The top ten for-profit nursing home chains in the United States provide a lesser quality of care to their patients, partially due to fewer nursing staffing hours, according to a recent study published in Health Services Research. Nurse “staffing hours” in the largest for-profit chains were 30% lower than those in non-profit and government nursing homes […]
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The Money Follows the Person (MFP) movement, which uses federal grant money to save Medicaid dollars by transitioning the program’s beneficiaries out of institutions and back into their homes or communities, saw a turning point in 2011 with nearly 17,000 transitions, reports a December 2011 Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. “When asked to […]
The Federal Housing Administration’s Healthcare Section 232 & Section 242 programs did their part to reduce the annual Federal deficit, according to a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) spokesperson. While FHA’s single family program remains below the two percent capital ratio required by Congress, the General Insurance fund—which includes the two healthcare programs […]
The growing senior population in the United States is facing a variety of concerns as they head into retirement, and the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender) community has its own share of worries, especially regarding where they will live, according to The Aging and Health Report which surveyed 2,560 LGBT older adults. The survey estimates that […]
Builder confidence has gone down in the 55+ housing market for single-family homes, falling three points to 12 compared to the same period last year, according to the lastest National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) 55+ Housing Market Index. “The current state of the economy continues to affect buyers in the 55+ housing market,” said […]
Nests are taking longer to get empty as the number of young adults living with their parents increased between 2005 and 2011, U.S. Census Bureau data shows, with about 15% more 25- to 34-year-olds staying at home. The percentage of men in that age group who remained living in their parent’s homes rose from 14% […]
Pre-retirees’ expectations for retirement aren’t matching up with the reality of some who have already retired, according to a poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and Harvard School of Public Health. People aged 50 and older who have either retired already, plan to retire (pre-retiree), or have no plans to retire were […]
The drop in house prices and personal experience with the housing market crash are the two biggest factors in affecting consumer attitude and confidence in homeownership, finds an October 2011 behavioral report, with consumer confidence in homeownership shifting to the older generation. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Center for Behavioral Economics researched data from a 2008 […]
Despite the attractive terms and interest rates offered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) senior housing financing programs, many have been turned off by the lengthy HUD queue and are resorting to other funding sources. “The basic problem with the FHA program is that it takes way too long, and a lot […]
Many are aware of the costs of long-term care (LTC) and the possibility of their future LTC needs, but few are actively saving, says a new Northwestern Mutual study. Although 77% of Americans acknowledge the increasing need for LTC planning, nearly half, at 45%, say they’re “not sure” how they plan to address future LTC needs, […]
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