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Yes absolutely..they will take shirt off her back too . See Elder Atty ...but she can & will get on Medicaid faster if she don’t have a lot of $$$ ...hugs 🤗
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If Mom is on Medicaid for her care in LTC, and this is for the rest ofvher life, then yes any income she receives is used to offset her care. She will receive a PNA (personal needs account) with a small amt monthly that can be used to have her hair done. new clothes, lotion she likes etc.

If she has any bills, they will just go unpaid. Family is not responsible for paying them.
If a house is involved, if family wants to keep it up, thats up to them but don't look for reimbursement if its sold while Mom is living. Proceeds will need to go for her care.
I am just giving an overview. Medicaid depends on the individual situation. And their is criteria that has to be met when selling a house or car.
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Why shouldn’t she pay some for her care?
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JoAnn29 Nov 2019
Some people are not aware how Medicaid works. They see debts and wonder why LOs money can't be used on the house that LO is allowed to keep. This is what this forum is for, information. I had no idea till I was on this forum.
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Yes if she is on LTC Medicaid.

please please realize that if your mom has debts - like a mortgage, credit cards, life insurance premiums due, property costs as she still owns her home - she will not realistically ever have $ to pay on any debts. So family will need to pay her debts to keep whatever in force.
Whether doing this makes sense or is at all feasible is on DPOA & family to determine.

Family is often gobsmacked by the copay requirement of LTC Medicaid.
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worriedinCali Nov 2019
That’s exactly what igloo is saying geaton igloo isn’t saying the family has to pay her debts. She’s saying if the family wants to keep certain things like a house or life insurance, then they will have to pay the mortgage (if there is one), homeowners insurance, property taxes, and the life insurance premium.
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Her pension is her "share of cost" for care at the Nursing Home. She will have a small allowance for incidentals.

I'm assuming that you are saying that Medicaid is paying the bulk of the cost of care?
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