Original Medicare only covers treatment from specific caregivers. Rules apply depending on the kind of care a person receives and the services a caregiver provides, which includes some at-home care.

Under Medicare rules, caregivers are qualified healthcare professionals such as nurses or therapists. Medicare does not pay for care from family members, friends, or privately hired home health aides.

Medicaid wants its elderly clients to be safe, but prefers they be safe in a financially efficient way. With that in mind, it benefits the government agency to keep aging clients living in their home ...

Can family caregivers get paid through Medicaid? When a relative can no longer shower safely or forgets to take their medications, you may step in to provide care. As a family caregiver, you may ...

Marisa Luparello, at right, gives her son Blaine his medicine before they leave for his group home on Aug. 26, 2024, in Manvel. Credit: Antranik Tavitian/Houston ...

MANKATO — If Rep. Jack Considine has his way, home health aides and caregivers who work with the elderly and disabled will get a big raise. Considine is among several lawmakers who plan to lobby for ...

Susan Rebecca Reay was paid by Goss and Associates (co-author) to write a technical report associated with this article. The technical report was funded by the Nebraska Association of Service ...

The crisis facing Wayne Becker isn’t the sort of thing that attracts breathless coverage on cable TV news. His plight is playing out quietly at home, as with thousands of Texans with disabilities who ...

A Capital Region caregiver claims delayed pay under New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) had fatal consequences for her patient, who passed away over the weekend. A claim a ...