit

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A Canadian study reported by McKnight's concludes that for-profit long-term care facilities have significantly higher rates of mortal...
Monday, October 12, 2015

No Increase in Social Security Benefits Next Year

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For just the third time in 40 years, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect no increase ...
Thursday, October 8, 2015

Good Care Is the Best Medicine for Alzheimer's

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Lou-Ellen Barkan , President and CEO of the New York City Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, writing in the Huffington Post Blog , m...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Nursing Home Resident Disqualified for Transfer of Assets Eligible for Undue Hardship Exception

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A New York appeals court recently held that a nursing home is  eligible for the undue hardship exception to a Medicaid penalty period, ev...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Nursing Home Residents Twice as Likely to Suffer Fractures

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A Canadian survey has revealed that older adults living in long-term care facilities are more than twice as likely as their peers living at ...
Monday, October 5, 2015

The "Residents' Bill of Rights" is NOT the Residents'-- Federal Nursing Home Act Creates NO Private Causes of Action

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A Federal District Court has ruled that the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act, which among other things requires the provision of certain s...
Thursday, October 1, 2015

California Elder Abuse Law Protects Only Residents

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A California appeals court has ruled that an 85-year-old man is not a protected elder under the state’s financial elder abuse law becaus...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Senators Seek To Ban Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Home Admission Agreements

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McKight's reports that a group of  senators urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)   to ban arbitration clauses ...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Habits Are Hard to Break: Nursing Homes Habitually Violate Federal Standards Year After Year

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Coalition for Quality Care (CQC), along with Coalition member Voices for Quality Care , have conducted a new analysis of federal inspect...