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Is there a waiting period or penalty if I sell my mother's house and car ($90,000), so she can qualify for Medicaid to use for assisted living or a nursing home?...

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• Medicai Rules

My mother pays a lot of money every month for my dad to stay at a home care facility with staff. My mother cannot take care of him, which is why she found this place. Now, the facility has said...

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• Senior Living

I applied for Medicaid for my mom, but now she has to spend down money in order to qualify. What exactly can I spend it on? Is there a limit on how much I can spend on bedding, clothing, etc.?...

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• Medicaid Rules
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• Medicaid Planning

What subjects in a will are interchangeable among all states? Is guardianship the same no matter where you live? How about real estate? If I move frequently due to my company, is there anything in my will I know will...

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• Estate Planning

If the creator of a revocable trust wants to make a beneficiary a co-trustee and make the current successor trustee a beneficiary, does she have an obligation to inform the current trustee of the change? Simply, can the trust's creator...

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• estate planning

My mother is in assisted living and has about one year left before she spends down to $4,000 and applies for Medicaid. She has about $12,000 in jewelry that she insisted on taking with her. The facility listed the jewelry...

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• Medicaid Rules

My mother is moving into assisted living. She had always said that my brother could have the money from the sale of antiques in the house. Is she allowed to gift the contents of the house, including the valuable antiques,...

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• Medicaid Rules
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• Medicaid Planning

I have read that a Medicaid applicant won't be penalized for making transfers to a disabled child during the look-back period, but I would like to know if there is an age limit for the child. My mother has Alzheimer's...

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• Medicaid Rules
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• Medicaid Planning

My mother is ill and requires long-term care, but hopes to return to her own home one day. My sister, who lives with my mother, is trying to put her name on my mother's house to protect herself if something...

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• Medicaid Planning