Elder Law Answers
I have been living with and caretaking for my elderly mother for the past five years. She now needs long-term care and has recently qualified for Medicaid. The house is exempt from a Medicaid lien because I am on the...
Read moreMy mother is 93 years old, and we are selling her home. She is on Medicare and Medicaid. She will not be in a nursing home; I will care for her in my own home. Can I invest the proceeds...
Read moreMy mother would like to use a home equity loan to purchase a car. Will this affect her Medicaid status?...
Read moreMy sister is 64 years old and is going to a nursing home because she has dementia. She receives Medicaid for health insurance, and she gets Social Security. She has a 20-year-old daughter living with her at her home. Will...
Read moreMy father-in-law is currently in the hospital after some major heart issues. We've been told he needs to live in a skilled nursing facility. We were in the process of getting him Medicaid when this all happened, so now we...
Read moreHow 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.
Read moreIf 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.)...
Read moreIf 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?...
Read moreI am applying for Institutional Medicaid in New York for my father. He passed away after I submitted application, and they are asking for certain bank records, some of which I have, but others I don't have and cannot locate...
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