Long Term Care

Caregiver Crunch: How To Find Affordable Care

Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Aging, Home Care, Alzheimers, Ken Dychtwald, Ltc, Long Term Care, Nursing Homes, Caregiver, Health Insurance, Health Care, Living News

Living longer means more years to learn, work, play and enjoy time with those we love. However, there's also the increased possibility of health problems along the way.

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Get Medicaid Out of the Long-Term Care Business

Howard Gleckman | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Caring for Our Parents, Medicare, Long-Term Care, Medicaid, Care Coordination, Politics News

Why is Medicaid -- a welfare-like program intended to provide medical assistance to low-income mothers and their children -- supplying long-term care services to the elderly and younger adults with disabilities at all?

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Some Death Panels Do Exist

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Richard Stellar, The Oscars, Death Panels, United Nations, David Tillman, Ronald Reagan, Jean Hersholt, Shirley Temple, Long Term Care, Motion Picture and Televison Fund, President, Living News

If one insists on finding Death Panels, they're not hard to find: The Motion Picture and Television Fund has announced it's closing health care for the renowned Motion Picture Home.

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Presidential Candidates Lack Long-Term View on Long-Term Care

Stuart Shapiro | Posted 11.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Senior Citizens, Health, Long-Term Care, Elderly Americans, Health Care, Healthcare, Living News

The case is clear: America is heading toward a fiscal tsunami. Surviving this wave will involve monumentally more than just shoring up the three key retirement pillars of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

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Health Reform When your Life Depends on it: Seven Essential Principles from the Multiple Sclerosis Society

Harold Pollack | Posted 11.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Multiple Sclerosis, Long-Term Care, Health Reform, Health, Living News

Not surprisingly, the MS community is anxiously watching the health reform debate.

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Rabbi Calls Out From the Shtetl: "Raise Medicaid Reimbursement Rates"

Harold Pollack | Posted 10.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Rosh Hashanah, Long-Term Care, Medicaid, I.L. Peretz, Castaway, Health Reform, Health, Religion, Living News

Even for secularist me, Rosh Hashana packs surprising power. I use the season to resolve old debts and squabbles and note my recent accomplishments and failings.

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