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Welcome to amb care limited. we provide quality home care and live-in care to people in their own homes if need be in our housing facilities., explore our types of care:, our tailored care plans are arranged to suit your changing needs, choose from:, full-time live-in care for 24-hour care around the clock, giving you and your family constant support and valuable peace of mind., flexible home care visits to provide support and companionship as little or as often as you need it as well..

Supported Living

We support those with Autism, Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Dual-Diagnosis, Acquired Brain Injury, Mental Health needs, Complex care and Behaviours that challenge.

Domiciliary Care

We provide elderly care and support for people in their own homes across the countryflexibility. Care visits in your home can be arranged from as little as 1 hour per week, or 1 visit per day or more, depending on your needs

Emergency Care

Whether it’s urgent respite care for a person returning from hospital, for someone living with dementia or for someone with overnight care needs or mobility problems, we can provide 24-hour emergency care at short notice.

Live-In Home Care

Loving Care Limited ’s live-in care services provide our clients with the reassurance of 24-hour support in the comfort of their own homes.

Respite Care​

Respite care services offer the short-term provision of care and support to relieve a regular carer, providing a rest when they need it and a chance to recharge.

We offer adults of all ages the expert care and support they need to live independently at home.

We’ll work with you and your family to establish your needs and preferences, creating a bespoke care package that’s completely unique to you, from occasional visiting care to 24-hour live-in care.

When to seek a private carer

Choosing to opt for home care needn't be a daunting decision with our fully-trained, private carers..

It can be a big step to invite someone into your home to care for you, but our friendly and professional private carers will help you as little or as often as you require. Our aim is to help maintain your independence and provide personalised care in a dignified and compassionate manner.

Amb Care Carers are skilled, caring and professional people who provide companionship and support to enable our clients to live with independence, freedom and dignity in the comfort of their own homes. It is widely considered that receiving private care at home is a better alternative to residential care in terms of better outcomes for health and mobility, as well as happiness.

We offer live-in care, home care visits, emergency care and respite to support a wide range of advanced or assisted care needs including:

Dementia Care

Multiple sclerosis care, learning disability care, after stroke care, parkinson's disease care, physical injury care, for more information on how our home care services can help you:.

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How does Live-in Care Work ?

Live-in care is considered the best option for people who need 24 hour care assistance and offers better prospects for most physical and mental health conditions.

How do Home Care visits Work ?

Flexible home care visits for your comfort and convenience, organised from as little as 1hr per week depending on your needs.

Homecare Services

Whether you need a housekeeper and companion or have a condition which requires specialist care, we have well-trained live-in carers to do the tasks which enable you to live as independently as possible.

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Meridian Health and Social Care - Stockport

Regent House, 34b Heaton Lane, Stockport, SK4 1BS (0161) 523 1599

Provided and run by: Meridian Health and Social Care Limited

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Registered on 14 March 2023

This service was registered by CQC on 14 March 2023. New services are assessed to check they are likely to be safe, effective, caring, responsive, and well-led.

These assessments can include:

• Site visits
• Criminal record checks
• Interviews with key managers
• A detailed review of how the service will be run

Follow-up inspections of new services are undertaken regularly following registration.

Specialisms / services

• Personal care
• Caring for adults over 65 yrs
• Caring for adults under 65 yrs
• Mental health conditions
• Physical disabilities
• Sensory impairments

Who runs this service

Meridian Health and Social Care - Stockport is run by Meridian Health and Social Care Limited

Mrs Sarah Anderson Registered Manager

Mrs Helen Baker Nominated Individual

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195 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK2 6NG

We aim to provide a high standard of home care that will enable you to live safely and comfortably in your own home, whilst maintaining your dignity and privacy.

We provide a range of live-in and visiting care services to clients across Cheshire. Our clients are primarily the elderly, the disabled and those convalescing from illness or accident.

Our staff provide a wide variety of services to meet your individual needs:

• personal care: bathing, cooking meals, medication support
• mobility: shopping, access to the commnunity, getting in and out of bed
• household tasks: cleaning, ironing
• social interaction: companionship, befriending
• lifestyle advice: physical activity, health and wellbeing

During the support planning process we will make sure your communication and information needs are considered and recorded. Regular review meetings will be held to make sure the services provided are appropriate and any changes are recorded in your support plan.

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Home care in Stockport

Visiting care and home care in stockport.

Helping Hands can’t claim a history as long as Stockport’s, however we have been established since 1989, providing exceptional visiting and live-in care to people across the region.

Because our care services are all fully regulated by the Care Quality Commission and Care Inspectorate Wales you and your loved ones can always be confident in our high standards of care delivery.

Stockport’s more modern settlement goes back to the 12 th century, when a motte and bailey castle was part of the local landscape, although there has been evidence found of inhabitants in the area since the Mesolithic period, between 8000 and 3500 BC. Stockport was also an industrial hub during the Industrial Revolution, with factories producing cotton, silk, and hats.

Quality care provided in your own home

Home care from our Stockport team offers security, mobility, and companionship.

For over 30 years, we've provided nurse-supported assistance, companionship and expert care to thousands of individuals across England and Wales. As industry leaders in home care, we know just what it takes to provide the right level of support so that you can retain your independence in the comfort of your own home.

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Over 150 branches across the UK means we're local to you.

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Regulated and checked by the CQC and other UK governing bodies.

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Adapts around you

Flexible care plans to suit your changing needs.

30+ years of care

Founded on family values, we’ve provided expert home care since 1989.

You're in safe hands

Our carers are fully trained and checked to ensure a professional service.

We offer two types of home care:

Constant 24-hour care

Live-in care

One-to-one support from a fully qualified carer that lives with you. Full-time support so you can stay at home where you feel most comfortable.

• Round-the-clock (24/7)
• In your own home
• Personalised care plan
• Carer to match your needs, personality and interests

Occassional care visits

Hourly visiting care

Flexible care provided in your own home with a fully qualified carer. Visits start from as little as 30 minutes up to several hourly or overnight calls throughout the week.

• From 30 minutes a week depending on your needs
• Flexible care plan based on customer's needs
• All levels of care covered

Meet the Stockport care team

Branch Care Manager

My responsibilities and values are to ensure that we deliver person-centred care for all individuals, to ensure that everyone involved in our service feels valued, I have over 14 years of experience and have a wide range of experience within different sectors of Healthcare. My heart has always been within the care sector. I began working for Helping Hands after losing my father in 2020. I wanted to be a part of a company that stands out, has positive impacts on people's lives and enables people to live comfortably in their own homes. A company that is person-centred and truly value the customers. Helping Hands has a great structure and support network. The passion shines through from each and every staff member within the company and this shows in the high-quality care we provide to our customers. I am very passionate about my job and like to go the extra mile. When I am not working I love to spend time with my family, making memories with my husband and children.

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Our home care isn’t like other companies’ because we focus totally on the people in our care and put them at the centre of their support experience. We’ve developed our care provision over the last four decades and despite growing to own and manage 150 branches across England and Wales we’ve never lost sight of the values we were founded with. These include promoting our customers’ independence at all times and only employing people who share these values with us.

24/7 live in care support

Our live-in carers are on hand around the clock in our customers’ homes to make sure that they’re never alone. They enable you to continue living in the home you love while knowing that there’s always someone there to help you with your daily routine. Whether you’re living with mild or complex care needs our carers are all devoted to keeping you as independent as possible and supporting you to live as well as possible at all times.

Why Helping Hands is better than a care agency in Stockport

We’re a private home care company founded more than 30 years ago to deliver a service to people that was sorely lacking. Care agencies focus on the introduction side of things, sourcing you a carer that’s independent and then having little to do with the process. By contrast, we employ our carers directly and manage all of our care packages ourselves, resulting in a consistency you just can’t get from an agency.

Qualified carers providing a variety of care services in Stockport

Our carers are amazing, helping thousands of people across the UK to remain living independently in their own homes. We can only achieve this by recruiting the very best people to work for us and giving them the skills and knowledge necessary. We build on their existing experience and help them to become the very best carer they can, through a programme of continuing development and qualifications. We’re also proud that many stay to build a career with us.

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Welcome to alice chilton home care

Alice Chilton is an independent, family run home care business. Established in 2014, we provide Companionship, Home Help and Personal Care & Support for adults and older people in East Cheshire and Stockport.

At Alice Chilton we understand that given the choice most of us want to live independently in our own homes. 

Care Services

alice chilton provide a wide range of in-home care services including companionship, personal care and help around the home.

Be part of our Care Team

alice chilton care team are a special group of people, totally committed to making a difference to our client's lives.

Dementia and Alzheimer's

alice chilton have the experience within our team to provide the help needed for those suffering from Dementia and Alzheimer's

Testimonials

"Support is going great, a very professional company and my carer is proactive. Very pleased with the service."

M.B. Client, Wilmslow

“You are a great care company and my carer is excellent. I am very happy with the care I receive.” 

V.T. Client, Cheadle Hulme

“We are highly impressed with the service you are providing for Dad. The difference it has made to him is phenomenal.” 

M.J, Son of Client, Cheadle Hulme

“We have a carer every day to shower and help dress. The continuity is excellent and time-keeping is really good. Everyone understands the needs of people with Parkinson’s.” 

W.J. Wife of Client, Stockport

Alice Chilton are Recruiting Carers, Support Workers and Care Assistants

We are currently recruiting Carers, Support Workers and Care Assistants to support our clients in their homes. 

If you are a car owner/driver within easy reach of East Cheshire and Stockport then please get in touch.

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Abacus Homecare

We are a family ran Domiciliary Care Provider in Stockport, established in 2009. Our main aim is to ensure that everyone we look after feels like they are part of the Abacus Family Tree.

We want people to feel enabled an empowered to live as independently as possible in the comfort of their own homes and offer a range of support to assist you to do this.

The homecare support we provide can range from personal care tasks, bathing/showering assistance, domestic and cleaning tasks, shopping, social visits and companionship.

Homecare Services

We provide quality individual tailored care packages to each of our service users in their own home environment including:

Personal Care

• Assistance with bathing/showering
• Helping get ready for your day
• Helping you to retire to bed comfortably
• Medication Assistance

Domestic Tasks

• Basic Household cleaning
• Laundry tasks
• Looking after your pets

Social Tasks

• Appointment Chaperone
• Arranging social events
• Assistance with managing your bills and life admin
• Companionship

Thank you so much for caring for our Mum. She had a real connection with the care staff and thought you were all gentle and understanding. It means so much to her family.

Homecare You can Trust

We work with you to put together a plan to make sure that your wellbeing is supported, your support is tailored specifically to your needs and it is unique to how you want to live your life.

We provide a range of support, one to one, with our highly trained staff.  This can be support such as personal care tasks, home help, shopping/prescription pick ups aswell as companionship and social visits.

We aim to provide to families knowing that they can trust their loved ones are being looked after forming part of our Abacus Family Tree.  We are specialists in providing support to adults putting you at the centre of your care.

If you would like to learn more about how we can help you, or any questions about home care services in general. Please drop us a call we’d love to help and have a chat with you.

Call us on 01613388250 (Office hours 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday)

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Welcome to Hilltop Court Care Home

Hilltop Court Care Home is a modern purpose-built care home with a large patio and garden area. Our home is on the edge of a conservation area on the outskirts of Stockport town centre, enjoying fantastic views of the Stockport landmark, Hilltop Hall.

Our ever-popular Hilltop Court Care Home is able to provide residential care for 50 residents, including those who require round the clock general nursing care and those who feel the impact of dementia on their daily lives, requiring specialist care.

Services Offered

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We provide care to those who need support or companionship to ensure that all needs are met, no matter what they might be. Our residential support and care is ideal for those of our residents who do not require nursing care or nursing care associated with dementia.

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We provide nursing care for those who require the extra care and support of a skilled & fully qualified nurse available to them 24hrs a day.

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Our teams are trained to care for our residents with dementia and understand how stimulating environments, activities and interactions are essential.

• Own furniture can be brought in
• Telephone points in bedrooms
• Television points in bedrooms
• Residents Internet access
• Gardens for residents
• Pets welcome (by prior arrangement)
• Lift to first floor
• Wheelchair access
• Minibus transport for excursions
• Close to a variety of shops
• Near to public transport

Room Information

• 50 single rooms
• 2 rooms with en-suite WC

Other Care Provided

• Respite Care

Funding Types Accepted

• Local Authority Funding
• Local Authority Funding & Top Up
• NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Funding
• Private/Self Funding

Admission Restrictions

Hilltop Court Care Home accepts individuals aged 65+. All admissions will have a pre-admission assessment.

Hilltop Court Care Home has a private car park with disabled parking bays, for people visiting the home. There is no charge to use the cark park.

There is also street parking adjacent to the home but please ensure you follow any restrictions in place.

Visiting Hilltop Court Care Home

Contact with relatives and friends is fundamental to their resident’s health and well-being and visits are encouraged.

There are no restrictions or booking requirements to visit Hilltop Court Care Home; however different rules apply should there be a Covid-19 outbreak, and they ask to not visit during ‘protected mealtimes’ unless is a part of the essential caregiver role.

Stockport, Greater Manchester

Stockport is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It is located 7 miles southeast of Manchester city centre1. Stockport has a wealth of parks and green spaces which are great places for health and recreation, as well as being havens for wildlife and biodiversity. Some of the parks in Stockport include Etherow Country Park, Reddish Vale Country Park, and Vernon Park.

There are several amenities in Stockport including shops, restaurants, and cafes.

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HHS Statement Regarding the Cyberattack on Change Healthcare

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is aware that Change Healthcare – a unit of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) – was impacted by a cybersecurity incident in late February. HHS recognizes the impact this attack has had on health care operations across the country. HHS’ first priority is to help coordinate efforts to avoid disruptions to care throughout the health care system.

HHS is in regular contact with UHG leadership, state partners, and with numerous external stakeholders to better understand the nature of the impacts and to ensure the effectiveness of UHG’s response. HHS has made clear its expectation that UHG does everything in its power to ensure continuity of operations for all health care providers impacted and HHS appreciates UHG’s continuous efforts to do so. HHS is also leading interagency coordination of the Federal government’s related activities, including working closely with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the White House, and other agencies to provide credible, actionable threat intelligence to industry wherever possible.

HHS refers directly to UHG for updates on their incident response progress and recovery planning. However, numerous hospitals, doctors, pharmacies and other stakeholders have highlighted potential cash flow concerns to HHS stemming from an inability to submit claims and receive payments. HHS has heard these concerns and is taking direct action and working to support the important needs of the health care community.

Today, HHS is announcing immediate steps that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking to assist providers to continue to serve patients. CMS will continue to communicate with the health care community and assist, as appropriate. Providers should continue to work with all their payers for the latest updates on how to receive timely payments.

Affected parties should be aware of the following flexibilities in place:

• Medicare providers needing to change clearinghouses that they use for claims processing during these outages should contact their Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) to request a new electronic data interchange (EDI) enrollment for the switch. The MAC will provide instructions based on the specific request to expedite the new EDI enrollment. CMS has instructed the MACs to expedite this process and move all provider and facility requests into production and ready to bill claims quickly. CMS is strongly encouraging other payers, including state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) agencies and Medicaid and CHIP managed care plans, to waive or expedite solutions for this requirement.
• CMS will issue guidance to Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations and Part D sponsors encouraging them to remove or relax prior authorization, other utilization management, and timely filing requirements during these system outages. CMS is also encouraging MA plans to offer advance funding to providers most affected by this cyberattack.
• CMS strongly encourages Medicaid and CHIP managed care plans to adopt the same strategies of removing or relaxing prior authorization and utilization management requirements, and consider offering advance funding to providers, on behalf of Medicaid and CHIP managed care enrollees to the extent permitted by the State. 
• If Medicare providers are having trouble filing claims or other necessary notices or other submissions, they should contact their MAC for details on exceptions, waivers, or extensions, or contact CMS regarding quality reporting programs.
• CMS has contacted all of the MACs to make sure they are prepared to accept paper claims from providers who need to file them. While we recognize that electronic billing is preferable for everyone, the MACs must accept paper submissions if a provider needs to file claims in that method.

CMS has also heard from providers about the availability of accelerated payments, like those issued during the COVID-19 pandemic. We understand that many payers are making funds available while billing systems are offline, and providers should take advantage of those opportunities. However, CMS recognizes that hospitals may face significant cash flow problems from the unusual circumstances impacting hospitals’ operations, and – during outages arising from this event – facilities may submit accelerated payment requests to their respective servicing MACs for individual consideration. We are working to provide additional information to the MACs about the specific items and information a provider’s request should contain. Specific information will be available from the MACs later this week.

This incident is a reminder of the interconnectedness of the domestic health care ecosystem and of the urgency of strengthening cybersecurity resiliency across the ecosystem. That’s why, in December 2023, HHS released a concept paper that outlines the Department’s cybersecurity strategy for the sector. The concept paper builds on the National Cybersecurity Strategy that President Biden released last year, focusing specifically on strengthening resilience for hospitals, patients, and communities threatened by cyber-attacks. The paper details four pillars for action, including publishing new voluntary health care-specific cybersecurity performance goals, working with Congress to develop supports and incentives for domestic hospitals to improve cybersecurity, increasing accountability within the health care sector, and enhancing coordination through a one-stop shop.

HHS will continue to communicate with the health care sector and encourage continued dialogue among affected parties. We will continue to communicate with UHG, closely monitor their ongoing response to this cyberattack, and promote transparent, robust response while working with the industry to close any gaps that remain.

HHS also takes this opportunity to encourage all providers, technology vendors, and members of the health care ecosystem to double down on cybersecurity, with urgency. The system and the American people can ill afford further disruptions in care. Please visit the  HPH Cyber Performance Goals website for more details on steps to stay protected.

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How The Home-Focused Careforth Reduces ED Visits, Falls Through Family Caregiver Support

The United States relies heavily on family caregivers, so much so that the Biden administration has gone lengths to support them . Still, in order for family caregivers to actually reduce the cost of care in the home, they need to be given the proper resources and education.

Otherwise, patients are likely receiving – unbeknownst to them – subpar care that isn’t guaranteed to keep them out of more costly settings.

That’s part of the thesis behind the company Careforth, which is a family caregiver support platform.

A recent analysis conducted by the research and advisory firm ATI Advisory , on behalf of Careforth, found that the company was able to save payers approximately $60,000 per person, per year based on its ability to keep seniors at home. That’s, of course, through its family caregiver guidance.

“From helping caregivers navigate the health care system, to providing them the tools they need to advocate for themselves and the person they care for, to coordinating referrals for necessities like lift beds or ramps, our wraparound support makes it more possible for care to happen safely at home,” Katie Tardiff, Careforth’s SVP of clinical programs and services, told Home Health Care News in an email. “We empower caregivers and provide the tools they need to ensure their loved one’s safety, reduce ED visits and remain in their homes and community – where they most want to be.”

Based in Boston and founded in 2000, Careforth provides care teams for family caregivers. Those care teams connect caregivers with local resources and provide education for dementia care, behavioral health care and other conditions. They do so via in-person at-home visits, as well as virtually.

The ATI analysis also found that there was a 46% lower probability of at least one injurious fall for Careforth’s patients compared to other dual-eligible individuals. That alone is worth an estimated $1,600 in savings per patient, according to ATI.

“After an initial evaluation and assessment, we match each caregiver with a coach and co-create a customized care plan unique to their circumstances and needs,” Tardiff said. “We educate caregivers and provide resources to create awareness, build knowledge and increase confidence so they are prepared to identify changes in condition of their loved one, and intervene to prevent outcomes like falls or emergency department visits. Equipping family caregivers is central to care plan development.”

Furthermore, Careforth helps reduce emergency department visits. There was a 21% lower probability of at least one ED visit in a year under its watch, according to the analysis.

Due to that nationwide caregiver shortage, and the millions of Americans that care for family members, self-directed or consumer-directed payment models have become more common.

The downfall, of course, is when there are either families taking advantage of the payment mechanism or there are underqualified workers trying to manage a loved one’s care.

Careforth’s goal is to negate some of those concerns, so that the seniors and the health care system are actually benefiting from the care being provided.

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The care teams regularly connect family caregivers, too, with other home-based care providers.

“Careforth is always collaborating with home health, hospice and other community-based providers to ensure comprehensive care in the home,” Tardiff said. “When we identify needs or gaps in resources, we work with home-based care providers and community partners to fill those needs. It’s well known that home-based care requires a multitude of supports to be successful. It’s our mission to surround caregivers with connectedness so they can confidently care for their loved ones at home.”

The company believes that caregivers are most able to influence a senior’s health, which means empowering those caregivers will lead to better outcomes.

ATI’s analysis seems to have verified those beliefs.

“It was important that Careforth undertake this third-party analysis of our Structured Family Caregiving program for a number of reasons,” Careforth President and CEO Matt Marek said in a statement. “First, the data helps us demonstrate the strength of our programs for policy makers as they seek approaches that support aging in place. Second, the findings help us shine a spotlight on family caregivers as a possible solution in addressing direct care worker shortages. And finally, and fundamentally importantly to Careforth, the data provides us insights so that we can meet our mission to continually improve our support to family caregivers.”

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Before becoming a reporter, and then editor, for HHCN, Andrew received journalism degrees from the University of Iowa and Northwestern University. When he's not writing about health care, he makes himself miserable by indulging in Chicago sports.

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State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs

WASHINGTON — As Salvatore LoGrande fought cancer and all the pain that came with it, his daughters promised to keep him in the white, pitched roof house he worked so hard to buy all those decades ago.

So, Sandy LoGrande thought it was a mistake when, a year after her father’s death, Massachusetts billed her $177,000 for her father’s Medicaid expenses and threatened to sue for his home if she didn’t pay up quickly.

“The home was everything,” to her father said LoGrande, 57.

But the bill and accompanying threat weren’t a mistake.

Rather, it was part of a routine process the federal government requires of every state: to recover money from the assets of dead people who, in their final years, relied on Medicaid, the taxpayer-funded health insurance for the poorest Americans.

A person’s home is typically exempt from qualifying for Medicaid. But it is subject to the estate recovery process for those who were over 55 and used Medicaid to pay for long-term care such as nursing home stays or in-home health care.

This month, a Democratic lawmaker proposed scuttling the “cruel” program altogether. Critics argue the program collects too little — roughly 1% — of the more than $150 billion Medicaid spends yearly on long-term care. They also say many states fail to warn people who sign up for Medicaid that big bills and claims to their property might await their families once they die.

LoGrande says that’s how she ended up in a two-year legal battle with Massachusetts after her father died. Several years before he died in 2016, she had turned to a local nonprofit for advice on caring for her elderly father. The group suggested she sign him up for Medicaid. She even remembers asking about the house, but was assured the state would only seek the house if it sent her father to a nursing home.

“He never would have signed on with anything that would put his home in jeopardy,” she said.

For years, her father got an annual renewal notice from the state’s Medicaid office. She says it wasn’t until after his death, when the state’s demand for $177,000 arrived, that she saw the first bill for his care, which included a brief stint in the hospital for pain from cancer, medications and hospice.

“That’s what ripped my guts out,” LoGrande said. “It was dishonest.”

The state settled with the LoGrandes in 2019 and released its claim on the house.

State policies around this recovery process vary widely, according to a 2021 report from the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission , which makes policy recommendations to Congress.

Some states will put a lien — a legal right — on a home while others don’t. Meanwhile, some Medicaid offices try to recoup all medical costs from patients, like doctor visits or prescriptions, while others just pursue the costs for long-term care. Alaska and Arizona pursued just dozens of properties in recent years while other states go after thousands of homes, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.

New York and Ohio topped the country for such collections, recovering more than $100 million combined in a single year, a Dayton Daily News investigation found.

An investigation into the Kansas program, released Tuesday by the Health and Human Services inspector general, found that program was cost effective — yielding $37 million while only spending $5 million to recover the money, But the state didn’t always collect the money from estates that were eligible.

Last month, a foundation for one of the industry’s biggest health insurance giants called on Massachusetts to overhaul its process, which includes collecting reimbursement for most Medicaid costs, beyond the federal government’s minimum requirement to recover long-term care expenses. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts recommended the state Legislature pass a law that would prohibit those additional collections.

Estate recovery “has the potential to perpetuate wealth disparities and intergenerational poverty,” said Katherine Howitt, a Medicaid policy director with the foundation.

In Tennessee, which recovered more than $38.2 million from more than 8,100 estates last year, Imani Mfalme found herself in a similar predicament after her mother’s death in 2021.

As her mother’s early-onset Alzheimer’s worsened, Mfalme continued to care for her. But in 2015, when Mfalme was diagnosed with breast cancer and needed a double mastectomy, she started looking at other options. She hosted a meeting in her mother’s home with the local Medicaid office. The representative told her to drain her mother’s bank accounts – money Mfalme poured into assisted living facility payments for her mom – so her mother would qualify for the program.

She recalls being somewhat offended during the meeting after the representative asked her three times: “This is your mother’s home?” The representative, Mfalme said, made no mention that she could be forced to sell the house to settle her mother’s bill with Medicaid once she died.

Now, Tennessee’s Medicaid office says she owes $225,000 and the state is seeking a court order that would require Mfalme to sell the house to pay up.

Mfalme, now 42, said she wants to pay what she can, but the house is a particular pain point. Her mother, a Black woman, purchased her dream home in Knoxville after she won a landmark discrimination lawsuit against her former employer, Boeing, for paying her less than her male coworkers.

“She fought hard for equal pay and equal rights. Just to see that ripped away just because she was sick and I was sick, it’s just absolutely devastating,” Mfalme said of her mother.

TennCare, Tennessee’s Medicaid office, said in an email to The Associated Press that it would not comment on specific cases.

The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission’s report recommended that Congress reverse the 1993 law that required states to recover money from estates, instead making it optional.

Earlier this month, Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois reintroduced legislation that would end the federal government's mandate . Schakowsky believes the rule is a losing proposition for families, who give up their homes, and taxpayers, who don’t see big returns from the recovery efforts.

“It is one of the most cruel, ineffective programs that we see,” Schakowsky told the AP. “This is a program that doesn’t work for anybody.”

In a gridlocked Congress, where some Republicans are clamoring to trim Medicaid entitlements, the bill is unlikely to garner the bipartisan support needed to become law.

There’s at least one person who acknowledges the rule isn’t working: the man who engineered it.

Many people don’t know about the decades-old mandate, which was intended to encourage people to save for long-term care — or risk losing the equity from their home, explained Stephen Moses, who now works for the conservative Paragon Health Institute.

“The plan here was to ensure that people who need long-term care can get it but that you plan ahead to be able to pay privately so you don’t end up on the public health care program,” Moses said.

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Acacia homecare stockport & manchester.

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Whether you require half an hour of care right up to 24 hours, from one visit to 4 visits per day our Acacia Angels provide a person-centered care service to meet your needs. Personal Care including support with mobility, medication …

Connect Care Services Ltd

Connect Care Services aim to provide a comprehensive, reliable, professional and individually tailored home care service to each and every client, enabling them to live as independent and fulfilled lives as possible in the comfort and safety of their own …

Demedica Limited

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Demedica are healthcare specialist based in Manchester, UK. we are providers of nursing and care services to support users at home within a domiciliary care setting. We are CQC regulated and aim to provide a tailored service to cater …

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C4 care provide personalised support to people who wants to continue living in their own home where they are happy . we provide all kind of service from personal care to medication sitting services and cleaning /shopping calls and over night …

Deckchair Care

Established in 2017, Deckchair care are a domiciliary care business operating in South Manchester / East Cheshire. We provide care to the elderly and disabled to help them live independently at home. We have a team of 20+ Carers and have …

Home Instead

The Stockport office provides award winning home care to people living in the borough of Stockport, allowing them to remain independent, and to continue to live with dignity in their own homes. Our clients are matched to their CAREGivers dependant …

Kind Hearted Care Limited

Kind Hearted Care is a domiciliary home care provider. We offer a range of core care services, designed to make life easier for you. Kind Hearted Care also engage with social care, the NHS, community nurses, local councils and other …

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UK home care workers cannot work as visa regime tightened, says employer

Grosvenor says it is prevented from making 3,000 visits a week as it pays migrant workers to sit at home because permits not renewed

One of the UK’s biggest home care providers says it is paying dozens of migrant workers to sit at home and do nothing because the Home Office has not renewed key immigration permits.

Thousands of workers, mostly from Africa, were welcomed into the UK to help fill the one in 10 care worker jobs vacant after the Covid crisis. But after scammers abused the system, leading to allegations of modern slavery, the government appears to have tightened the application of the rules.

“It has gone from one extreme to the other,” said Darren Stapelberg, the chief executive of Grosvenor Healthcare, the UK’s third largest domiciliary care provider, who is paying reduced wages to 30 Zimbabwean workers and faces having to do the same to 90 more in the coming months. “It was very, very easy to sponsor people to come over, but the system has been abused, so now they are making it almost impossible to get new people in and staff who are already here can’t get renewals.”

Eleven of his workers have left the country, despite a care worker shortage of 152,000 across England. “We are losing workers who have made a great contribution to this society, at a time when you could quadruple our workforce and still not have enough staff,” he said.

The newly hostile environment comes after the government issued 106,000 care worker visas in 2023. But hundreds of companies that have never been inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulator were granted licences and the chief inspector of borders found that 275 visas were issued to a care home that did not exist.

As part of a crackdown, ministers announced in December that care workers would no longer be able to bring in dependent partners and children. The CQC warned MPs that modern slavery was becoming a feature of the care system.

The Homecare Association has written to the care minister, Helen Whately, warning the Home Office about the problem.

Jane Townson, the chief executive of the industry body, wrote: “The Home Office appears to have lurched from one extreme to the other.

“Even established, high-quality, regulated homecare providers who have sent in evidence of block contracts with councils cannot get certificates of sponsorship extended or issued. Homecare providers are now close to handing back thousands of hours of homecare to councils.”

Already the visa problems were preventing Grosvenor, which serves almost 100 councils in England, Scotland and Wales, from making about 3,000 care visits a week, Stapelberg said.

1st Homecare, which operates in Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, said the Home Office had demanded more than 230 documents, including contracts, care plans and rotas, to prove it had enough work to recruit just one foreign worker who was already in the country on a working visa.

“It was just ridiculous,” said John Rennison, its owner. “It is not helping our national shortage of care workers and it’s an impediment to what we are trying to do, which is look after vulnerable people.”

The worker he was seeking to recruit had only been paid about £60 a week by their previous employer. There have been widespread reports of unscrupulous operators charging foreign workers excessive visa fees and promising working hours that do not materialise.

A Home Office spokesperson said: “Our guidance clearly stipulates for those who have submitted an application for further leave in the UK before their existing leave expired have the same entitlements as their original leave. We require sponsors to show evidence that a genuine vacancy exists at the time the application is submitted. Where there is no evidence to suggest the declared work will be available, applications are not approved.”

Cathie Williams, the joint chief executive of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, said: “International recruitment is not a long-term solution to the recruitment crisis in social care. The only way any government is going to address this is to … fund it well enough to provide the pay and working conditions that will attract more people in the UK to do these vital and rewarding jobs.”

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