Anyone with an interest in quality nursing home care should agree on one thing: The moment for Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (QAPI) is now! A couple of years ago, a nursing home ...

Q: How important is it to check the QAPI and QAA guidance updates in the State Operations Manual? A: If you haven’t checked it lately, now is a good time to look. Refer to text in RED indicating ...

Long-term care can be expensive. In fact, "the cost of care can be up to $10,000 a month for care in a nursing home, some more some less depending on the city and state the client receives care in," ...

If you read my work regularly, you know that I’m a little bit obsessed with the topic of long-term care, not just how to pay for it, but also all the other dimensions of it, like the impact on ...

Long-term care insurance (LTC) can pay for costs not covered by health insurance or Medicare, like a home health aide, physical therapy or ongoing care in a nursing facility. Before you buy a policy, ...