Visiting Angels helps seniors age in place by helping with day-to-day tasks like grocery shopping, cooking, light household chores and medication reminders. Medicare will pay for some home health ...

When the time comes to transition to nursing home care, figuring out how to pay for it is often a primary concern for families. Many people mistakenly believe Medicare will cover the entire cost of ...

Learn about essential services for seniors that Medicare doesn't cover, including non-medical long-term care, nursing home ...

Sometimes, a person may need intermittent or temporary home healthcare, such as after a hospital stay when they still require a certain amount of care. Medicare Part A covers home healthcare after ...

To qualify for home healthcare under Medicare, you’ll need to show that you are “homebound” due to illness and injury via a doctor’s examination and recommendation. However, you’ll first need to be ...

A new, bipartisan bill would allow Medicare to reimburse for certain pharmacist-administered tests, treatments and vaccinations for illnesses like influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and strep ...

Dear Savvy Senior: A few months ago, I took an ambulance to the hospital emergency room because I had a nasty fall at home. I just received a hefty $1,050 bill from the ambulance company. Doesn’t ...

Convalescent homes, also called skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), are inpatient care facilities where you can receive continued care from healthcare professionals after a hospital stay. The cost of a ...

Original Medicare provides coverage for IV infusion therapy when a doctor determines it to be medically necessary, both in a clinic setting and at home. Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans need to offer ...