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  <title>Nursing home cost</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:19:18 -0500</pubDate>
  <title>HOLIDAY INN VS. &lt;b&gt;NURSING HOME&lt;/b&gt;</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15943/holiday-inn-vs-nursing-home/</link>
  <description>THE AVERAGE &lt;b&gt;COST&lt;/b&gt; OF  A DAY IN A &lt;b&gt;NURSING HOME&lt;/b&gt; IS $192. YOU CAN GET A REALLY NICE ROOM AT THE HOLIDAY INN FOR $65. THAT LEAVES $123 FOR BEER,FOOD(ROOM SERVICE),LAUNDRY,ELVIS COLLECTIBLES,GRATUITIES AND CLOTHES. THEY HAVE A SWIMMING POOL,A &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Survey: Average &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; of private &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; room drops in 2008&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;The charge for a private &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; in 2008 dropped about a half percentage point over a year earlier, while the national av...</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:19:35 -0500</pubDate>
  <title>Survey: Average &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; of private &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; room drops in 2008</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15896/survey-average-cost-of-private/</link>
  <description>The charge for a private &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; in 2008 dropped about a half percentage point over a year earlier, while the national average for a semi-private bed rose just 1.1%, according to a new national survey released Tuesday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;CMS starts NEW 5 STAR RATINGS OF &lt;b&gt;NURSING HOMES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;CMS has made a concerted push to offer more and better &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; information to consumers using its information Web site. Rated categories include quality, patient satisfaction, ...</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:19:25 -0500</pubDate>
  <title>An Alternative to Negligent &lt;b&gt;Nursing Home&lt;/b&gt; Care: New York&amp;#39;s Long &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15854/an-alternative-to-negligent-nursing/</link>
  <description>&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; Health offers the Long Term &lt;b&gt;Home&lt;/b&gt; Health Care Program, which is available to individuals who are medically eligible for placement in a &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; and can receive &lt;b&gt;home&lt;/b&gt; care at a &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; less than &lt;b&gt;nursing home cost&lt;/b&gt; in their &lt;b&gt;home&lt;/b&gt; county. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Survey: Average &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; of private &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; room drops in 2008 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Survey: Average &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; of private &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; room drops in 2008 - McKnigh...</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:19:18 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>It’sa whole family thing.</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15776/it-sa-whole-family-thing/</link>
  <description>We couldn’t just leave her out there… This  all explains why she isn’t in a &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt;. And now it’s like that over again, but WE PAID HER BACK. The amount she took was WAY  more than the &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; of the house we live in now. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;INCREASING CRISIS IN &lt;b&gt;NURSING HOME&lt;/b&gt; STAFFING&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;In fact, the demand for &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; services will likely continue to increase with the aging of the babyboomer generation. The population of persons over the ...</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:19:14 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>Fair Deal for older people as &lt;b&gt;Nursing&lt;/b&gt; Homes Bill published - Aylward</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15661/fair-deal-for-older-people/</link>
  <description>The Scheme will ensure  that residential &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; care is accessible to all who require it and also ensure that those older people who do need it have no concerns regarding the &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt;.&quot;&quot;Older age  can be a time of anxiety for older &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Coming of Age—Changes and Challenges in Eldercare&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Drawing from her 36 years as a registered nurse and a &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; administrator, as well as her experience caring for both her parents (both of whom s...</description>
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<guid>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15632/fair-deal-for-older-people/</guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:19:43 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>Fair Deal for older people as &lt;b&gt;Nursing&lt;/b&gt; Homes Bill published - Aylward</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15632/fair-deal-for-older-people/</link>
  <description>The Scheme will ensure  that residential &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; care is accessible to all who require it and also ensure that those older people who do need it have no concerns regarding the &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt;.&quot;&quot;Older age  can be a time of anxiety for older &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nursing&lt;/b&gt; homes dealing with more acutely ill&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;The administration is focused on &lt;b&gt;home&lt;/b&gt;- and community-based care, Witalec said, adding that &lt;b&gt;home&lt;/b&gt;-care is  more &quot;&lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; effective&quot; and growing num...</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:19:26 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>Fungal Jewels an Antidote to Lady Warnock and Dementia</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15591/fungal-jewels-an-antidote-to/</link>
  <description>In another common scenario, families sell off farms which have been theirs for generations, or a beloved family &lt;b&gt;home&lt;/b&gt;, to pay for the &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; of &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; care or assisted living. When the &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; depletes that money, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Rites of Life: Caregiving&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Her first big task is choosing a &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt;. She sorts through factors like &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt;, reputation, parents’ preferences and quality of care, and decides on the Medical C...</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:19:43 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>Social Security COLA Increases and Coordination of Benefits.</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15559/social-security-cola-increases-and/</link>
  <description>And his income is nowhere near sufficient to pay &lt;b&gt;nursing home costs&lt;/b&gt; of 150 to 200 DOLLARS PER DAY. (The average daily &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; of &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; care in Florida is $236/day, and rising faster than inflation. So if he&apos;s got no assets, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Avaricial&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Even better, my physical for the &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; gig is tomorrow and the hiring paperwork is going down this weekend, so I am in full $$ mode. I&apos;ll only have 6 days off per month for a while (maybe l...</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:19:36 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>Aging Experts Say United States is Heading Toward a “Senior Tsunami”</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15540/aging-experts-say-united-states/</link>
  <description>According to AARP,  the &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; of &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; care in California is almost $90000 per year. Assisted living care is over $30000 per year. Many aging Americans and their families simply can’t afford the care associated with growing older &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Long-Term Insurance Coverage: What to Look For&apos;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;A &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; right now currently &lt;b&gt;costs&lt;/b&gt; about $130 per day, while in 14 years that will be $260 per day at a five percent growth rate. Inflation is...</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:19:35 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>25935. IRA/&lt;b&gt;nursing home cost&lt;/b&gt;</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15507/25935-ira-nursing-home-cost/</link>
  <description>chollyr | Sheepdog | 15 rep. | While working we lived off my pay and saved in my wife&apos;s 401K. Since retirement we have rolled our IRAs and 401K into IRA annuities.~~We have about 95% of our savings in my wife&apos;s name and 5% in my name. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;How do you calculate the Medicaid Penalty Period&apos;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Medicaid is not available to help pay for John’s &lt;b&gt;nursing home costs&lt;/b&gt; for a period of 10 months. Jim will have to find some other way to care for his father, or pay for t...</description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:19:20 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>Discovering the Best &lt;b&gt;Nursing Home&lt;/b&gt; Care</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15470/discovering-the-best-nursing-home/</link>
  <description>Although a &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; may be brand new or may have recently been renovated, the &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; the entity has incurred is normally passed on to you. A long standing facility that is clean is more likely the best choice. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;10 Things to Know About Assisted Living&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Most families balk at the prospect of transferring an aging parent to a &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; because they like the aesthetics of assisted living — the carpeted floors, overstuffed chairs and crys...</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:19:20 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>newbie with questions about assisted living</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15412/newbie-with-questions-about-assisted/</link>
  <description>Currently, my dad&apos;s in a &lt;b&gt;nursing &lt;a href=&apos;http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/center-home-medical-nursing/15346/i-work-at-university-medical/&apos;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; for veterans, and therefore the &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; is quite reasonable (~2100 per month out of pocket-- he makes too much to qualify for an additional pension). Every assisted living facility that I&apos;ve found is &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Titanic survivor auctions items to clear debt&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;“I am selling it all now because I have to pay these &lt;b&gt;nur...</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:19:28 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>Last Titanic Survivor Has to Sell Her Relics To Pay &lt;b&gt;Cost&lt;/b&gt; of &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15371/last-titanic-survivor-has-to/</link>
  <description>The last time I was in Las Vegas I went to see an exhibit of items brought up from the Titanic. At the beginning of the tour they gave you a card with a passenger&apos;s ticket with their name and compartment . . .&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bills Rank Above Titanic Mementos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nursing home&lt;/b&gt; rooms &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; between $1000 and $1550 a week where Dean is staying in Southampton. In Britain Dean has access to free healthcare, but she chose a private facility that offers more comprehensive services fo...</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:19:31 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>&lt;b&gt;Nursing&lt;/b&gt; Grants To Cover &lt;b&gt;Cost&lt;/b&gt; Of Living</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15328/nursing-grants-to-cover-cost/</link>
  <description>Genworth Financial 2006 &lt;b&gt;Cost&lt;/b&gt; of Care Survey: &lt;b&gt;Nursing&lt;/b&gt; homes, assisted living ... It has the advantage of permitting states more flexibility to cover certain ... FREE Government Grants and Money! 60000 for &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; expenses. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Big picture ignored in &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; issue&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nursing&lt;/b&gt; homes are heavily regulated and less profitable in comparison with lower &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; assisted living facilities and other senior residential options. ...</description>
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<guid>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15167/nursing-home-sign-cost/</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:19:39 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>&lt;b&gt;Nursing Home&lt;/b&gt; Sign &lt;b&gt;Cost&lt;/b&gt;</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15167/nursing-home-sign-cost/</link>
  <description>You might recall this past April when I posted about the new sign at the Champaign County &lt;b&gt;Nursing Home&lt;/b&gt;. I finally got around to finding out the &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; of it a month or so ago and am just now posting about it. The sign &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; $16088. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nursing Home&lt;/b&gt; Scandal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;What do &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home/14124/nursing-home-told-to-clean/&apos;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; homes and mental institutions have in common&apos; They&apos;re both perpetual fodder...</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:19:21 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>&lt;b&gt;Nursing home&lt;/b&gt; budget increase won’t &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; taxpayers</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15120/nursing-home-budget-increase-won/</link>
  <description>POTTSVILLE — While Rest Haven is seeking a 4.68 percent increase in its budget for 2009, pushing total expenditures for Schuylkill County’s &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; over the $11 million mark, that hike will not &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; county taxpayers a cent.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;State agrees extra €77m for &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; refunds&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;THE GOVERNMENT has agreed to provide €77 million in supplementary funding to the Health Service Executive (HSE) this year to cover the &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; of &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;...</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:19:40 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>Long Beach - Seal Beach &lt;b&gt;Nursing&lt;/b&gt; Homes vs. &lt;b&gt;Home&lt;/b&gt; Care &lt;b&gt;Costs&lt;/b&gt;</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/15002/long-beach-seal-beach-nursing/</link>
  <description>Due to the drop in our economy, Seniors and elders are having to dig deeper into their pockets for &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; and assisted living care. A Genworth Financial 2008 &lt;b&gt;Cost&lt;/b&gt; of Care Survey lists the annual &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; of a years stay in a private &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Long Term Care - an explanation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Home&lt;/b&gt; Care Services range from $400 to $9100 per month based on needs from a few hours of assistance up to 24-hour or live-in care. Sticker Shock: 30% of people surveye...</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:19:32 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>Coping With the specter of financial ruin</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/14959/coping-with-the-specter-of/</link>
  <description>Which brings us to the point of paying for in &lt;b&gt;home&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; care with reduced assets. The average &lt;b&gt;nursing home cost&lt;/b&gt; is $60000 a year /$1150 a week. If you have any assets left, you can expect to consume them rapidly, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hey Congress - reign in &lt;b&gt;Nursing&lt;/b&gt; Homes before adopting &amp;quot;universal &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Most &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; patients are elderly. Of course, some &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; patients are under age 65. But, regardless of ...</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:19:51 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>I hate scammers</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/14815/i-hate-scammers/</link>
  <description>My Mother and i used to stay in the house not until i left for west Africa for a construction job with Total/elf,(i&apos;m a construction engineer) and my mum now too old to stay on her own is presently in a &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt;.i will be in west &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;August Minutes 2008&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nursing Home&lt;/b&gt; Coun. Sandford said a decision is to be made 21/8/08 about the preferred contractor. ADC Local Wide Plan Nothing to report. Community Lights Committee Quotes received from NEDL, mee...</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:19:20 -0400</pubDate>
  <title>If you have no trade/professional skills or talents, you can &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;</title>
  <link>http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home-cost/14812/if-you-have-no-trade/</link>
  <description>If wheel chairs &lt;b&gt;cost&lt;/b&gt; $500.00 and rents for 125.00, buy chairs in bulk. Enough chairs for every patient in a &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://alzheimersblog.org/blogs/nursing-home/5583/admissions-to-monteagle-nursing-home/&apos;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; facility and tell the &lt;b&gt;nursing home&lt;/b&gt; to call if they need repaired. A mass purchase would bring the per chair price down &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Frugal Parenting is Good Stewardship&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Whether it is delivering holy Communion or meals to the homebound, or volu...</description>
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