Remove Assisted living Remove Bathing Remove Nursing home Remove Personal care
article thumbnail

How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. Acute care is called acute care for a reason. They’re older and frailer than a nursing home client is. Susan: “…I want to live independently.