Do I Need to Report My Ward's Social Security Income?

As an adult conservator, am I responsible for reporting my ward’s Social Security when the money goes directly to the nursing home? Is it counted on the Conservator Inventory and Asset Management Plan?

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Can I Apply for Medicaid Home Care If I Left Long-Term Care?

I brought my husband from long-term care because I did not like it; his Medicaid was cancelled. Can he apply for Medicaid for in-home care?

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Will Nursing Home Take Ownership of My Dad's House?

My dad owns his house and still lives in it. We are thinking about putting him into a nursing home. Is there any way that we, as his children, could keep the house? Does the nursing home take ownership of it right away?

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Is It Legal for Me to See Documents From a Revocable Trust?

My father and stepmother created a revocable trust and moved their house and other assets to the trust. My sister and I are beneficiaries. My father passed away, and my stepmother sold the house. Are we legally able to see the trust documents?

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Can an SNT Account Pay for Furniture for the Home?

Can a special needs trust account pay for furniture for the home?

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Did My Aunt Actually Have POA Over My Late Mother?

How do I find out if my aunt actually had power of attorney over my deceased mother?

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Will Direct Express Card Funds Affect Medicaid Eligibility?

My relative is about to go under long-term care in a nursing home. He has unused funds from years of receiving Social Security and SSI on a Direct Express debit card. They are over $10,000. Will this disqualify him from Medicaid?

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Can We Sell My Mom's House If She Is on Medicaid?

My brother and I are selling my mother's home. She is on Medicaid and in a nursing home. Does the state get half of the money from the sale? Whom do I contact once the house sells?

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Will Medicaid Have a Claim Against Our House?

My mother and father are on the deed with my wife and me. Does that protect us from Medicaid taking the home in the event my parents ever have a debt to Medicaid?

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My Sister-in-Law Died. What Do We Do With Her Trust?

My husbands sister passed away. She had a living trust that passed everything to her son, who has also passed away. When she was in the nursing home, she appointed my husband POA. What do we do now?

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