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When they sent Archie home with hospice care, Edith, his wife, (names have been changed) knew that he didn’t have long to live. It was an emotional time and the couple had a long list of things [...]

On May 8, 2020, because of COVID-19, there was a big change in the law for nursing homes. Nursing homes are now “required to inform residents, their representatives, and families of those [...]

Question: My Mom is in the nursing home on Medicaid. Can the nursing home take Mom’s $1,200  coronavirus stimulus payment? Answer: No. The Social Security Administration just posted a blog [...]

Have you heard about the latest scam? Scammers are offering “free” genetic tests and claiming Medicare will cover it — so they can get your Medicare Number and use it to commit fraud and identity [...]

  In order to be eligible for Medicaid, you cannot have recently transferred assets. Congress does not want you to move into a nursing home on Monday, give all your money to your children [...]

In Louisiana, everyone is a mandatory reporter of elder abuse.  That means that if you have cause to believe that a senior is being abused or financially exploited, you have to report it.  And if [...]

  I don’t want to get Alzheimer’s.  Is there anything I can do to decrease my risk? That’s a question that the World Health Organization recently tried to answer.  They found some things [...]

Once a resident is settled in a nursing home, being told to leave can be very traumatic. Nursing homes are required to follow certain procedures before discharging a resident, but family members [...]

Huge Myth About Rehab Services Paid by Medicare   Have you heard that Medicare must cut you off of rehab services if you are not showing improvement? A nursing home or hospital facility may [...]

When they discharged Fred from the hospital, they told Wilma, his wife, that Fred would need to go into a nursing home for rehab.  Wilma asked which nursing homes were good, and the hospital [...]