Long-term care industry facing changes as pandemic pushes more families toward home care

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Consumers are shifting away from nursing homes, according to a new study After more than a year battling the deadly coronavirus pandemic, long-term care facilities may be seeing a change in the industry as consumers shift away from nursing homes and assisted living facilities, according to a new study published by an industry research group. Widespread distribution […]

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Poll: Americans Want Help to Age in Place

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Overwhelmingly, Americans want to age in place in their own homes and communities, but want help to do so, citing assistance from Medicare as a key priority, according to a big new survey from the AP-NORC Center and The SCAN Foundation. The findings are consistent with polls done by these groups since 2013. The “vast majority […]

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Hospice Care in Nursing Facilities During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

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In the Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations guidance from the Quality, Safety, & Oversight (QSO) division of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), it is expected that hospice staff be included in the Long Term Care (LTC) COVID testing program. NAHC has heard from many hospices regarding questions, issues, and barriers to testing and […]

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CMS Releases Safeguards for Medicare Patients in Hospice Care

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently posted a MLN Hospice Fact Sheet, Safeguards for Medicare Patients in Hospice Care, in response to two reports on hospice care by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG). (See previous coverage of these reports here and here.) The fact sheet […]

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Poll: Long-Term Care a Concern for the Young and Hispanics

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Many young Americans are already providing care to an older loved one, but they feel unprepared for the task, while Hispanics, in particular, worry about finding home health care they can afford and an aide who speaks their language. That’s according to The Long-Term Care Poll, an annual survey from the AP-NORC Center, a collaboration […]

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Improvements Needed in VA Long-Term Care, Congress Told

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On Monday, July 30th, the Health Subcommittee of the House of Representatives Veterans Affairs Committee held a field hearing, VA Long-term Care: What’s Working, What’s Not, and How to Best Serve Our Aging Veteran, in Camarillo, California. Led by Committee Chairman Neal Dunn (R-FL) and Ranking Member Julia Brownley (D-CA), the hearing focused on the […]

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