Everyone agrees that abuse of any kind perpetrated on vulnerable elderly residents in care facilities is abhorrent. Yet a recent warning issued by the Office of the Inspector General in the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) charges that the process of preventing and reporting elder abuse is woefully inadequate at just about … Read more
One of the final elder care policy moves of the Obama Administration will not be implemented after all, thanks to a ruling just announced by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (also called CMS). The new regulation means that nursing homes can continue requiring residents to sign binding arbitration agreements as a condition of … Read more
On our radio program and in our seminars, one of categories of questions we receive most frequently involves Medicaid. This social health care program for individuals and families with limited means has been around since 1965, and it’s true that many changes have been enacted through the years. Yet the level of misunderstanding and misinformation … Read more
A little over a year after it was first proposed, a new federal regulation will soon go into effect to allow residents and their families to sue nursing home operators in cases of neglect, abuse and criminal behavior. The regulation, which affects any nursing home that receives federal funds, does away with a common industry … Read more
Since 2008, consumers searching for the best quality nursing care facilities have relied on a 5-star rating system on the “Nursing Home Compare” website maintained by the U.S. Government (that website is located here – it allows you to search and review nursing care facilities by zip code or locale). The site includes a rating … Read more
You have an urgent medical problem, so you go to the hospital, where you’re kept under observation for several days. Your doctor then recommends a short stay in a nursing home for rehabilitation. Because you’re covered by Medicare, you assume those nursing home costs will be paid for, since Medicare typically covers up to 100 … Read more
A just-published investigation in the New York Times revealed a startling and disturbing fact. Of the estimated 1.4 million Americans living in nursing homes, many could thrive living elsewhere with some basic home help, but are unwillingly confined to the institutions where they live. In some cases this situation has persisted for decades. We encourage … Read more
About 1.3 million Americans receive care each day in nursing homes certified by either Medicare or Medicaid or both according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Low staffing levels, inadequate oversight and documented hazards are just some of the reasons for substandard nursing home care in America. For the frail and vulnerable, those deficiencies can mean … Read more
Are you worried about the care a loved one is receiving in a Skilled Nursing Facility or other institutional care facilities? Some families are resorting to video cameras to keep track of what happens in their loved one’s rooms when they’re not there to protect them. Illinois has begun drafting legislation that would allow families … Read more
If you must choose a nursing home for care for either yourself or someone you love, do your research. But a recent story in the New York Times suggests your research needs to go way beyond trusting Medicare’s star ratings. That’s because much of Medicare’s vaunted star rating system relies on self-reporting and that reporting … Read more
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