Where can I find information about nursing homes or skilled nursing facilities?
If you are considering nursing home care, you should definitely do your research. You want to know what you are getting you and your loved one into before committing to anything. The Arizona Department of Health Services licenses and monitors Arizona’s nursing homes to ensure quality care. Information and quality ratings of all licensed facilities are published on the web here. The Area Agency on Aging’s 24-hour helpline might also be useful: (602) 264-HELP. Will Medicare cover nursing home costs? Medicare does not pay for long-term care. As such, nursing home expenses are only covered for a limited time, and only under limited circumstances. For example, Medicare will only consider paying for a stay at a nursing home if the individual entered the nursing facility straight from a hospital, and even then, Medicare will never cover more than 100 days. Also, Medicare requires deductible payments which could be over one hundred dollars a day. In short, Medicare is probably not the best mea
