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FINANCIAL ABUSE OF THE ELDERLY ON THE RISE Financial abuse of the elderly is on the rise. In 1986, there were 117,000 cases of financial abuse reported to state adult protective service (APS) programs. In 2000, the number of reported cases totaled 470,709. Worse yet,...
IT'S MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT Sometimes it seems as if people think the United States Constitution holds the answers to all of their problems. "It's my constitutional right," they'll say when they have a legal problem. But I can assure you, you don't have a...
BUT WE RELIED ON WHAT YOU TOLD US" What you tell the staff of an assisted living residence at the time of admission may come back to bite you. I have had a number of clients contact me concerned over the terms of a contract that the staff of an assisted living...
REVISITING THE FORTUNATE SPOUSE In a previous column, The Fortunate Spouse, I discussed the Medicaid laws governing the treatment of a couple's income after one spouse had qualified for Medicaid benefits. In that column I gave an example of the income allowance that...
NURSING HOME COSTS ON THE RISE - DON'T JUST SIT THERE A recent survey found that the cost of a nursing home is rising across the country. According to the survey, the national average cost of a nursing home room is $192 per day, or $70,000 per year. The average length...
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