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Practical answers about home care, Medicaid and caring for a parent in New York City — written by our coordinators and reviewed by Anna Klyauzova, MSN, RN.
Health Conditions and Medication
Shingles is a painful rash caused by the chickenpox virus waking up in the body. You cannot catch shingles from someone, but fluid from the blisters…
Medicaid, CDPAP and Insurance
Medigap is private insurance that pays part of what Original Medicare leaves you owing, such as deductibles and coinsurance. In New York you can buy it…
Medicaid, CDPAP and Insurance
Original Medicare is the federal program: you can use any provider that accepts Medicare. Medicare Advantage is a private plan that replaces it, with a network,…
Recovery and After Hospital
When Medicare stops paying for nursing home care, you pay all costs from day 101 or once daily skilled care ends. Options are private pay, New…
Costs and Paying for Care
In New York, Medicaid can pay for a nursing home, but most of your Social Security and pension goes toward the bill and you keep $50…
Choosing and Managing Care
A home health aide in New York gives personal care plus simple health tasks such as vital signs under a nurse's supervision. A personal care aide…
Health Conditions and Medication
Medicare pays for home health for a person with dementia only if they are homebound and need part-time skilled nursing or therapy ordered by a doctor.…
Choosing and Managing Care
Since 1 January 2026, New York's minimum wage for home care aides is $19.65 an hour in New York City, Long Island and Westchester and $18.65…
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