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How the “Community Spouse” Can Protect Family Assets When Medicaid Enters the Picture

Watching a lifetime of savings drain away because a spouse needs long‑term care is one of the most frightening financial moments a family can face. Medicaid can step in to cover nursing home costs, but it comes with strict rules that can feel unforgiving if you don’t know how they…

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$8,669 a Month? The New Reality of Nursing Home Costs and Medicaid Cuts

If you’ve looked into long-term care recently, you’ve probably experienced sticker shock. Nursing home costs are soaring to levels that many families simply can’t afford,...

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10 Reasons Your Kids Are Now Opting for Nursing Homes Instead of Their Homes

If you’ve noticed more families choosing nursing homes instead of bringing aging parents into their own homes, you’re not imagining things. While most older adults...

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Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer-winning author who turned unlikely subjects into bestsellers, dies at 80

Tracy Kidder, an award-winning narrative nonfiction writer who turned everything from computer engineering to life in a nursing home into unexpected bestsellers, has died

The Independent UK

Be Well: Medicaid 'spend down' strategy can cover high long-term care costs. But do not go it alone

Many older Americans end up relying on Medicaid for long-term care because Medicare rarely covers daily help like bathing or eating

The Independent UK

How to Report Suspected Medical Neglect in a Pennsylvania Nursing Home in 2026

You might find it deeply unsettling to visit a loved one in a care facility and notice signs of declining health, poor hygiene, or unexplained injuries

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'A joke': nursing home fined after deadly COVID breach

The families of 45 aged care residents who died in a nursing home's COVID-19 outbreak have lashed a $150,000 fine handed to the organisation as a "joke".

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Common Warning Signs of Nursing Home Neglect Families Should Not Ignore

Family visits at a nursing home can feel normal until a new bruise, an odd smell or sudden weight changes tell a different story.

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7 Medicaid Myths That Can Disrupt Long-Term Care Planning

Planning for long-term care is stressful enough, but widespread Medicaid myths make it even harder for families to make smart, timely decisions. Many seniors delay...

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Singing the news: the story of Italy’s last ‘cantastorie’ – still performing in his 90s

Famous for combining true crime and political scandals into songs – and antagonising Silvio Berlusconi – Franco Trincale keeps the tradition alive in his nursing home

The Guardian - UK

7 Nursing Home Contract Fees That Aren’t as “Standard” as They Sound

Most families walk into a nursing home contract expecting a clear monthly rate, only to discover pages of fine print filled with vague charges and...

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Nursing Home Costs are Skyrocketing in New York: How the 5-Year Medicaid Look-Back Rule Affects Your Assets

Nursing home costs in New York are rising faster than almost anywhere else in the country, and families are feeling the pressure. With private‑pay prices...

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Unlicensed staff have been having consensual sex with nursing home residents – leaving Utah officials in a dilemma

There are no professional rules or laws barring consensual sex between nursing home residents and unlicensed staff, but such relationships could leave elderly patients vulnerable, officials warn

The Independent UK

It's Time to Bust These 3 Long-Term Care Myths (and Face Some Uncomfortable Truths)

None of us wants to think we'll need long-term care when we get older, but the odds are roughly even that we will. Which is all the more reason to understand the realities of LTC and how to pay for it.

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New York Medicaid Spending Up 60% — Why Some Retirees Say Care Is Harder to Access

You probably think that a massive increase in state spending would lead to better care for New York’s aging population. However, the opposite is currently happening in hallways across the state. New York’s Medicaid spending has surged, with total expenditures expected to reach $123.8 billion for fiscal year 2026. Yet,…

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How an empty nursing home became a housing solution

The hundreds of thousands of disused buildings across rural Australia could be transformed into worker accommodation as renewable energy projects roll out.

The Independent UK

Family demanding answers from nursing home after 93-year-old nun found dead on nearby snow bank in frigid temperatures

Margaret Healey, a former Catholic school teacher and nun with Alzheimer’s, was found unresponsive in the snow after wandering off in subzero temperatures as relatives question Connecticut facility’s response

The Independent UK

How to protect a loved one when choosing a nursing home or assisted living facility

The need to move a loved one into a nursing home or assisted living facility often comes suddenly — after a fall, a medical crisis or the loss of a caregiver

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Medicaid Waiver Slots Are Opening in Several States

If you need nursing home-level care but want to stay in your own house, you need a waiver. Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waivers...

The Independent UK

At least a dozen nursing home residents in their 70s to 90s victims of sex offenses by same suspect, cops say

Investigation launched into offenses of a sexual nature at long term care facility, with one suspect identified

The Independent UK

Gas smell at nursing home was reported hours before deadly explosion, report says

Federal regulators say a nursing home maintenance director reported a natural gas smell hours before an explosion killed three people and injured about 20

The Guardian - AU

I’ve read this picture book so many times – but only 25 years later do I really understand it

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge was a favourite when my son was small. Now my father’s in a nursing home – and Mem Fox’s book has new significance

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Nursing Home Staffing Mandate Repealed: What Families Need to Know in 2026

For decades, choosing a nursing home meant hoping there were enough nurses to answer the call button at 3:00 AM. In 2024, the federal government...

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UnitedHealth Faces Renewed Scrutiny into Its Nursing Home Practices. What Does That Mean for UNH Stock?

Could continued inspection over nursing home care keep a lid on valuation or permanently derail a still‑profitable, dividend‑paying healthcare giant?

The Guardian - US

Senators claim UnitedHealth is withholding internal documents from inquiry

UnitedHealth says it will ‘continue to engage’ with lawmakers who began investigating their involvement in nursing home care after Guardian investigation

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