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This is the third of a four-part series exploring how to navigate the complex landscape of Medicaid eligibility effectively. See the other blogs here:

• Part One: Preparing  Medicaid Documents Doesn’t Have to be a Nightmare — Follow this Checklist
• Part Two: Property Ownership and Medicaid: Common Myths Debunked
• Part Four: Meet Medicaid Timelines: 13 Tips You Can’t Afford to Miss

Applying for Medicaid can be a daunting task. What makes it even more challenging are the rampant misconceptions about Medicaid eligibility, which create confusion and, in some instances, can discourage families from getting the care their loved one truly needs.

Every stroke is unique from the next, making the stroke recovery timeline unpredictable. While some patients may recover completely in mere weeks, others may take months or even years. Still others can experience moderate to severe side effects for the rest of their lives.

If you’re suffering from a chronic or acute cardiac condition, or recovering from cardiac surgery, your healthcare provider may refer you for cardiac rehabilitation. Cardiac rehab has been proven to have significant benefits for patients: It can improve your quality of life, help you manage or reduce cardiac symptoms, and even lengthen your life.

As a full-time caregiver, you know that helping someone through chronic illness, end-of-life care, or disabilities can be incredibly rewarding. After all, you provide the hands-on support that ensures your loved one has the highest quality of life possible.

But full-time caregiving is also stressful and demanding, and caregivers need support systems just as much as those they care for.

Respite care providers offer temporary, around-the-clock support to patients, giving caregivers a much-needed reprieve. With compassionate support and an emphasis on partnership, short-term respite care is a service for helping caregivers take care of themselves so they can effectively take care of their loved ones.

According to the US Census Bureau, over 50 million Americans are family caregivers. Many care for aging and/or chronically ill family members, friends, and neighbors, enabling these individuals to remain in their homes and communities.

Returning home after a stay in a short term rehab facility can be challenging on multiple levels. Recovery from a serious illness, injury, surgery, or stroke can be a long, drainingjourney, and the impact of that process may not stop at the physical level.The rehabilitation experience can affect a person emotionally and psychologically – and the same can be said for caregivers.Here are some tips on how to make the transition out of a short-termcare facilitysmoother and less stressful for all.

Bouncing back after surgery, an illness, or an accident isn’t easy — and the short-term rehab you choose can make a big difference in how smoothly that recovery goes. The tough part? Figuring out which rehab center is the right fit. With so many choices out there and often limited time to assess them, it’s easy to feel unsure about where to start. That’s why we’ve pulled together crucial considerations to help you narrow things down and find the ideal place for you.

Timely and targeted support is essential when you or a loved one is diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Effectively managing the progressive neurological condition involves maintaining functioning, independence, and overall well-being—goals that a well-designed short-term rehabilitation program can help achieve.

After an acute cardiac episode like a heart attack, patients receive immediate, life-saving treatment in the hospital. But recovery doesn’t end at discharge. When they’re stable but not ready to return home, many people are transferred to a short-term care facility for post-acute cardiac rehab.

Rehabilitation in this kind of setting provides crucial benefits for patients who are too weak or otherwise unprepared to go back to their day-to-day life, and it accelerates recovery compared to returning home.

Most of us take for granted that we can breathe without thinking about it. There’s no second guessing, no worrying, no pain involved. But for people who’ve experienced an acute event impacting the lungs or heart, and for those managing pre-existing respiratory conditions, respiratory care in a short-term rehabilitation setting is a saving grace. This sometimes overlooked but critical part of rehab addresses breathing problems in post-surgical patients, patients with chronic respiratory conditions (like asthma, COPD, emphysema, or pulmonary fibrosis), survivors of heart attacks or strokes, people recovering from respiratory infections like COVID, bronchitis, or influenza, and patients on bedrest or with limited mobility.