Bill Lets Nursing Home Residents Keep More of Their Savings

Bill lets nursing home residents keep more of their savings

BOSTON (SHNS) - Dozens of seniors filled a state capitol auditorium Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to expand MassHealth eligibility for older Bay Staters by raising the limit on assets they may keep by thousands of dollars. Hours after the U.S. Senate passed a reconciliation bill that could gut federal health care dollars flowing to the states, advocates with the Massachusetts Senior Action Council pressed the Legislature to support bills that …

Plans for 98-bed residential nursing home at Glebe House

PLANS have been lodged for a 98-bed residential nursing home at The Glebe House on Main Street in Rathcoole. Applicants WL Woodlawn Building Services Ltd have lodged permission for the demolition of seven of eight single-storey commercial units to Eaton Drive and the single-storey addition to The Glebe House most recently in use as a […]

Federal Court ruling protects nursing homes

Governor Jim Pillen celebrated a federal court ruling that blocked a Biden-era rule that would have put nursing homes in rural Nebraska out of business. “This outcome is an important and significant win for Nebraska seniors,” said Gov. Pillen Gov. Pillen in November 2023, joined a multitude of governors in submitting a letter to the Biden administration. The letter objected to the proposed federal...

New initiative keeping nursing home residents away from ED trauma

A NEW initiative to help treat nursing home patients in their own environment has helped keep 56 elderly people out of hospital emergency departments (ED) since it started. The HSE Mid West multi-agency pilot program for nursing home staff has helped reduce ED admissions from those homes by an average of 19 per cent. The triage project, a collaboration between the National Ambulance Service (NAS), HSE Mid West Older People Operations, and nursin…