The LiBBY trial, presented July 14 in London, found a purified THC and CBD oil suspension significantly reduced agitation in 120 hospice-eligible dementia patients.

• THC-CBD formulation cut agitation in late-stage dementia trial
• Springfield Hospital will close Vermont adult day program Sept. 30
• Nurse threatens court fight over Cattaraugus County home care closure

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Mirabelle Care is preparing to file for injunctive relief after the state froze its SoonerCare payments over a fraud investigation into the company's former owner.

• Oklahoma autism provider says seven centers close this month without Medicaid
• California moves to name large employers whose workers rely on Medi-Cal

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Gov. Wes Moore's budget cut $126 million from the Developmental Disabilities Administration. Because state funds are matched by Medicaid, the agency's shortfall tops $250 million.

• Maryland delays $126 million in disability cuts; families brace anyway

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The state Supreme Court called the decades-old carve-out unconstitutional, extending wage, overtime, and sick-leave protections to adult family home staff.

• Washington court ends wage carve-out for live-in care workers
• Autism provider may close seven Oklahoma sites after payment freeze
• CMS approves Kansas waiver with projected enrollment of 500

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California's whole-person Medi-Cal spending is now the center of a Washington fight over what Medicaid should cover.

• Newsom defends paying for housing and food with Medicaid as GOP calls it fraud
• Trial finds online therapy lowers anxiety and depression in dementia carers

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A KFF analysis, a proposed wage rollback, and a Supreme Court TPS ruling all press on the workers who provide U.S. long-term care.

• Federal policy changes converge on the direct care workforce
• Minnesota's high-risk Medicaid revalidation lands in federal court
• Michigan sets Medicaid work rules, with a carve-out for family caregivers

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The week priced care labor three ways, from a Massachusetts picket line to a July 10 deadline for immigrant caregivers.

• The Home-Care Workforce Walks Out as Its Wage Floor Is Cut
• CMS Pays Home Health More, and Moves to Revoke Faster
• The Rule Decides Who Counts as Too Sick to Work
• England Asks the Public Who Should Pay for Elder Care

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How coverage ends a year after the cuts, in a notice you never opened rather than a denial you can appeal, plus the nursing-home jobs milestone that solves nothing and the caregivers the shortage overlooks.

• The Coverage That Lapsed With the Mail
• 1.56 Million Workers, and Colorado Still Short
• Home Care's Missing Workers Are Already in the House
• Mapping the Slide From Worry to Overwhelm

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Today: why nursing homes are failing four ways at once, and the one state now paying for long-term care as the federal budget cuts it.

• The Diagnosis a Nursing Home Writes to Avoid Being Watched
• One State Begins Paying for Long-Term Care as the Cuts Turn One
• Ohio Writes a Home-Care Fraud Crackdown Into Law
• Two Welfare States, Two Directions on Care Reform
• Naming the Emotional Weight of the Sandwich Generation

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The day two research teams measured America's care shortage from both sides, and the family caught in the middle.

• The Care Shortage Gets a Number, and a July 10 Deadline
• As Boomers Turn 80, the Beds Are Disappearing
• One State Pays Out as the Federal Ledger Comes Due
• You Cannot Outsave the Care Bill

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