Dear Toni: As a certified case manager and critical care unit registered nurse, I advise people who are seeking help for a parent or spouse with end-of-life issues. Those who have serious health care ...

Senior living options aren't one-size-fits-all, and you don't want to be caught flat-footed in the event of an unexpected health crisis. The time to start researching senior care ...

Medicare offers help for caregivers of dementia patients but getting the word out has not been easy. People who work in dementia care are trying to build awareness of a Medicare benefit of $2,500 to ...

Medicare Part A and Medicare Advantage plans may cover respite care as part of hospice care coverage, potentially covering 95% of eligible costs for up to 5 consecutive days. The respite care must be ...

Original Medicare (parts A and B) and Medicare Advantage (Part C) cover up to 5 consecutive days of inpatient respite care in a hospital or skilled nursing facility for people in hospice. Medicare ...

In 2020, more than one in five U.S. adults were caregivers, tending to the needs of at least one adult or child with special needs in the previous year, according to the “Caregiving in the U.S. report ...

Henry Jones felt like he was at the end of the line in the summer of 1991. "There was no way out," he remembered thinking. "I prayed and was tired, but I couldn't see no way out." Jones had been ...

New York hospitals are under enormous strain and looming Medicaid cuts threaten to widen budget gaps, particularly for public hospitals. At the same time, we continue to struggle with providing people ...

When 57-year-old Robert Creasey was released from the hospital a few days ago, there was no home or family waiting to help him recover from his stomach surgery. The U.S. Navy veteran is homeless and ...