A Modest Raise for Nursing Home Workers Could Save 15,000 Lives
According to new research, raising the minimum wage by as little as 10 percent would significantly improve the safety and health of nursing home residents. A visiting scholar at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, Krista Ruffini recently published her findings on the impact of increasing the minimum wage on nursing home quality and turnover. She compared […]
How to Fight a Nursing Home Discharge
As an experienced elder law practice in Bucks County PA we know and clients tell us all of the time that the process of getting admitted to a nursing home can be stressful. Now, imagine you or your loved one has been asked to leave. Nursing homes are required to adhere to certain discharge procedures […]
New Protections for Nursing Home Residents
Laws created during the Obama administration to give nursing home residents more control of their care are gradually going into effect. The rules give residents more options regarding meals and visitation as well as making changes to discharge and grievance procedures. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid finalized the rules in November 2016. These […]
Nursing Home Costs Rise Sharply in 2017
Want to live in a private nursing home room? Expect to pay more. That’s according to Genworth’s 2017 Cost of Care survey of U.S. nursing homes, conducted by the insurer each year, which found that the median cost for a private room rose 5.5 percent between 2016 and 2017. Genworth says the median cost of a […]
Hospitals Now Must Provide Notice About Observation Status
President Barack Obama signed a law in August 2015, that was intended to prevent surprises after a Medicare beneficiary is in the hospital under “observation” and is later admitted to a nursing home. This is important because Medicare covers nursing home stays entirely for the first 20 days, but only if the patient was first […]
Costly Mistakes to Avoid When a Spouse Enters a Nursing Home
Moving your spouse into a nursing home can be a weighty decision, emotionally and financially. If you don’t take the right steps, there is a chance that transitioning to a nursing home will drain your spouse’s finances, and possibly even your own. In this blog post, we’ll look at some common mistakes to avoid before […]
The Cost of Nursing Home Care
There are a lot of people who envision having their elderly relatives living in a nursing home at some point, and many people are concerned about the cost of living in a nursing home. While many families enjoy caring for their relatives at home, there may come a time when they are no longer physically […]