Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York has been subpoenaed to appear before a House subcommittee to answer for his administration’s handling of nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic, reigniting a flashpoint that could further damage his chances at a political comeback. The Republican-led Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic accused Mr. Cuomo of […]
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Old and Young, Talking Again
On Fridays at 10 a.m., Richard Bement and Zach Ahmed sign on to their weekly video chat. The program that brought them together provides online discussion prompts and suggests arts-related activities, but the two largely ignore all that. “We just started talking about things that were important to us,” said Mr. Ahmed, 19, a pre-med […]
Read MoreWhen a Spouse Goes to the Nursing Home
Even as the signals of approaching dementia became impossible to ignore, Joseph Drolet dreaded the prospect of moving his partner into a long-term care facility. Mr. Drolet, 79, and his beloved Rebecca, 71, both retired lawyers and prosecutors in Atlanta, had been a couple for 33 years, though they retained separate homes. In 2019, she […]
Read MoreIt’s 2024. Here Are the New Laws That New Yorkers Should Know About.
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed roughly 900 bills in 2023. Those laws — many of which are scheduled to take effect in the new year — touch nearly every aspect of New Yorkers’ lives. There are measures recognizing additional school holidays (the Lunar New Year and Diwali), and others that establish broader protections for freelance workers […]
Read MoreIn U.K. Town, a New Way of Caring for Older People
For 12 years after her husband died, Norma Fitzgerald tried to maintain her independence, living alone in an apartment on the outskirts of Hull, in northern England, despite her mobility worsening as she reached her mid-80s. Then one day in the spring of 2022, she suddenly grew dizzy. Her legs gave out, and she collapsed […]
Read MoreIn U.K. Town, a New Way of Caring for Older People
For 12 years after her husband died, Norma Fitzgerald tried to maintain her independence, living alone in an apartment on the outskirts of Hull, in northern England, despite her mobility worsening as she reached her mid-80s. Then one day in the spring of 2022, she suddenly grew dizzy. Her legs gave out, and she collapsed […]
Read MoreSt. Louis Nursing Home Closes, Leaving 170 Without Homes
The largest nursing home in St. Louis closed so abruptly last week, according to the union representing workers there, that 170 people living there were moved to new homes without notifying relatives and staff did not receive their last paycheck. The Missouri Health and Senior Services Department said in a statement to The Associated Press […]
Read MoreWhat to Know About Long-Term Care Insurance
If you’re wealthy, you’ll be able to afford help in your home or care in an assisted-living facility or a nursing home. If you’re poor, you can turn to Medicaid for nursing homes or aides at home. But if you’re middle class, you’ll have a thorny decision to make: whether to buy long-term care insurance. […]
Read MoreWhy Long-Term Care Insurance Fails Short for So Many
For 35 years, Angela Jemmott and her five brothers paid premiums on a long-term care insurance policy for their 91-year-old mother. But the policy does not cover home health aides whose assistance allows her to stay in her Sacramento bungalow, near the friends and neighbors she loves. Her family pays $4,000 a month for that. […]
Read MoreExtra Fees Drive Assisted Living Profits
Assisted-living centers have become an appealing retirement option for hundreds of thousands of boomers who can no longer live independently, promising a cheerful alternative to the institutional feel of a nursing home. But their cost is so crushingly high that most Americans can’t afford them. These highly profitable facilities often charge $5,000 a month or […]
Read MoreA Guide to Assisted Living
Are you confused about what an assisted-living facility is, and how it differs from a nursing home? And what you can expect to pay? Here’s a guide to this type of housing for older people. What is assisted living? Assisted-living facilities occupy the middle ground of housing for people who can no longer live independently […]
Read MoreFacing Financial Run as Costs Soar for Elder Care
Margaret Newcomb, 69, a retired French teacher, is desperately trying to protect her retirement savings by caring for her 82-year-old husband, who has severe dementia, at home in Seattle. She used to fear his disease-induced paranoia, but now he’s so frail and confused that he wanders away with no idea of how to find his […]
Read MoreWhat Long-Term Care Looks Like Around the World
🇨🇦 CANADA. Provinces and territories fund long-term care services through general tax revenue. Money budgeted is not always enough to cover all services, and some localities give priority to those with the greatest needs. The amount of subsidies people can receive, the costs they have to pay out of pocket and the availability of services […]
Read MoreCaregivers Worry About a Lack of Resources for Long-term Care
Natasha Lazartes 39, therapist, Brooklyn I am 39 years old. I had to care for my father, who passed from cancer in 2019; my mother, who passed in November 2021 from cancer; and since her passing I have inherited the care of my grandmother. She is 97, diagnosed with moderate dementia and is considered high […]
Read MoreAmong New York’s Sidewalk Sideshows, 2 Goats and a Story of Despair
The short, slender woman clutches two leashes in her right hand. At their ends are two goats, Marshmallow and Brownie. The three of them stand in the human jet stream of Rockefeller Center, and people stop to take pictures or pet the animals. How cute, they say. Only in New York, they say. A young […]
Read MoreAs Covid Infections Rise, Nursing Homes Are Still Waiting for Vaccines
A big obstacle, though, continues to be resistance to vaccination among nurses and aides. Like many facility owners, Avalon Health Care Group, which owns or operates more than a dozen nursing homes in western states, is not mandating staff be vaccinated. Dr. Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, Avalon’s chief medical officer, says she tries to address the […]
Read MoreNeglect in New Jersey Nursing Homes Violated Veterans’ Rights, U.S. Says
The care given to military veterans at two state-run nursing homes in New Jersey was so poor that it violated residents’ constitutional rights, according to a U.S. Department of Justice investigation released Thursday. The veterans’ homes in Edison and Paramus experienced some of the country’s highest coronavirus death rates. But the scathing report found that […]
Read MoreFederal Officials Propose New Nursing Home Standards to Increase Staffing
The nation’s most thinly staffed nursing homes would be required to hire more workers under new rules proposed on Friday by the Biden administration, the greatest change to federal nursing home regulations in three decades. The proposed standard was prompted by the industry’s troubled performance earlier in the coronavirus pandemic, when 200,000 nursing home residents […]
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