| Veterans Benefits |
| Most of the time, vacant federal jobs are filled using the competitive examination process, which entails posting job vacancies through the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and filling jobs from a ranked list of qualified applicants, known as a certificate of eligibles. The methods of ranking, consideration, and disqualification are altered somewhat for qualifying veterans, as are the filing deadlines for job vacancies. More... |
| Kinship Care |
| Due to divorce, teenage pregnancy, and many other factors, relatives, especially grandparents, are increasingly called upon to take care of children. Whether a formal, legal relationship or an informal one, this is known as kinship care.More... |
| Part A - Hospice Care |
| If a patient is willing to waive coverage under Medicare Part A and certain other criteria are met, Medicare will cover many aspects of palliative hospice care. More... |
| National Family Caregiver Support Program |
| In 2000, the United States Congress enacted the National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP). Although the legislation was originally designed to benefit only caregivers of relatives over the age of 59, it was altered before enactment to also benefit relatives over the age of 59 who were caring for children.More... |
| Transfers within a Nursing Home Facility |
| The involuntary transfer of nursing home residents from room to room and bed to bed is disruptive, to say the least, and can be traumatic for the resident. Federal law and state laws, to varying degrees, allow for involuntary room transfers under limited circumstances. More... |
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