Older adults participate in a falls prevention awareness day of action in Fort Worth, Texas, in September. Around the nation, doctors, lawmakers, advocates and patients are ringing alarm bells over ...

Health care at any level is expensive, but at the top of the list is nursing home care. The national annual median cost of care for a resident in a private room in a nursing home is now $127,750, ...

The doom scenarios for Medicaid are bleak, and it doesn’t take much imagination to get to them — even without direct cuts to ...

Couples are living longer, and that is both a good thing and a bad thing. Texas has 42 individual Medicaid programs, but we will focus on only one: nursing home Medicaid. It covers most medical and ...

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The average monthly cost of a nursing home in the United States is between $8,669 for a semi-private room and $9,733 for a private room. However, costs vary by location, the level of care, and the ...

That’s the word that stood out Monday, as Sen. John Hickenlooper visited the WestLake Care Community, a skilled nursing facility in Lakewood. In its lobby, he met with residents, caregivers and ...

FORT EDWARD — The leader of the not-for-profit Fort Hudson Health System said the organization will be forced to sell its ...

Dr. Fred Levin has been watching with growing alarm the national debate around federal cuts to Medicaid. He’s responsible for the medical care of about 100 older adults at the Community PACE center in ...