Medicaid

When a parent needs care, the hope is always that the aging parent can remain in place in the home and receive care for their medical needs in the primary residence. If payment for this home health care is an issue, then Medicaid planning to get state assistance may be the next step All Medicaid […]

Medicaid does provide assistance for In Home Care for married couples when one spouse needs a moderate level of care and can remain in place. The Medicaid rules are identical to those applicable to Vendor Medicaid in a nursing home setting. When one spouse needs a moderate level of care, most married couples seek to […]

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 […]