The AARP Home Alone study in 2012 was the first national look at how families, neighbors, and friends are managing medical/nursing tasks—that is, the complex care associated with administering multiple medications, changing dressings, handling medical equipment, and providing many other kinds of help that were formerly offered by trained professionals. Seven years later, this Home […]
Washington and Hawaii rely on public funds to cover cost of home care for older adults
Kaiser Health News reports on two states that have passed laws to help cover the cost of home care for older adults. Washington and Hawaii are relying on public funds to pay for long-term services and supports that enable more older adults to age in place. In Washington, a 0.58 percent payroll contribution will pay […]
These ailing veterans didn’t have caregivers at home. So they were taken in by a foster family.
Korean War veteran Stewart Breeding figured he’d spend the rest of his life alone when his wife, Jettie, died in 2016. He moved into a nursing home and was lonely. Fast-forward to last month — his 86th birthday — when Breeding walked into Donna and Bennie Nolan’s dining room in Ashland, Ky., to find balloons, […]
Invoking ‘Pain & Profit’, Sen. Bob Casey requests — and gets — federal probe of ‘dangerous’ denials by Medicaid companies.
Last year, an investigation by The Dallas Morning News exposed how the giant companies Texas pays to provide health insurance to extremely poor and disabled people were systematically skimping on care to boost profits. Days after “Pain & Profit” began publishing, Texas lawmakers launched official inquiries, millions of dollars were freed up to increase state oversight and about two dozen bills […]
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