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Are Gift Cards Considered "Gifts" When It Comes to Medicaid?
Are gift cards considered "gifts" that will create an issue with Medicaid eligibility? My elderly mother may need a nursing home in the next couple of years due to mild dementia/Alzheimer's. She likes to give her grandchildren cash gifts at...
Read moreWhat Happens to the Items I Bought to Qualify for Medicaid?
If I buy furniture or appliances to spend down my cash to qualify for nursing home care through Medicaid, what happens to those items when I move into a nursing home because I can't take them with me?...
Read moreDoes My Mom Need to Divorce Before Applying for Medicaid?
Mom is not divorced (they have been living apart for 12-plus years). Does she need to get divorced prior to Medicaid, or is it considered abandonment?...
Read moreCan I Opt Not to Move to Assisted Living With My Spouse?
My husband is in a nursing home and wants to go to assisted-living. He wants me to go with him, but I want to stay in my home. Do I have rights? How do I protect myself?...
Read moreWhat Happens When One Party on a Property Deed Has Dementia?
Can a property deed be signed over to someone else, if one of the parties listed on the original deed suffers from vascular dementia? If not, is there a statute of limitations, in order to contest this deed transfer?...
Read moreCan I Change Property in My Late Husband's Name to My Name?
My husband passed recently. We were married for 38 years at the time of his death. We live in Georgia. We have two small lots of property in Georgia separate from our home that were in his name only. How can...
Read moreWill We Have to Restart the 5-Year Medicaid Lookback Period?
My husband and I live in New York state and set up a life estate about 1 1/2 years ago. Our children are the beneficiaries of our home. If we wanted to sell the house and use the entire proceeds...
Read moreDoes Mom Have to Put Her Property Back Into Her Name?
My mom has been on Medicaid for years now. She moved to a nursing home about a month ago. She did a quit claim deed on her property and signed it over about nine months prior to her going to the...
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