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Can a Senior get both Medicaid and Medicare?

By Ralph Robbins from AgingCare.com

Q: Can a senior qualify for Medicaid if they already receive Medicare?

A: Yes, a person can receive both Medicare and Medicaid.  When a Medicare beneficiary begins receiving Medicaid benefits they are deemed a “Dual Eligible.” Dual eligibles have enhanced benefits.

Here’s how it works:  Medicare continues to be the [...]

Elderly woman dies after falling into scalding hot bath

By Alan O’Keeffe, Wednesday August 31 2011

From:  The Evening Herald (herald.ie)

An elderly woman unable to get out of a very hot bath died from severe burns.

Evelyn Attwell (78) was trapped in the scalding bath at her home in Dublin as her daughter desperately tried to break down the locked bathroom door.

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Busting Myths About VA Health Care

The fol­low­ing post was orig­i­nally fea­tured on the VA’s VAn­tage Point blog. By Alex Hor­ton

Rumor mills are per­ma­nent fix­tures in schools, offices and wher­ever peo­ple con­gre­gate, and most of the time they’re pretty innocu­ous.  But myths and rumors that deal with health–in this case Vet­er­ans health–are a seri­ous mat­ter that can pre­vent qual­i­fied Vets [...]