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A CALIFORNIA COURT HAS ruled that a nursing home owned by a national chain violated state and federal laws when it refused to readmit a resident after a brief hospital stay. The Sacramento County Superior Court sided with Gloria Single, represented by AARP Foundation and others, who sued a nursing facility in Sacramento called Pioneer […]

Author: John R. Smith So Julianne Moore won an Oscar last year for her role in Still Alice, playing a woman with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Good for her. I read the book, but I won’t see the movie. First, I hate tearjerkers. Second, my wife Mary is five years younger than Moore, her dementia is much further […]

Applying for Medicaid is not an intuitive process, and often those in need of Medicaid benefits cannot complete the application process alone. The federal government requires states, through their Medicaid programs, to allow individuals and beneficiaries to select someone of their choosing to aid in the application process for eligibility or renewal. These non-lawyer volunteers [...]