Author: Mark Easley

Planning ahead for your own care needs can help you achieve a higher level of peace of mind. When you are fully responsible for planning for all of your own future care needs, the process can be rather intimidating. But by planning as early as possible and surrounding yourself with the right experts, the process […]

Oftentimes, a person in need of care does not have close family to help them through the process. It can fall to friends to assist with the care journey. With the assistance of professionals, these tasks can be managed without bringing the kind friend’s life to a complete halt. Getting familiar with the financial landscape […]

A parent in need of care can cause great stress. However, there are many steps you can take to ensure that need for care does not devastate the family financially. Early Medicaid planning can help protect assets from spend down on the family member in need’s nursing home care costs. A parent in need of […]

When a spouse requires long term care, and resources aren’t unlimited, it is important for the healthy spouse to immediately take steps to (a) qualify the nursing home spouse for Medicaid eligibility, and (b) to engage in immediate Medicaid planning in order to assign some or even all of the couple’s assets to the community […]

It can be a difficult task for one to prepare for their own nursing care. However, it can be made much easier by learning the basics of care, payment for long-term care, Medicaid planning and Medicaid eligibility, and by identifying professionals that can walk the potential care recipient through the planning and spend down process. […]

Vendor Medicaid (Medicaid for Long-Term Care) has unique Medicaid eligibility requirements). Knowing the Medicaid requirements and the planning steps to prepare for eligibility is vitally important in order to be ready to receive care and to receive assistance to pay for this care, Planning in advance for nursing home care, and planning for Medicaid assistance […]