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June 14, 2006
Seniors Moving Out of Nursing Home System
Around the country, nursing homes - once consider life's final stop - are experiencing a growing number of residents who are packing up and moving out, as more and more seniors receive the help they need through home care or in assisted living settings.
The New York State Health Department, which estimates that caring for seniors in home and community settings can cost up to half as much as nursing homes, is responding to the trend: State officials hope to get a federal waiver this summer that will let up to 5,000 elderly and disabled nursing home residents on Medicaid get the same care elsewhere.
Posted by Michelle at June 14, 2006 07:43 PM