Medicaid Rules

The "community spouse resource allowance" or CSRA assures that the spouses of Medicaid applicants will be able to keep at least some of the couple's assets.  ...

What if most of a couple's income is in the name of the institutionalized spouse and the income of the spouse living in the community is not enough to live on?  Medicaid has created some protections.

In order to qualify for Medicaid, you can't have more than $2,000 in assets (in most states). Many people forget about life insurance when calculating their assets, but depending on the type of life insurance and the value of the...

Whether you should prepare and file a Medicaid application by yourself or should hire help depends on answers to the following questions:...

Reunions, graduations, birthdays, and holidays: Whatever the occasion, nursing home residents don't want to miss out on family gatherings, but may be afraid that they will lose Medicare or Medicaid coverage if they leave the nursing home.

As members of the Boomer generation become caretakers for their parents, more and more guides are popping up to aid them. This one covers topics that other books often gloss over.

Many seniors who are struggling in these tough economic times may not be aware that they are eligible for food stamps. . .

The last of the cases challenging the constitutionality of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) has been dismisse...