If you needed long-term care, could you afford it? For many Americans, especially those with a middle-class income and little savings, the answer to that question is absolutely not. Nursing homes ...

Clark County offers 23 ballot drop boxes, including this one at Vancouver Mall. All Clark County ballot boxes are under 24/7 observation after Monday’s arson that damaged almost 500 ballots. (Taylor ...

Brace yourself. Your paycheck in July will probably be a little smaller. That’s when the state will begin collecting premium payments for its long-term care insurance program, called WA Cares.

If voters pass Initiative 2124 to make Washington’s long-term care benefit voluntary, it could cost the state millions of dollars to deal with a large-scale exodus of people from the program. How many ...

Anyone with a close family member with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia knows the gut punch that regularly hits you – even when you think you’re in a good place – when your family member forgets ...

It’s been criticized, revised and survived a ballot box challenge. Now, the first-in-nation benefit is on track for a 2026 rollout. A year from now, Washington will launch the nation’s first ...

Partnerships with third-party service providers and value-based care entities can help assisted living communities improve care quality and enhance efficiencies if given the opportunity, according to ...

Medicaid expenditures continue to rise as a percentage of total state spending, and much of that goes toward long-term care. In some states, Medicaid spending already has reached 40% of total state ...

Washington state became the first state in the nation to enact a publicly funded long-term care program, when the WA Cares Act – a bill aimed at helping residents pay for long-term care – took effect ...

When Pat Johnson’s mom was aging, she needed help making meals, getting dressed, and bathing. “We were very lucky we were able to hire someone part-time to come in a few hours in the morning, a few ...

A year from now, Washington will launch the nation’s first full-scale effort to help the state’s workforce afford long-term care and services as they age. Etched into law in 2019, the public long-term ...