Experts told PBS News that there are ways to ensure older adults get the quality and type of care they need, but most require ...

Washington will launch the nation’s first full-scale effort to help the state’s workforce afford long-term care and services ...

Starting July next year, residents in need of long-term care in Washington will have new options to avoid financial pitfalls ...

There's a federal crackdown on using Medicaid for migrant health outside of emergencies. Arizona is strict about excluding ...

New rules would restrict access to the low-income health insurance program, punish states covering undocumented children, and ...

Across Illinois, about 70% of days in nursing home care are covered by Medicaid, according to state officials. Advocates ...

Gerontology researchers who study health and well-being in later life have analyzed what the potential impacts of Medicaid ...

Medicaid, jointly funded by the federal government and the states, is also the biggest funder in the U.S. of long-term care services, in the patient’s home, another location, or a nursing home.

A nursing home cannot take your savings, home or other assets. Aside from a general ability to sue you for unpaid bills, nursing homes have no right or ability to simply seize what is yours. That said ...

Rural hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics brace for impact as House Republicans plan $715 billion in cuts over 10 years.

Washington state has a public long-term care insurance program for residents, and other states like California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania are exploring their own.

Medicare, the federal health insurance program that covers about 61 million Americans aged 65 and up, does not pay for typical long-term care services. The responses to EBRI’s survey highlight a ...