Despite claims that proposed state budget cuts to programs that provide in-home care to disabled senior citizens will not affect those with the highest level of need, a new analysis by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research finds that even severely disabled seniors will experience a total loss of services. Specifically, an analysis of [...]

There is a significant difference of opinion over what effect a 2004 law has had on the quality of care in California’s nursing homes.  An association for the state’s nursing homes says Assembly Bill 1629 has made significant improvements in nurse staff levels.  However, a labor union and a nursing home watchdog group say the [...]