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Medicare does not cover in home care. We're in California and mother makes too much for MediCal. She is unable to be cared for by me, I live in another part of country and live paycheck to paycheck. She is unable to go to sisters house because she has stairs and no space except smack in the middle living room to put a bed for my mom. The nursing facility IS going to release her and they are not helpful on helping us figure things financially or logistics. Anyone know the ins and outs of California? Note, we don't have money to put her in a home unless Medi/Medi takes foots 90% of the fee. Mom has no assets and only brings in ssn . Help

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Your sister must refuse to take her home. Your mother CAN get medi-Cal & stay in a nursing home. You aren’t with your mother right, your sister is? She needs to work with the social worker/discharge planner at the facility she is and insist that it’s an unsafe discharge. They can help her with medi-cal eligibility. Or your sister can go down to social services in her county to apply and speak to an eligibility worker. All of your moms income will go to the nursing home and medi-cal will pay the remainder of the bill.
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Countrymouse Mar 2020
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You can help by giving your sister staunch moral support. She may encounter a lot of emotional blackmail and hard selling. Help her keep her eyes fixed on what your mother's real needs are and the fact that she can't supply them.
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I had to figure all this out in California.
Call 2-1-1 and ask them what local services are available to you. They provide local, curated referrals.

Call Caregiver Action Network at 855-227-3640 and ask questions. 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM ET. They are a nonprofit and act as aging life consultants FOR FREE.

Call the Eldercare Locator at 800-677-1116 Monday - Friday, 9am - 8pm ET. If you have trouble getting through, go to https://eldercare.acl.gov/Public/index.aspx and search for your local office number by putting in your zip code. This is a government service (local Area Agency on Aging) which provides geriatric care consulting for FREE. They can offer information about transportation options and in-home care support (bathing, dressing, sitter services, preparing meals), home modification and caregiver support/respite. They can also inform you about other local caregiving services, like those provided under the National Family Caregiver Support Program.
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You will need to tell the nursing facility that discharge home is unsafe. Be certain to use the exact words of "unsafe discharge". Tell them that placement will be necessary for Mom at this time, and their social worker should begin working on that, that you are not living in that area, and not in a position to take your mother to your home, and that there are no other options. Then your mother will be placed. Yes, what funds she has will be used. If Mom has no assets then the places for her placement will be limited, and she will eventually fall to having to accept medicaid. Good luck. They figure this out all very well and very quickly when there are no siblings at all. But when there are siblings and children they will try to get you to assume all responsibility. So glad ways and wane has been there before you and has some valuable numbers below for you.
If your sister attempts to take Mom home then she will set everything way back and have to handle things on her own. So try to get this into the hands of the social worker for real hands on help.
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