While so many people are financially prepared for the amount they will need in retirement, many fail to consider how their situation might change due to a disability. Unfortunately, a disability is ...

A concern for many families when a spouse requires nursing home care is the potential impact on the family home. While legal safeguards exist to protect the rights of the spouse remaining at home, ...

It's not uncommon for older couples to reach a point when nursing home care is needed for one spouse — and the cost isn't something they were prepared for. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you ...

Donna’s husband Phil is in a nursing home and receives Medicaid benefits to pay for his care (a.k.a. Medical Assistance or Title-19). Donna wants to make sure Phil’s Medicaid remains in place and is ...

Even as the signals of approaching dementia became impossible to ignore, Joseph Drolet dreaded the prospect of moving his partner into a long-term care facility. Drolet, 79, and his beloved Rebecca, ...

Harry S. Margolis is a MarketWatch contributor. He practices elder law, estate and special needs planning, is a fellow of Freewill.com and the founder of ElderLawAnswers.com. He is author of The Baby ...

The wife of a Washington nursing home resident cannot sue a provider by citing a federal law that sets standards for facilities. Congress did not make it clear when passing the Federal Nursing Home ...