Elder Care Law, California

02/16/2026

Check out our new Blog: the adult children's guide what to do when Medicare runs out and the nursing home says it's time to pick up your parents

👉 Read here: https://www.eldercarelawca.com/2026/02/16/the-adult-childs-guide-what-to-do-when-medicare-runs-out-and-the-nursing-home-says-its-time-to-pick-up-your-parent/

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02/16/2026

Medi-Cal 2026 Changes (California)
If you or your spouse may need long-term care, the 2026 Medi-Cal rules could significantly affect eligibility and share of cost.
We break down what’s changing, what stays the same, and common mistakes families make.

👉 Read here: https://www.eldercarelawca.com/2026/01/21/2026-medi-cal-eligibility-changes-in-california-what-you-need-to-know-and-how-proper-planning-can-still-help-you-qualify/

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01/21/2026

Check out our new Blog outlining 2026 California Medi-Cal rule changes

👉 Read here: https://www.eldercarelawca.com/2026/01/21/2026-medi-cal-eligibility-changes-in-california-what-you-need-to-know-and-how-proper-planning-can-still-help-you-qualify/

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03/01/2024

Check out our new Blog: Medi-Cal Planning 101

02/26/2024

Check out our new blog! Learn how we can help you access Medi-Cal programs like IHSS

10/02/2023

California Department of Social Services released a major proposal for new dementia care regulations in assisted living facilities (also known as RCFEs). The updated regulations would assure that every facility is dementia-care competent and would end a very problematic regulatory division between facilities that care for residents with dementia and those that don’t. Comments are due October 24.

01/09/2021

12/21/2020

https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-pets-coronavirus-pandemic-nursing-homes-bronx-f58a932f84ee5387d6ae7e22818f25d6

Eileen Nagle sees her family in video chats and drive-by visits, but that hasn't made up for the lack of warm hugs in the nine months since the pandemic led her nursing home to shut its doors to...

11/13/2020

https://www.wantedinmilan.com/news/covid-19-italian-nursing-home-creates-hug-room.html

A nursing home in north Italy has created a special 'Hug Room' to allow its elderly residents to hug their loved ones without a risk of covid-19 contagion.

09/18/2020

Federal Memo Restores Nursing Home Visits!

On Thursday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a memo to the states, restoring visitation in nursing homes. CMS is requiring facilities to permit visitation whenever a facility has had no new COVID outbreaks for 14 days and the community positivity rate is less than 10%.

09/04/2020

On August 25, the California Department of Public Health outlined some significant changes relating to visiting nursing homes during the COVID pandemic:
Visitors must be permitted for legal matters that cannot be postponed including, but not limited to, estate planning, advance health care directives, Power of Attorney, and transfer of property title.

Resuming Other Visitation To resume visitation, facilities should refer to the "Recommended Nursing Home Phased Reopening for States" attachment in QSO 20-30 (PDF) and work with their local health department in determining the general community's current reopening phase. Due to the elevated risk COV...

07/27/2020

As of July 2020, California and South Carolina are the only two states that have not enacted any permanent or emergency rules authorizing some form of remote notarization.

https://www.nationalnotary.org/notary-bulletin/blog/2020/07/remote-online-notarization-tipping-point?utm_campaign=bulletin20200727&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nnabulletin&utm_content=BodyTitleRONTippingPoint&content_type=6&position=1&NNAID=152872588