The Scan Foundation provides a helpful guide of 10 key areas for conversations starters that can help you begin planning for the future you want as you grow older.

The answers to twenty-six of the most frequently asked questions about long-term care are outlined in this article.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have created this guide to help you understand nursing homes and other long-term care.

Medicare Nursing Home Compare helps people find and compare the quality of nursing homes.

Every nursing home resident enters the facility with his or her own set of needs. Learn how nursing homes decide what care to provide each resident -- how assessments are conducted, how care plans are developed, and how the family can be involved

What rights do nursing home residents and their families have? Are there specific legal rights regarding issues ranging from family visiting hours to physical restraint of residents? Where can someone turn if they feel a resident's rights are being abused? Find out the answers to these questions and others, and where families should go for assistance.

Guidance from the National Institute on Aging about selecting and planning for long-term care.

This article explains how long-term care ombudsmen and managed care ombudsmen help older people resolve problems related to long-term care facilities and managed care insurance policies.

What rights do residents of nursing homes have? How are those rights protected? What action can families take if they believe a loved one's rights are being abused? Get the answers in this helpful article.

All nursing homes are required to have emergency preparedness and evacuation plans. Find out which questions to ask and what they should have in place.

An overview of the role of the Office of Managed Care Ombudsman in Virginia.