Medicaid is a federal program that provides financial assistance to individuals who meet the minimum income and asset requirements for nursing home care, assisted living, in-home care, and adult foster care. As a result of these rules, many candidates give…
The acronym LASA, which stands for “look-alike-sound-alike”, is commonly used when referring to medications. When it comes to federal programs, Medicaid and Medicare, in written form, look alike and they do sound alike but work very differently. Both Medicare and…
There is a report published by the Alzheimer’s Association (alz.org) entitled Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures. The findings give pause when contemplating the future of many Americans who will be living with crippling dementia. Health care and long-term care costs…