Approximately 70% of Americans will need some kind of long-term care toward the end of their lives—and about 48% will spend some time in a nursing home or assisted living facility. However, long-term care can cost thousands of dollars per month—and the costs can be… Read More
For the 70 percent of people older than 65 who the experts say will need long-term care at some point in their lives the costs just notched up again. According to the Genworth 2017 Cost of Care Survey released today, the annual median cost of long-term care services… Read More
About the Texas Ombudsman Program. What is an Ombudsman? Residents in nursing homes are among the frailest and vulnerable Texans. At times, they need help to improve their quality of life and care. An ombudsman can provide assistance so all facility residents receive respectful and… Read More
What is Medicaid Asset Protection Trust? When a trust is properly designed to provide asset protection, the assets transferred to it no longer belong to you. As a result, they are beyond the reach of Medicaid or any other future creditor. For this reason, the trust is often called a… Read More
Choosing a nursing home is one of the hardest decisions you will ever make. Your spouse, parent or another loved one needs to care that assisted living or home health care simply cannot provide. It’s time to choose a nursing home. The majority of Texas nursing… Read More
Texas Long Term Care Facilities – The Office of the Attorney General works to ensure that senior Texans receiving long-term care are treated with respect and dignity. Residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities, as well as seniors who receive long-term care in their homes, are entitled… Read More
Why the nursing home staff to patient ratio SO important… Most of the day-to-day direct care that residents receive is from nurse aides with licensed nurses supplementing this care in good facilities. Walking with residents to the dining room; helping with eating, going to the… Read More
The quality of nursing home care remains a critical challenge. Here are some steps you can take to ensure your elderly loved one is receiving quality nursing home care, and if they’re not, what you can do and who you can contact about it: 1.… Read More
The following are important questions to ask the nursing home, administrative staff, when looking for the best care for your loved one and some of the biggest complaints against Texas nursing homes. How many complaints have been filed against this facility in the past year?… Read More
Long-term care is expensive. In Texas, plan on spending about $145 per day. That’s the average cost in the state for a Semi-Private room, according to a survey published by the MetLife Mature Market Institute*. The projected yearly cost of $52,925 is based on an estimate… Read More
