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The Rising Cost of Long-Term Care Services

The Metlife Mature Market Institute has released its annual survey of the cost of long-term care services, including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult day programs, and home care. And the news is not good. On average, provider costs rose far faster than the rate of inflation. The only exceptions were home care services, where costs were unchanged from 2010 [...]

By Howard Gleckman|2011-10-26T00:58:07-04:00October 26th, 2011|Aging, aging in place, family caregivers, Medicaid, nursing homes, Senior housing|5 Comments

Nursing Homes Closing: What It Means for Long-Term care

In the decade between 1999 and 2008, almost 3,000 nursing homes closed while the number of skilled nursing facility beds shrunk by nearly 100,000, or about 5 percent, according to a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine. In a nation with more nursing homes than McDonald's, and at a time when long-term care can be provided in other settings, that may not be [...]

By Howard Gleckman|2011-01-11T16:32:17-05:00January 11th, 2011|Medicaid, Medicare, nursing homes|0 Comments

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