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Financial > Financial Planning
Medicaid Estate Recovery and Special Needs Trusts
...for during the beneficiary's lifetime: therapies, education, recreation, medical equipment. What gets less attention is what happens to the trust when the...recipients who were 55 or older, or who received nursing facility services or home and community-based services at any age. For individuals with disabilities...
Financial > Financial Planning
Long-Term Care Insurance and Disability: Planning for Future Care Costs
...your own. Policies reimburse costs for nursing home care, assisted living, in-home care, and adult day...costs for nursing home care, assisted living, in-home care, and adult day programs. Standard policies...increasingly rare. LTC insurance doesn't cover medical treatment. It covers...
Career > Discrimination
Confidentiality Violations: When Employers Disclose Disability Information Without Consent
...coworker asked why you get to work from home, and your supervisor told them about...employers to keep disability-related medical information confidential. Not just...information obtained about an employee's medical condition or disability must be kept...from personnel files. This includes: Medical documentation submitted with accommodation...
Assistive Tech > Mobility
Trexo Robotic Gait Trainer: What Families Should Know About the Technology
...Gait Trainer Is. Trexo is a pediatric robotic gait trainer designed for home and clinical use. It supports children as young as 18 months and up to 100...coordination to initiate movement on their own. It is FDA listed as a Class I medical device in the United States and has Health Canada approval. Primary users...
News > Technology
A Louisville Rehab Center Just Opened One of the Country's Most Advanced Assistive Technology Labs. Here's What Families Need to Know.
...performance Environmental assessment of where the equipment will be used (home layout, school access, community spaces) Documentation of medical necessity...be used (home layout, school access, community spaces) Documentation of medical necessity for insurance coverage or funding applications Training for the...
Special Needs > Mobility Limitations
Appealing a Power Wheelchair Insurance Denial: A Step-by-Step Guide
...predictable reasons. They're following medical necessity criteria established in their...common denial reasons: Insufficient medical documentation: The prescription doesn't...child from using a manual wheelchair Home environment not assessed: No occupational...can operate the wheelchair safely at home and school Alternative not ruled out:...
Parenting > Adulthood
Housing Options for Adults with Disabilities: From Supported Living to Independence
...us or move to a group home. The problem is everything...24-hour staffed group homes to fully independent apartments....arrangements, family care homes, and independent living...what they want? Group homes house 4–8 residents with...provider owns or leases the home, so residents don't hold...continuous oversight: medical complexity, behaviors that...
Global Insights > Healthcare
Medicaid for Working Families: Katie Beckett Waivers, Dual Coverage, and Options You Didn't Know Existed
...specialist visits, or durable medical equipment. The deductible resets...care but could be treated at home. In 1981, the Reagan administration...institution to receive coverage at home, regardless of parent income....institutional care without home-based support, they may qualify...those that do set their own medical and functional eligibility...
Special Needs > Epilepsy
Seizure First Aid: A Step-by-Step Guide for Families and Caregivers
...Non-parent caregivers are often expected to respond to seizures with no medical history, no training, and no clear threshold for when to act. If you're...you're alone with them for the first time. (For parents managing seizures at home, see our complete guide to seizure first aid.) What to Ask the Parent Before...
Medical > Orthopedics
Contractures in Children with Cerebral Palsy: Recognition, Prevention, and When to Escalate Care
...feel tighter this month than they did six weeks ago. You've been doing the home stretching program the PT prescribed. You're doing it exactly as instructed,...indefinitely. This is the escalation ladder most families will navigate: home stretching, physical therapy, serial casting, botulinum toxin injections,...
Parenting > Self-Care
The Respite Care Blueprint: How to Find, Fund, and Use Backup Care
...pay for it. Respite care isn't one thing. It's a category that includes in-home care, facility-based programs, emergency placement, and planned overnight...families who care for someone with a disability, chronic illness, or complex medical needs. The goal is straightforward: give primary caregivers time to rest,...
Medical > Pediatrics
When Your Pediatrician Isn't Enough: Building a Medical Home for Complex Needs
...complex medical needs,...down. A medical home solves...medical home solves...what a medical home is,...medical home is, how...What a Medical Home Does....Medical Home Does....defines a medical home as...medical home as care...plan. A medical home doesn't...medical home doesn't...child's medical home provider...medical home provider...schedule, the medical home provider...medical home provider...with medical complexity,...specialists, use medical technology...technology at home, or...