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Report Analyzes Person-Centered Care in the States

The report examines how well states are implementing a 2014 rule that creates the right to person-centered care planning for Medicaid consumers of Long-Term Services and Supports.

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Aging Parents Typically Resist Getting Needed Help

The survey finds that seniors’ resistance to getting needed medical care is the easiest for children to overcome, while decisions about whether to continue driving and getting needed home care and help with household chores are the most common trouble spots.

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Informal Care of Elderly Valued at Over Half Trillion Dollars Annually

The price tag for informal caregiving of elderly people by friends and relatives in the United States comes to $522 billion a year, according to a new study. Replacing that care with unskilled paid care at minimum wage would cost $221 billion, while replacing it with skilled nursing care would cost $642 billion annually, the study says.

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