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My mother's nursing home has redirected Social Security payments to them. If a resident of the nursing home leaves to return home, can the nursing home continue to take her Social Security, which is needed to pay mortgage and remain at home? She has been in the nursing home about 10 months.

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Where Do I Start to Become a Caregiver for My Widowed Mom?

Where do I even start with being a caregiver for my widowed mother? How can I get paid by the state to take care of her full time?

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How Do I Find Out If My Sibling Has POA Over My Mom?

How do I find out whether my brother has power of attorney over my mom?

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Mom Doesn't Have an Estate Plan. How Do We Manage Her Money?

If my mother does not have a living trust/estate plan and becomes incapacitated, how does the conservator manage the savings, properties, and her monthly annuity and Social Security?

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When Does Medicaid Estate Recovery Apply?

If at a different time in your life, you received Medicaid as your insurance, as you get older, will this be held against you? Will Medicaid take from your estate just for having Medicaid insurance?

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Will Selling a Co-Owned Car Affect Medicaid Long-Term Care?

If I sell a car in North Carolina for salvage (for $800), will it affect Medicaid for long-term care in Texas? (The car is co-owned by my husband, who is in a nursing home in Texas.)

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How Do I Calculate Spousal Impoverishment Numbers?

How does a person go about implementing the spousal impoverishment to their situation? I see all this information, calculators, etc., but nowhere do I find direct instructions about how to get it going.

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