Original Medicare only covers treatment from specific caregivers. Rules apply depending on the kind of care a person receives and the services a caregiver provides, which includes some at-home care.

Medicare pays for short-term home health services such as skilled nursing care, physical therapy, and occupational therapy if you cannot leave home and your doctor orders these services. If you have a ...

Visiting Angels helps seniors age in place by helping with day-to-day tasks like grocery shopping, cooking, light household chores and medication reminders. Medicare will pay for some home health ...

A Medicare project GUIDE recently launched across the country and provides free support for people living with dementia and ...

Dear Toni: I need your help regarding my parents, who are in their late 80s. My mother has been disabled with Parkinson’s for the past three years, and my father has been her caretaker. But due to his ...

(CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday proposed broadening Medicare benefits to cover home health care for the first time, as she seeks to appeal to Americans caring for both children and ...

The five-year journey Ed Mezzanotte and his wife, Lorraine, traveled before she lost her life to Alzheimer’s disease in August was marked by heartache, fear, loss, and tragedy. Lorraine wandered from ...

Millions of middle-aged Americans find themselves in the "sandwich generation," caring for aging parents while managing their ...

A new, bipartisan bill would allow Medicare to reimburse for certain pharmacist-administered tests, treatments and vaccinations for illnesses like influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and strep ...