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In reply to the discussion: Kamala Harris Will Propose Adding Home Care Benefit To Medicare [View all]Deminpenn
(17,471 posts)3. Nursing homes are closing left and right here
in PA. The state recently passed legislation mandating more staff in skilled nursing facilities which has those facilities howling about cost. Private assisted living places only keep residents until the residents run out of money, then they are shucked off the nursing homes. That just means there are fewer places for those who can't be cared for at home to go.
You can actually deduct a lot of expenses when you do your federal taxes and there medicare will pay for hospice care, but Harris' proposal will certainly fullfill a need and an increasing desire for people to stay in their homes.
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Caregiving, it's a good thing to campaign on. Trump doesn't know the meaning of the word.
Walleye
Oct 2024
#1
It's one of the toughest unpaid jobs there is, and I say this as a caregiver for my mom and aunt simultaneously. nt
PunkinPi
Oct 2024
#2
unfortunately, hospice doesn't help keep people in their homes. It is extra support. But, usually it's a few
mucifer
Oct 2024
#6
Home health agencies could provide more care if the funding was there. nt
Trueblue Texan
Oct 2024
#28
she's proposing to pay for it by expanding the federal govt's power to negotiate drug prices directly with manufacturers
Native
Oct 2024
#13
That makes sense. Most of the nursing homes are run by corporations and the primary goal is profit not care.
Vinca
Oct 2024
#18
The problem with people living on Social Security at or below the poverty level needs to addressed as well.
cstanleytech
Oct 2024
#19
Not only that, but there are an increasing number of single older people with no kids who really
valleyrogue
Oct 2024
#46
Where are we going to find all the extra caregivers when there is already a shortage?
MichMan
Oct 2024
#23
Those details can be very tricky. I guess we should just continue to force people into bankruptcy.
Voltaire2
Oct 2024
#43