{"id":25411,"date":"2026-01-08T08:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25411"},"modified":"2026-01-08T08:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:31:20","slug":"solving-the-home-care-quandary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25411","title":{"rendered":"Solving the Home Care Quandary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(By Paula Span for KFF Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re ready to leave the hospital, but you don\u2019t feel able to care for yourself at home yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or, you\u2019ve completed a couple of weeks in rehab. Can you handle your complicated medication regimen, along with shopping and cooking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps you fell in the shower, and now your family wants you to arrange help with bathing and getting dressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are facilities that provide such help, of course, but most older people don\u2019t want to go there. They want to stay at home; that\u2019s the problem. Continue reading here…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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