We recommned these informative sites for federal and state elder care services:
The Agency for Health Care Administration:
http://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/index.shtml The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/default.aspFlorida's Nursing Home Watch List:
http://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/Nursing_Home_Guide/index.shtml Medicare's Caregiver Help Webpage:
http://www.medicare.gov/caregivers/The Kaiser Commission's Policy Paper on Medicaid and the Uninsured; showing that most elders do not have the assets to cover nursing home costs for one year:
http://www.kff.org/medicaid/7335.cfm Georgetown University's Long Term Care Financing Project Paper; showing that most asset transfers are not made for the purpose of obtaining Medicaid and that restrictions on transfers would not decrease the cost to the public for long term care:
http://ltc.georgetown.edu/pdfs/nursinghomecosts.pdf American Association of Retired Persons (AARP):
http://www.aarp.org/