She called on a Tuesday afternoon. Her father had been diagnosed with dementia six weeks earlier, his decline had been faster than the family expected, and she was beginning to look at what came next. He still lived in the home he had owned for forty years in Lafayette. He had savings. He had a small pension. He had two…
I don’t know about you, but when the State of California announced a few years back that it would remove assets as a factor in all Medi-Cal eligibility, I thought it was too good to be true. Turns out, it was true, but it was just too good to last for very long. Pursuant to the state’s 2026 budget announced…
The Aged and Disabled Medi-Cal program pays for long-term care in a skilled nursing facility and care at home through In Home Support Services (IHSS). In order to qualify for this type of Medi-Cal, you must meet an income test, or have a share of cost if your income is too high, and you are limited in the amount of…
We work with so many families who are struggling with dementia. Understanding how to deal with dementia is a growing problem in our society as the average age of our population continues to increase. We have all heard the statistic that 10,000 people become eligible for Medicare every day by turning 65. Every day. And caring for a family member with…
In 1987, President Reagan signed a ban on the use of drugs in nursing homes that were prescribed to chemically restrain patients, unless the medications are needed for that patient or other residents’ safety. However, in September 2021, the New York Times has reported that antipsychotic drugs were frequently used on dementia patients in the 2000s, notwithstanding the almost doubled…
