Helping Dementia Patients Live at Home Could Ease Burden on Medicaid Budgets

A counseling and support program for caregivers of dementia patients helps those patients live at home longer, helping them maintain some independence and saving tens of millions of dollars for state Medicaid budgets, according to a new study published in The Gerontologist. The New York University Caregiver Intervention (NYUCI) is a program of six counseling…