Does social security help with assisted living?

If Medicaid is paying for her care, then the AL has to except what is paid to them. Her SS is her contribution. Family should not be paying out of pocket unless its to help keep her in a single room. Medicaid does not pay for single rooms. Maybe the option would be, she needs to double up. They need to talk to the Administrator. She is only allowed so much SS which is based on her's or her husband's earnings. Maybe Medicaid could pay more?

As someone already mentioned, Social Security has nothing to do with long term care payment. It is a set amount based on wages earned during employment. Talking to an elder law attorney is the best way to get accurate advice. Also, talking to the case manager who handles the Medicaid waiver might be helpful. Don't try to deal with this alone or rely on others' advice. I did, and it was a mess until I got professional assistance. It can make all the difference.

It is up to the facility whether or not they will accept MediCAID or not if it is applied for. The family, unless quite wealthy, should not in my humble opinion be tapping into their own savings which they need for their kid's education, their own recreation if retired, and their OWN aging care. I think this is always a mistake.

If mother has lived so long that her resources are gone, and SS isn't enough for her care, then she spends down all her assets and applies for Medicaid. See an Elder Law Attorney and give them a list of assets and options.

No. Social Security will not pay AL or any other care facility. There may be some state programs and grants that can help with it though. Speak to the administrator at the AL. They can help put you in touch if there are such programs in your state.

She may have to be moved to somewhere more affordable. Too bad. Social Security isn't paying for that.

SS payment is based solely on what the person worked their whole life for and paid into the trust fund. Medicaid is run at the state level, if she's on Medicaid already speak with either the facility or a representative of Medicaid to make up the difference.
This is where limitations on her assets comes into play.

If it's waver In Ohio, you get on waiver and they take everything but 50 bucks. And it's in the Ohio revised code. State law you're out of luck like me. I've contacted my national congressional senate representative Brown. And Landsman (aide Jason) and they told me I'm out of Luck you just gotta suffer and it's like a camp in a war. In the facilities There's no appeals. You'll succeed the first couple of times complaining. Then they won't pay attention to you. It's a racket. Mine went to chapter 11 and the owner had one in Dayton, Ohio, Florida and Tennesse they ripped you off. And the government's empowering enabling them. There's no hope that's why people used to keep us at home until we died. Because this kind of thing will happen. Their turnover is worst than fast food places. Different people each week. In fact, the assignments are each shift has a different nurse and nurses aid, and they rotate, and they act like road runners. Cause they want to be detached. They don't want to be attached to you and they're trained and. Tutorialized like that I never knew about this kind of stuff until they threw me in it because of my LAFEDEMIA. There's a senior's committee in Congress in the senate that just started. I communicated with them and every other regulatory agency. And staff laugh and joke constantly because they can't deal. And they don't pay attention to you. Wonder why this country is in the shape its in. . And you know the message going on in DC. And they laugh and joke constantly. Because they can't deal with the bed. Ridden, people that they have to change a couple of times a day. And they let those poor people just lay there and suffer. Don't see any visitors come in to see em. It's a crime. It's crime against humanity against Americans domestic crime.

The family should leave their mother where she is and pony up the difference. PERIOD! She likely made many sacrifices for her children. Certainly between them they can afford a few hundred $ a month. Tell them to get extra part time job. Don't put her in a worse place.

I imagine you are talking about SSI, which is supplemental income for the poor. I am assuming her social security benefit is small and she has no assets. There are requirements one must meet, make an appointment for her with Social Security to find out what the application process is.

As has been said, Social security will not increase payments because you want to stay in a certain locale. It's my understanding the HUD may make payments for the rental in some ALs (rental only, not services). Have your friend's family check out : https://www.hud.gov/ and search for the offices under Indiana. They can then check the website or give them a call to get more info and specifics.

I don’t know of any provision with Social Security that will help pay the difference or increase the amount they pay in to the facility. Social Security payments are based on earnings. The Area Agency on Aging in Indiana directed me to Medicaid waiver when I needed to get my brother into AL. He only had social security and the waiver picked up the balance. He ended up in a nursing home where social security went to the facility and basic Medicaid paid the rest. It sounds like the financial resources will be changing so contacting the waiver office would be the next step to report a change in financial circumstances so the waiver payment can be adjusted. The Area Agency on Aging may know of other financial resources to assist but start with contacting the waiver program about adjusting that payment. An elder law attorney may be of great assistance.