Time to Rethink Nursing Homes
Stuart M. Butler
Abstract
Hundreds of thousands of people who are older and disabled live in nursing homes not because they need specialized care or want to live in those facilities, but because Medicaid payment rules make that the only housing with daily living care they can afford.
Topics & Concepts
MedicaidNursing homesPaymentNursingAssisted Living FacilityAssisted livingBusinessGerontologyMedicineHealth careEconomic growthFinanceEconomicsGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes