Archive for the nursing home Category

Have You Seen How Expensive Long Term Nursing Care Is?

Naturally, you are worried about protecting your assets from estate related taxes. You are probably also concerned about who inherits, and in what form they inherit, your assets after you pass away. These and many other typical issues must be addressed with proper estate planning. However, have […]

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What Assets Can I Keep If My Spouse Needs Nursing Care? The CSRA

Medicaid’s Attempt to Ensure the Healthy Spouse Is Not Impoverished: The CSRA Medicaid law provides special protections for the spouses of Medicaid applicants to make sure the spouses have the minimum support needed to continue to live in the community while their husband or wife is receiving […]

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INCOME RETAINED BY SPOUSE AT HOME – MMMNA 2015

Medicaid’s Attempt to Ensure the Healthy Spouse Has Enough Income: The MMMNA Although Medicaid limits the assets that the spouse of a Medicaid applicant can retain, the income of the “community spouse” is not counted in determining the Medicaid applicant’s eligibility. Only income in the applicant’s name […]

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