Thursday, November 8, 2018

Nursing Homes Unprepared for Natural Disasters

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Although natural disasters are uncommon, like fires, blackouts, domestic and workplace violence, terrorism, and disease outbreaks, they are ...
Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Eldercare Locator Service Gets Facelift

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The Administration for Community Living  ("ACL)  announced the launch of its newly redesigned Eldercare Locator website. Located onl...
Sunday, November 4, 2018

Study Confirms that Quality of Care Higher in Non-Profit Nursing Homes

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Older adults who reside in for-profit nursing homes are nearly twice as likely to have health problems linked to poor care than those in non...
Monday, October 29, 2018

Feds Release New Quality Data Online

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McKnight's Long Term Care News reports that the federal government has released new data on the quality of care delivered in ski...
Saturday, October 27, 2018

2019 Medicare Advantage Plans Incorporate Long Term Care, Aging in Place Benefits

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S ome Medicare Advantage Plan (hereafter simply "Plan") issuers are quietly and carefully adding home-based and community-based...
Saturday, October 20, 2018

CMS Announces 2019 Medicare Premiums and Deductibles

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On October 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2019 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance am...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Social Security Announces 2019 Changes

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The Social Security Administration (SSA) has released the 2019 benefit changes.   Based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Declining SNF Utilization

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There is increasing evidence that either (1) utilization of nursing homes is rapidly diminishing, or (2) utilization of nursing homes has...
Friday, October 12, 2018

Conservator Owes Duty to Nursing Home to Timely Apply for Medicaid

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A Connecticut appeals court has held that a nursing home resident's conservator owes a duty of care to the nursing home to timely app...
Thursday, October 11, 2018

Wealthy Nursing Home Residents Would Prefer to Age in Place- Would Pay Family For Care

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A new survey of wealthy seniors suggests that many of nursing homes’ potential residents would prefer to receive long-term care at home,...