If a husband or wife requires long-term care in a nursing home facility, then that care can quickly deplete their life savings. Most nursing home facilities in this area charge more than $120,000.00 a year for a basic semi-private room. …
Read More Change in Medicaid Laws Allow a Spouse to Keep More Assets
When a healthier spouse requires long-term care in a nursing home facility, then that care can quickly deplete the family’s life savings. Fortunately, there are federal and state laws that prevent the healthier spouse from being impoverished. When a spouse…
Read More Change in Medicaid Laws: Minimum Amount Increases for Healthier Spouse
Medicaid is the only government long-term care insurance program. Each of the 50 states, as well as Washington, D.C., has Medicaid to help individuals pay for their long-term care needs at home, in an assisted living facility and a nursing…
If you require rehabilitation or therapy in a nursing home facility, then Medicare may provide some assistance to you, at least for the first several months. According to federal law, Medicare will cover your skilled nursing care in a facility…
Many health care providers believe that Medicare will only provide coverage if a patient is making “progress.” For most of my clients who are in nursing homes, the facility normally informs our client’s family that in order to maintain Medicare…
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