Medicare does cover skilled nursing care for up to 100 days, but only under limited circumstances, such as when you've just ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover tax, budget and retirement policy from Washington Three things are true about long-term care, though many Americans don’t ...

To qualify for home healthcare under Medicare, you’ll need to show that you are “homebound” due to illness and injury via a doctor’s examination and recommendation. However, you’ll first need to be ...

Sometimes, a person may need intermittent or temporary home healthcare, such as after a hospital stay when they still require a certain amount of care. Medicare Part A covers home healthcare after ...

After several months of home health dealmaking uncertainty sparked by the largest-ever proposed cut to Medicare home health ...

Medicare may end a person’s skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage if the care is no longer medically necessary or if they use all their covered days in a benefit period. An SNF is a care facility ...

Dear Toni: As a certified case manager and critical care unit registered nurse, I advise people who are seeking help for a parent or spouse with end-of-life issues. Those who have serious health care ...

More and more families are choosing in-home care for their aging loved ones. It’s easy to see why: Most older adults want to stay in the comfort of their own homes for as long as they can. They want ...