Medicaid Rules

You may have heard that transferring assets, or helping someone to transfer assets, to achieve Medicaid eligibility is a crime. Is this true? ...

Elderlaw 101

Public and private agencies offer a variety of home care services that may be available to you.

Elderlaw 101

Do you need an attorney for even "simple" Medicaid planning? This depends on your situation, but in most cases, the prudent answer would be "yes." ...

Elderlaw 101

The basic Medicaid rule for nursing home residents is that they must pay all of their income, minus certain deductions, to the nursing home. ...

Elderlaw 101

Federal Medicaid law states that the community spouse can keep all of his or her assets by simply refusing to support the institutionalized spouse. ...

Elderlaw 101

After a Medicaid recipient dies, the state must attempt to recoup from his or her estate whatever benefits it paid for the recipient's care. There are steps you can take to protect your home.

Elderlaw 101

In order to be eligible for Medicaid, you cannot have transferred assets recently. Congress does not want you to move into a nursing home on Monday, give all your money to your children (or whomever) on Tuesday, and qualify for...

Elderlaw 101

Many middle-income people have too much money to qualify for Medicaid but can't afford a pricey long-term care insurance policy. ...

Elderlaw 101

In order to be eligible for Medicaid benefits a nursing home resident may have no more than $2,000 in "countable" assets (the figure may be somewhat higher in some states). ...

Elderlaw 101