Insights

You have just been told you cannot see your own mother, and the paperwork your brother is holding says he…

This is one of the most painful questions families ask me, and it never arrives on its own. Somebody is…

There is a list of programs open in a browser tab right now, and it is long, and every one…

When money is tight and the caregiving has already taken over your week, the word free does something to your…

You have cut your hours, turned down work, or left a job outright, and the household has absorbed that quietly….

If you have been searching for CDPAP in Texas and getting nowhere, there is nothing wrong with your searching. CDPAP…

Somebody in your family has ended up as the one holding the folder, and it is you. Nobody asked whether…

Almost everybody wants to keep their parent at home. It is usually the last promise made before things got difficult,…

You have been quoted a number for assisted living and it is not survivable. Somebody has told you that Medicaid…

Here is how it usually goes. Medicare denies the claim. Someone says the word Medicaid. And a family that is…

How families pay for long-term dementia care: the 5 funding sources and the lifetime cost of over $405,000 per person, mapped in one national guide.

Medicare covers skilled home health up to 28 hours a week, not custodial care. Medicaid HCBS waivers cover personal care but vary by state. See who pays.