Believe it or not, it’s almost time to start thinking about Medicare open enrollment. This occurs every year from October 15th until December 7th. During this time, eligible individuals can sign up for Medicare or make changes to their … [Read more...]
Considerations for the Family Caregiver
If the COVID-19 pandemic has made anything clear, it is that life as we once knew it needed to be rethinked. For a lot of people, the old way of living and going about our days worked fine. But for many others, it didn’t. It took a … [Read more...]
Another Danger in the Care Staffing Crisis
A few weeks ago, a senior care facility based out of Colorado was informed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that they will no longer be receiving funds from CMS for new people to receive services from them. The … [Read more...]
Updates to CMS’s Visitation Guidelines
As of November 12th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated its guidelines for visitors to nursing homes. This comes after over a year of rules and regulations that have been viewed as controversial by many, especially … [Read more...]
A New Direction for Senior Care?
Many experts believe that the U.S. is at a critical point in terms of how it provides senior care. If things continue in the way that they have for the last several decades, there will be more seniors in need of care than what we currently … [Read more...]
Single-Payer Health Care and Seniors
One of the hot button issues this coming Presidential election is the topic of single-payer health care. This has been a widely discussed topic for years, but it seems that it has grown in popularity over the last several years, and … [Read more...]
How States are Covering Senior Care Coverage Gaps
The cost of care that the Baby Boomer generation will incur is a topic of growing concern to state governments. Although Medicare and Medicaid are national programs, they are administered by each state. This is why the Medicare and Medi-Cal … [Read more...]
Finding Help with Long Term Care Costs
For those that are involved in the industry, it’s been obvious for quite a while that policies need to change when it comes to insurance and paying for senior care. Even though there has been very little progress when it comes to federal … [Read more...]
Long Term Care for Veterans
Someone once said that you can tell a lot about a society by looking at how they take care of those that cannot take care of themselves. This is a good thing to keep in mind when looking at senior care as a whole, but it is something that … [Read more...]
Funding Care is a Basic Moral Value
Ensuring that senior citizens have the proper amount of senior care is a basic value that most everyone can agree on. What this looks like in practice is where things start to get complicated. In the U.S., there is not much that is covered … [Read more...]
Three Common Questions About Care Financing
Paying for senior care is one of the most pressing topics when it comes to helping our elderly loved ones. It’s also one of the most searched for topics on the web concerning the health and care of elderly folk. If you’re one of the people … [Read more...]
Medicare Changes Might be Helpful for Senior Living
Recently, it was announced that there would be changes to Medicare Advantage. Some of these changes could be very beneficial for seniors looking for assistance with their care, but this will only prove to be helpful if a better … [Read more...]