Find Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to your frequently asked questions about senior living, senior care, and senior wellness topics. Examples include questions about assisted living, memory care, home care, and more.
- Are Assisted Living Facilities Allowed to Have DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate Orders)?
- Are Bed Rails Allowed in Assisted Living Facilities?
- Are Cooktops Allowed in Assisted Living Facilities?
- Are Felons Allowed in Assisted Living Facilities?
- Are Hoyer Lifts Permitted in Assisted Living Facilities?
- Are Next of Kin Responsible for Care Home Fees?
- Are Video Cameras Allowed in Assisted Living Facilities?
- Are You Financially Responsible for Your Elderly Parents?
- At What Age Should You Downsize?
- Can a Couple Live Together in Memory Care?
- Can a Credit Card Be Used for Assisted Living Payments?
- Can A Family Member Be An IHSS Provider?
- Can a Health Savings Account (HSA) Be Utilized for Assisted Living Expenses?
- Can a Hospital Put You in a Nursing Home?
- Can a Memory Care Facility Kick You Out?
- Can a Quadriplegic Live in Assisted Living?
- Can an Assisted Living Facility Require a Guarantor?
- Can an Irrevocable Trust Be Used for Assisted Living?
- Can Annuities Be Used To Pay For Assisted Living?
- Can Assisted Living Be Temporary?
- Can Assisted Living Charge the Full Amount Upfront?
- Can Assisted Living Facilities Gain Access to Residents’ Health Records?
- Can Assisted Living Facilities Have Overnight Visitors?
- Can Assisted Living Facilities Prevent Certain Visitors?
- Can Assisted Living Facilities Raise Room Prices Annually?
- Can Assisted Living Provide Incontinence Care?
- Can Assisted Living Residents Own a Firearm?
- Can Assisted Living Take Your House?
- Can Assisted Living Take Your Savings or IRA?
- Can Disability Benefits Be Used to Pay for Assisted Living?
- Can Entrance Fees for Assisted Living Be Deducted on Taxes?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Alabama?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Alaska?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Arizona?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Arkansas?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Colorado?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Connecticut?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Delaware?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Florida?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Georgia?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Hawaii?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Illinois?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Iowa?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Kansas?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Kentucky?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Louisiana?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Maine?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Maryland?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Massachusetts?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Michigan?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Minnesota?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Mississippi?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Missouri?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Montana?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Nebraska?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Nevada?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in New Hampshire?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in New Jersey?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in New Mexico?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in North Carolina?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Ohio?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Oklahoma?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Oregon?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Pennsylvania?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Rhode Island?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in South Carolina?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Tennessee?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Texas?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Vermont?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Virginia?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Washington?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in West Virginia?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Wisconsin?
- Can Family Members Get Paid for Caregiving in Wyoming?
- Can I Gift My House to My Children?
- Can I Prepay for Assisted Living?
- Can I Receive Food Stamps While Living in Assisted Living?
- Can I Work While Receiving Long-Term Home Health Care?
- Can Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans Be Used to Pay for Assisted Living?
- Can Moving Expenses to Assisted Living Be Deducted From Taxes?
- Can My Family Force Me Into a Nursing Home?
- Can People in Assisted Living Move Out?
- Can Residents Come and Go Freely in Assisted Living?
- Can Residents in Assisted Living Facilities Drive Other People?
- Can You Continue Driving While Receiving In-Home Care Services?
- Can You File Bankruptcy and Move Into Assisted Living Facilities?
- Can You Get Assisted Living if You Own a House?
- Can You Have a Car While Living in Assisted Living?
- Can You Have a Catheter in Assisted Living?
- Can You Live in Assisted Living With Aids?
- Can You Negotiate Assisted Living Costs?
- Can You Smoke in Assisted Living?
- Can You Stay in Your Home with Hospice Care?
- Do Assisted Living Facilities Have Specific Visiting Hours?
- Do Assisted Living Facilities Provide 24-Hour Supervision for the Elderly?
- Do Assisted Living Facilities Provide Transportation for Residents?
- Do Assisted Living Facilities Require COVID Vaccines for Admission?
- Do Dementia Patients Pay for Care?
- Do LVAD Recipients Qualify for Assisted Living?
- Do Medicaid Waivers Pay For Assisted Living?
- Do Memory Care Facilities Allow Pets?
- Do Nursing Homes Wash Your Clothes?
- Do People With PPA Need Memory Care?
- Do They Bathe Seniors at Assisted Living Facilities?
- Does a Stage 4 Dementia Patient Need Home Care?
- Does AARP Insurance Provide Coverage for Assisted Living?
- Does Aetna’s insurance plan include assisted living coverage?
- Does an Assisted Living Facility Require Tamper-Resistant Outlets?
- Does CHAMPVA Cover Assisted Living?
- Does Cigna Health Insurance Include Assisted Living in Its Coverage?
- Does Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Extend to Assisted Living?
- Does GEHA Health Insurance Have Provisions for Assisted Living?
- Does Having AIDS Disqualify for Assisted Living?
- Does Insurance Cover Assisted Living?
- Does John Hancock Long-Term Care Insurance Cover Assisted Living Facilities?
- Does Kaiser’s Healthcare Plan Cover Assisted Living Services?
- Does Medicare Pay for Ambulance Transportation Back to Assisted Living?
- Does Medicare Pay For Feeding Tube Food?
- Does Medicare pay for scooters used in assisted living facilities?
- Does Memory Care Improve the Condition of Patients?
- Does Mobility Affect Participation in Assisted Living?
- Does My Mom Need Assisted Living or a Nursing Home?
- Does SCAN Health Plan Offer Payment Options for Assisted Living?
- Does Section 8 Pay For Assisted Living?
- Does Social Security Pay for Assisted Living?
- Does Social Security Pay for Assisted Living?
- Does Social Security Pay for Memory Care?
- Does South Carolina Pay For In-Home Care?
- Does the Medicaid Assisted Living Waiver Affect Social Security?
- Does Thrivent Long-Term Care Cover Assisted Living?
- Does UnitedHealthcare Provide Coverage for Assisted Living?
- Does WellCare Insurance Cover Assisted Living?
- How and When Can You Apply for Social Security?
- How Can Adult Day Care Benefit Those with Dementia?
- How Can I Pay For Assisted Living With No Money?
- How Can Individuals Protect Their Assets From Assisted Living Costs?
- How Can Someone With Bad Credit Finance Assisted Living Facilities?
- How Can You Be a Caregiver for Memory Patients?
- How Can You Check Your Social Security Status?
- How Do Assisted Living Referral Agencies Work?
- How Do Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) and Assisted Living Facilities Differ?
- How Do I Find Affordable Assisted Living Facilities?
- How Do Seniors Ease the Move Into Assisted Living?
- How Do You Apply for an Assisted Living Waiver Program?
- How Do You Avoid Ending Up in a Nursing Home?
- How Do You Choose Assisted Living?
- How Do You Convert Your House for In-Home Care?
- How Do You Decorate a Memory Care Room?
- How Do You Determine the Level of Care for an Elderly Loved One?
- How Do You Get Home Care for a Dementia Patient?
- How Do You Get Hospice Care at Home?
- How Do You Get Out of Assisted Living?
- How Do You Help Someone Transition From Independent Living to Memory Care?
- How Do You Know if You Should Downsize Your House?
- How Do You Know When It’s Time for Assisted Living?
- How Do You Move an Unwilling Parent To Assisted Living?
- How Do You Pay for Memory Care Without Selling Your House?
- How Do You Prepare for Home Care?
- How Do You Qualify for Hospice Care at Home?
- How Do You Tell a Parent They Need a Nursing Home?
- How Do You Update a Two-Story Home for Elderly Care?
- How Does Assisted Living Insurance Work?
- How Does Blue Cross Blue Shield Approach Assisted Living Coverage?
- How Does Memory Care Help Seniors Suffering From Memory Loss?
- How Does Memory Care Work?
- How is Social Security Calculated?
- How Long Do Assisted Living Facilities Keep Patient Records?
- How Long Does It Take to Adjust to Assisted Living?
- How Long Does it Take to Get Home Health Care?
- How Many Falls Do You Need to Have Before You Should Consider Assisted Living?
- How Much Does 24/7 In-Home Care Cost Per Month?
- How Much Does a Home Health Aide Cost per Hour in Florida?
- How Much Does a Home Health Aide Cost per Hour in Georgia?
- How Much Does a Home Health Aide Cost per Hour in Maryland?
- How Much Does a Home Health Aide Cost per Hour in Michigan?
- How Much Does a Home Health Aide Cost per Hour in Pennsylvania?
- How much does Medicare pay for memory care facilities?
- How Much Is Home Health Care per Hour in Arizona?
- How Much Is Home Health Care per Hour in Florida?
- How Much Is Home Health Care per Hour in Hawaii?
- How Much Is Home Health Care per Hour in Indiana?
- How Much Is Home Health Care per Hour in Maine?
- How Much Is Home Health Care per Hour in Minnesota?
- How Much Is Home Health Care per Hour in North Carolina?
- How Much Is Home Health Care per Hour in Ohio?
- How Much Is Home Health Care per Hour in South Carolina?
- How Much Is Home Health Care per Hour in Texas?
- How Much Is Med Management at Assisted Living?
- How Much Is Short-Term Assisted Living?
- How Much Money Can I Keep if I Go Into a Care Home?
- How Much Will Assisted Living Cost in the Future?
- How Often Do Assisted Living Facilities Raise Rates?
- How Often Should You Visit a Parent in Assisted Living?
- How Often Should You Visit Someone in Memory Care?
- How Often Should You Visit Your Elderly Parents?
- How Often Should You Visit Your Mother in a Nursing Home?
- How Old Is the Average Person in a Retirement Home?
- How Should You Decide Between Senior-Friendly Home Modifications and Assisted Living?
- How to Care for Mild Alzheimer’s Patients at Home?
- How to Choose an Assisted Living Facility
- How to Get a New Social Security Card
- Is Assisted Living Considered a Domicile?
- Is At-Home Care Better for Dementia Patients?
- Is Bathroom Assistance Considered Skilled Nursing or Assisted Living?
- Is It Safe to Care for Parkinson’s Dementia Patients at Home?
- Is Memory Care Considered Long-Term Care?
- Is Renters Insurance Necessary in Assisted Living Facilities?
- Is the Cost of Assisted Living Per Room or Occupant?
- Levels of Care Offered By Assisted Living Facilities
- Medicare Coverage of Blood Pressure Monitors
- What Are Assisted Living Rooms Like?
- What Are Individual Services Plans (ISPs) in Assisted Living?
- What Are Individual Services Plans (ISPs) in Assisted Living?
- What Are the 3 Most Common Complaints About Nursing Homes?
- What Are the Benefits of Memory Care?
- What Are the Cons of Nursing Homes?
- What Are the Different Types of 55+ Communities?
- What are the Different Types of Social Security Benefits
- What are the levels of memory care?
- What Are the Pros and Cons of Living in an Assisted Living Community?
- What Are the Responsibilities of Assisted Living Facilities Regarding Bed Bugs?
- What Are the Risk Factors for Relocation Stress Syndrome?
- What Are the Signs That an Elderly Person Should Not Live Alone?
- What Are the Steps to Care for a Bedridden Patient at Home?
- What Are Ways Aging Adults Can Care for Themselves at Home?
- What Assisted Living Facilities Accept Medicaid?
- What comes before assisted living?
- What Do Certified Nursing Aides Do?
- What Do Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists Do?
- What Do Speech Therapists Do?
- What Do Visiting Nurses Do?
- What Do You Do When You Can’t Afford Memory Care?
- What Do You Do When You Can’t Care for an Elderly Loved One?
- What Do You Do When Your Elderly Parent Can’t Live Alone?
- What Do You Say to a Friend Putting a Spouse in Memory Care?
- What Does a Secured Assisted Living Unit Entail?
- What Does an Assessment for Assisted Living Entail?
- What Expectations Should I Set for the Caregiver?
- What Extra Fees Do Assisted Living Facilities Charge?
- What happens if a person in an assisted living home gets COVID-19?
- What Happens to Dementia Patients With No Family?
- What Happens to My Parents’ House if They Go Into a Care Home?
- What Happens When You Run Out of Money While in a Nursing Home?
- What Happens When Your Elderly Parent Runs Out of Money?
- What Is a Community Fee for Assisted Living?
- What Is A DNS In Nursing Homes?
- What Is a Level 2 Assisted Living Facility?
- What Is a Type A Assisted Living Facility?
- What Is a Type B Assisted Living Facility?
- What Is a Type C Assisted Living Facility?
- What Is an Entrance Fee for Assisted Living?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Alabama?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Arizona?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in California?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Colorado?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Florida?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Georgia?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Idaho?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Illinois?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Indiana?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Iowa?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Kansas?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Maine?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Michigan?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Minnesota?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Mississippi?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Nevada?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in New Jersey?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in New Mexico?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in New York?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in North Carolina?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in North Dakota?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Ohio?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Oklahoma?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Oregon?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Pennsylvania?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Rhode Island?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Tennessee?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Texas?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Utah?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Virginia?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Washington?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in West Virginia?
- What Is Considered Low Income for Seniors in Wisconsin?
- What Is Durable Power of Attorney?
- What Is General Power of Attorney?
- What Is High Acuity Assisted Living, and Who Is It For?
- What Is Level 4 Assisted Living?
- What Is Level-Five Care in Assisted Living?
- What Is Limited Power of Attorney?
- What Is Medical Power of Attorney?
- What Is Memory Care for Stroke Victims?
- What Is Respite Care in Assisted Living?
- What Is Springing Power of Attorney?
- What Is the 5 Word Memory Test?
- What Is the Average Age for Individuals Entering Assisted Living?
- What Is the Average Cost for Memory Care?
- What Is the Average Life Expectancy for Someone With Dementia?
- What Is the Average Life Expectancy of a Person in a Nursing Home?
- What Is the Average Stay In Memory Care?
- What Is the Best Care for Someone With Dementia?
- What Is the Best Time to Visit a Nursing Home?
- What Is the Difference Between Memory Care and Dementia Care?
- What Is the Goal of an Assisted Living Facility?
- What is the income cutoff to live in assisted living?
- What Is the Inflation Rate on Assisted Living?
- What Is the Main Purpose of a Nursing Home?
- What Is the Process to Get Someone Into Assisted Living?
- What Leads People to Move into Assisted Living Facilities?
- What Percentage Increase in Rent Can Assisted Living Communities Charge?
- What Percentage of Memory Care Cost Is Medications?
- What Percentage of Old People End up in a Nursing Home?
- What Qualifies a Patient for Skilled Nursing Care?
- What Questions Should I Ask When Touring an Assisted Living Facility?
- What Questions Should I Ask When Touring an Assisted Living Facility?
- What Questions to Ask When Looking for a Skilled Nursing Facility?
- What Responsibilities Do Families and Guarantors Have In Financial Agreements for Assisted Living?
- What should you bring to a memory care facility?
- What Should You Do When Only One Parent Needs Assisted Living?
- What Should You Not Bring to Memory Care?
- What Stage of Alzheimer’s Is Shuffling?
- What Stage of Dementia Is Anger?
- What State Has The Cheapest Senior Living?
- When Should a Caregiver Give Up?
- When Should One Move From Independent to Assisted Living?
- When Will You Receive Social Security Checks Each Month?
- Who Decides When Someone Needs to Go Into a Care Home?
- Who Is Eligible for Home Care Services?
- Who Is Ultimately Responsible for Everything That Happens in an Assisted Living Facility?
- Who Qualifies for Assisted Living Financial Assistance in Alabama?
- Who Qualifies for Assisted Living Financial Assistance in Arizona?
- Who Qualifies for Assisted Living Financial Assistance in California?
- Who Qualifies for Assisted Living Financial Assistance in Florida?
- Who Qualifies for Assisted Living Financial Assistance in Georgia?
- Who Qualifies for Assisted Living Financial Assistance in Illinois?
- Who Qualifies for Assisted Living Financial Assistance in New Jersey?
- Who Qualifies for Assisted Living Financial Assistance in Pennsylvania?
- Who Qualifies for Assisted Living Financial Assistance in South Carolina?
- Who Qualifies for Assisted Living Financial Assistance in Utah?
- Who Qualifies for Assisted Living Financial Assistance in Virginia?
- Who Qualifies for Assisted Living Financial Assistance in Washington?
- Who Qualifies for Assisted Living Financial Assistance in Wisconsin?
- Who Qualifies for Home Health Care Financial Assistance in Florida?
- Who Qualifies for Home Health Care Financial Assistance in Georgia?
- Who Qualifies for Home Health Care Financial Assistance in Indiana?
- Who Qualifies for Home Health Care Financial Assistance in South Carolina?
- Who Regulates Memory Care Facilities?
- Who Should Be Contacted With Concerns About Assisted Living Facilities?
- Why Can’t CPR Be Performed in Some Assisted Living Facilities?
- Why Do People Decline in Nursing Homes?
- Why Is Memory Care Better Than Being at Home?
- Will Assisted Living Accept a Person Who Recently Had Pneumonia?
- Will Assisted Living Accept You If You Require a Walker?
- Will Assisted Living Provide Feeding Assistance?