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<entry><title>Senior Care in Darke and Preble Counties: Greenville, Eaton and the Western Miami Valley</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/senior-care-in-darke-and-preble-counties/"/><id>https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/senior-care-in-darke-and-preble-counties/</id><published>2026-11-06T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-11-06T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Two of Ohio&#x27;s older rural counties, with care concentrated in their county seats. What is there, and when families look toward Dayton.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Kettering, Beavercreek, Centerville or Huber Heights? Comparing Dayton Suburbs for Senior Care</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/comparing-dayton-suburbs-for-assisted-living/"/><id>https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/comparing-dayton-suburbs-for-assisted-living/</id><published>2026-11-04T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-11-04T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Where licensed assisted living and nursing homes actually sit across the Dayton suburbs, and why the mailing address can mislead you.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>How Many Hours of Home Care Can You Afford? A Dayton Family&#x27;s Worksheet</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/home-care-hours-math-for-dayton-families/"/><id>https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/home-care-hours-math-for-dayton-families/</id><published>2026-11-02T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-11-02T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>At Ohio&#x27;s $34-an-hour median, the hours add up quickly. Here is the arithmetic, and where home care stops making sense.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Senior Care in Springfield and Clark County: A Family&#x27;s Guide</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/senior-care-in-springfield-and-clark-county/"/><id>https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/senior-care-in-springfield-and-clark-county/</id><published>2026-10-31T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-31T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Springfield has the largest cluster of licensed senior care outside Dayton. Here is what is there and how to compare it.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>What Dayton Assisted Living Residents Told the State: The 2025-26 Satisfaction Survey</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/what-dayton-assisted-living-residents-say/"/><id>https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/what-dayton-assisted-living-residents-say/</id><published>2026-10-29T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-29T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Ohio interviews residents of assisted living in person. Here is what the Miami Valley results show and how to use them on a tour.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>VA Aid and Attendance for Miami Valley Veterans and Surviving Spouses in 2026</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/aid-and-attendance-for-wright-patterson-families/"/><id>https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/aid-and-attendance-for-wright-patterson-families/</id><published>2026-10-27T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-27T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Wright-Patterson made Greene and Montgomery counties home to thousands of veterans. Here is how VA pension can help pay for care.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Discharged From a Dayton Hospital: A Family Checklist for the First 72 Hours</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/discharge-from-a-dayton-hospital-checklist/"/><id>https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/discharge-from-a-dayton-hospital-checklist/</id><published>2026-10-24T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-24T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>What to ask Miami Valley Hospital, Kettering Health, Soin, Upper Valley or Springfield Regional before your parent leaves, and how to choose a rehab bed.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>When One Spouse Needs a Nursing Home: Ohio Medicaid&#x27;s 2026 Figures for Couples</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/ohio-medicaid-2026-when-one-spouse-needs-care/"/><id>https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/ohio-medicaid-2026-when-one-spouse-needs-care/</id><published>2026-10-22T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-22T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>What the spouse at home keeps in assets and income, and the mistakes that cost Dayton couples the most.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>PASSPORT or the Assisted Living Waiver? Choosing Ohio&#x27;s Medicaid Path for a Dayton Parent</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/passport-or-assisted-living-waiver/"/><id>https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/passport-or-assisted-living-waiver/</id><published>2026-10-20T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-20T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Both programs serve people who need a nursing home level of care. One keeps them home; the other pays for care in assisted living.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>The Assisted Living Waiver in 2026: The Math Behind Medicaid in Ohio Assisted Living</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/assisted-living-waiver-math-2026/"/><id>https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/assisted-living-waiver-math-2026/</id><published>2026-10-17T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-17T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>What a Dayton resident on the waiver actually pays, what Medicaid covers, and why the provider agreement matters more than the brochure.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Dayton-Area Nursing Home Ratings by County: What CMS Data Shows in 2026</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/dayton-nursing-home-ratings-by-county/"/><id>https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/dayton-nursing-home-ratings-by-county/</id><published>2026-10-15T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-15T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Star ratings, staffing hours and inspection counts for every certified nursing home in six Miami Valley counties, and how to use them.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Memory Care Around Dayton: What the State Record Shows and What It Doesn&#x27;t</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/memory-care-around-dayton-what-the-state-record-shows/"/><id>https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/memory-care-around-dayton-what-the-state-record-shows/</id><published>2026-10-12T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-12T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Ohio has no memory care license, so families have to piece the picture together. Here is the public record for Greater Dayton.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>How to Read an Ohio Assisted Living Inspection Record Before You Tour</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/how-to-read-ohio-assisted-living-inspections/"/><id>https://daytonsenioradvisor.com/blog/how-to-read-ohio-assisted-living-inspections/</id><published>2026-10-09T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2026-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Ohio posts four years of state surveys for every assisted living building. Here is how Dayton families can read them in ten minutes.</summary></entry>
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