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New study reveals need for more funding for alternatives to nursing home care

Senior citizens who do not have children to help care for them are less likely to have to go into a nursing home if they live in a state that spends more on home- and community- based services found.   Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report the finding in the May 11 issue

Medicaid is failing our elderly

A new report shows that Medicaid programs are failing to deliver adequate medical services to the low-income populations they were designed to serve including nursing home residents.  The non-profit consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen issued a report ranking Medicaid programs by how they met and surpassed federal mandates in four categories: eligibility, scope of services,

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