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Time reports that nursing homes are increasingly serving as housing of last resort, with people moving into facilities not primarily for medical care but because they have nowhere else to live. The article highlights how shortages of affordable housing and home-based care options are pushing vulnerable older adults into institutional settings, prompting debate among health and housing policy experts.
- 2Homeowner Forced to Borrow Against House to Qualify for Medicaid▼His Mortgage-Free House Appraised at $760,000, Just $8,000 Over Medicaid’s Line. Nursing Home Coverage Waited Until He Borrowed Against It
An elderly homeowner with a mortgage-free house appraised at $760,000 was denied Medicaid nursing home coverage because his assets sat just $8,000 above the eligibility line. Coverage only began after he borrowed against the property to reduce his countable assets. The case is drawing attention to how strict asset limits can push seniors into debt to access long-term care.
- 3Novelist Yasutaka Tsutsui, 92, keeps writing after son's sudden death●https://www. wacoca.com/news/2942588/ 筒井康隆（92）長男が51歳で急死、寝たきり危機で「作家として終わった人間」と吐露も…再び老人ホームで小説を書き続ける“原動力”（女性自身） – Yahoo!ニュー
Japanese novelist Yasutaka Tsutsui, 92, has revealed that his eldest son died suddenly at the age of 51. Confined to a nursing home and facing fears of becoming bedridden, Tsutsui described himself at one point as 'a person who is finished as a writer.' Despite the loss, he says he continues writing novels from the care facility, driven by what he calls his motivation to keep creating.
- 4Patient sues GP accused of trying to send her to care home●"Chez un médecin, on n’est pas au restaurant !" : une patiente traîne son généraliste en justice et l’accuse d’avoir vou
A 78-year-old woman in France has taken her GP to court, seeking disciplinary sanctions over the doctor's alleged attempt to place her in a nursing home (Ehpad). The patient called the doctor's conduct unacceptable, remarking that a medical consultation is not a restaurant. The case raises debate over patient autonomy, elderly care decisions and the limits of a GP's authority in France.