New Hampshire's 10 counties are waiting for a judge to decide if they must follow a new state law that requires them to take over the state's share of long-term care services for poor, frail elders.
The lawsuit won't be heard until mid-winter, but some House members have already crafted an insurance plan - legislation that would remove the counties from the nursing home business, leaving the state with the bill.
The move is the latest development in a complicated debate that's spanned nearly a decade. At issue is how New Hampshire should subsidize elder care for the thousands of poor seniors living in nursing homes or receiving health care services in their communities.
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I'm sure if you have a loved-one with Alzheimers, what to get them as a gift can be difficult. Here are some excellent suggestions.
Top Holiday Gifts For Those With Dementia
By Susan Berg
Over 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. Buying a gift for them for the holidays is not difficult if you keep a few things in mind.
First you should know the persons likes and dislikes. Also important is knowing their strengths and weaknesses. In addition consider, when purchasing a gift for someone with dementia, keeping their mind and body active. Also think about a gift that will keep on giving long after Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza or other celebrated holidays are gone Keep in mind, also, that gift selections should change as Alzheimer's disease or another dementia, progress
Gifts that keep dementia persons' mind active
A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require screening, including national criminal history background checks, of direct patient access employees of skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and other long-term care facilities and providers, and to provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers.
For example, Hillary Clinton’s mother lives with her in her Washington, DC home, and, Elizabeth Edwards, wife of American Democratic presidential hopeful, John Edwards has aging parents in long term care.
I have no idea how that fact may or may not shape their policies, but, I like seeing how they are real people who face some of the same things we do. Even though they may have more resources than we regular folks have, there is a universal emotional and time impact that caring for an aging parent enacts.