My mother was just approved for Medicaid through NJ MLTSS program (which covers assisted living) - she was literally just approved and we don't have a case worker yet so maybe some of my questions will be answered, but today I started doing research on assisted living options in my area and I wondered if anyone has paid for assisted living with Medicaid and if so, how that works....thanks!
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The AL may not except Medicaid. If they do, they may only set aside a certain amount of rooms for Medicaid recipients.
I think Medicaid for AL works the same as LTC. Moms SS and any pension will be used for her care. $50 will go to a Personal needs Acct (PNA) for her personal needs. These are questions I would ask, does the AL become her SS payee and if so how do they set up a PNA acct? Or can your make the monthly payments out of Moms account? If u can make the payments, then u can hold out the $50. Here's a site about the PNA acct.
https://www.cga.ct.gov/PS99/rpt%5Colr%5Chtm/99-R-0025.htm
https://healthapps.state.nj.us/facilities/fsSearch.aspx
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