When a spouse enters into an assisted living facility or a nursing home, a portion or all of his or her monthly income must be paid to the facility. There are laws that protect the healthier spouse from being impoverished. …
Read More Increase in Medicaid Utility Allowance for Spousal Support
If a husband or wife requires long-term custodial care, then the healthier spouse may be entitled to spousal support. The amount of the spousal support is based upon his or her monthly income and the minimum amount that the healthier…
Read More Change in Medicaid Laws Allow for an Increase in Spousal Support
If a spouse requires long-term care in a facility, then a portion of that spouse’s income must be paid to the facility as his or her “cost share”. The spouse who is institutionalized is allowed to keep $50.00 per month…
Read More Change in Medicaid Laws Concerning Spousal Support
Medicaid normally requires that a person’s income be used to offset the cost of long-term care in a facility. Virtually all of that person’s income must be paid to the facility each month. Medicaid then pays the balance of that…
The cost of long-term care is catastrophic. If a husband or wife needs long-term care then the family’s assets are quickly depleted on the cost of that care. Once the assets have been spent down then the family can acquire…
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