Assisted living facilities are the type of long-term care options with the most significant growth in recent years. An assisted living facility is a type of senior housing that provides various types of assistance with tasks of daily living, ranging from housekeeping to skilled nursing care. When you choose an assisted living facility, the management [...]
One of the most common questions we are asked in regards to qualifying for Medicaid is if assets can be given away to enable a loved one to qualify for Medicaid. The answer, in short, is maybe. There are pretty severe penalties in place to prevent people trying to give away everything they own to [...]
Medicaid is a need-based program, meaning that you can only have a certain amount of assets in order to qualify for the benefits. Because there are very specific rules in place in regards to what assets can be given away to qualify, it is very important you speak with a qualified elder law attorney before [...]
Because laws concerning the availability of benefits for seniors seem to continually change and make situations more and more complicated—consider the effects of The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005—it’s helpful to take a moment from time to time to revisit some of the fundamentals of both Medicaid and Medicare benefit eligibility. To review, Medicaid is [...]
That's it. I've had it. I feel like I'm going to explode if I don't write this letter right now... I'm tired of good people losing their life's savings to the cost of health care. And I'm tired of people calling my office and saying something like... "I just heard about your team of Medicaid Crisis Lawyers... [...]
In a case argued by ElderLawAnswers member William J. Browning, the Ohio Supreme Court rules that whether a trust is an available asset to a Medicaid applicant depends on the eligibility rules in effect on the date of the application, not when the trust was created. Pack v. Osborn (Ohio, No. 05-CA-83, Jan. 17, 2008). [...]
With the holiday weekend upon us, it’s a time of celebration for many families. It’s also the time when children question whether Mom and Dad are doing okay. Are they getting around and are they eating right. Are their daily needs being met? Are they getting socialization? The elder care journey is a difficult one [...]