MANKATO — Every little bit helps, says a nursing home administrator about his staffing shortage. “There’s so many of us who need help,” said Pete Madel, administrator of Whispering Creek in Janesville ...

Demand and costs for care are rising at the same time that a labor shortage threatens to worsen. How can you plan for this need now? By Mark Miller Samir Shah is a forecaster — but he’s an expert on ...

Among health care job sectors, nursing homes have been the most adversely affected by declines in employment growth since the pandemic—a rate more than triple that of hospitals or physician offices, ...

In February 2020, just before covid hit, there were about 1.6 million people (pdf) employed in nursing homes in the US. By July of 2022, less than 1.4 million were, according to data from the US ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sally Pipes is a scholar and think tank CEO who writes on health care. If you're a Millennial or Gen Xer, you may also soon find ...

As you age, you may require care in an assisted living facility or from a live-in caregiver. Unfortunately, most healthcare plans don't cover the costs of these services — costs that can range ...

Examining the facts on the average incidence and duration of long-term care needs and who’s most likely to have a severe, sustained long-term care need. I spoke to a local investment club the other ...

Many older adults have concluded that they’re better off covering long-term care expenses out of their own pockets if they end up needing it. Years of rising premiums on long-term care insurance, ...

Broadcast Retirement Network's Jeffrey Snyder discusses the taxes associated with receiving benefits from life insurance and long-term care insurance policies with The Warner Companies' Phillip Snyder ...