Long Term Care

Updated Fact Sheet on Medicare Nursing Home Benefit

Medicare includes a nursing home benefit of up to 100 days following a qualifying hospital stay. The Medicare rehabilitation benefit…

1 year ago

Nursing Home Quality of Care Regulations Amended to Remove Expired COVID-19 Provisions

On June 5, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) amended 42 C.F.R. § 483.80 (infection control) and…

1 year ago

Elder Law Mishmash June 2023

The following is a mishmash of information on various Elder Law, Special Needs Law, and Estate Planning issues. It also…

1 year ago

CMS Oversight of Nursing Home Staffing Levels

Nursing homes are intended to be places of comfort and healing. More than 1.4 million individuals live in over 15,500…

1 year ago

The Plaintiff’s Injury Case

There are many types of "Plaintiff's cases." This article focuses on injury cases. Injury cases can be as simple as…

2 years ago

Should You Buy Long-Term Care Insurance

Like all insurance, long-term care insurance policies are designed to cover risk. With these policies, the risk is that you…

2 years ago

New Hospice Resource

On December 9, 2022, the Center for Medicare Advocacy and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice announced development…

2 years ago

Resident’s Right to Choose Activities and Interact with Others Inside and Outside the Nursing Home

Nursing home residents have the right to who they will spend time with and how they will spend it. Specifically,…

2 years ago

Resident’s Right to Refuse Unnecessary Intra-facility Transfers

Nursing home residents have a right to refuse unnecessary transfers within the facility. Specifically, 42 C.F.R. § 483.10(e)(7) and (8)…

2 years ago

Resident’s Right to Share a Room; Roommates

Nursing home residents have a right to share a room with whomever they wish as long as both residents agree.…

2 years ago