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Medicaid Spend Down
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Can we spend down Medicaid by paying family for cleaning out the house?
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Llamalover47
Answered Apr 2018
Thoughts on using sale of moms home to get a bigger home with me to care for mom with early signs of dementia?
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Abby2018
Answered Jan 2020
Regarding the 5-year look-back when applying for Medicaid, what types of expenditures are questionable?
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Buster57
Replied Jan 2019
Can anyone explain “gifting” to dispose of assets?
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MJ1929
Answered Dec 2021
Has anyone of financial means out there been able to get a spouse on Medicaid without using up savings? If so, how was it done?
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CaregiverL
Answered Apr 2, 2024
My mom needs to go to a nursing home and will apply for Medicaid. What types of documentation will she need to submit to get approved?
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igloo572
Answered Apr 29, 2024
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My 80 y/o mom requires advanced care, while 85 y/o dad wants to remain in his home. Trying to apply for aid and told to see a financial advisor. Any advice?
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AlvaDeer
Answered Nov 1, 2023
To spend down before entering nursing home, I want to buy a used car for my father BUT can't get insurance on the car. I have POA.
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igloo572
Answered Dec 18, 2023
What is the best way to help a parent liquidate property and belongings in order to help the parent pay for care?
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Llamalover47
Answered Sep 2022
Can my sister fix the roof on my dad's house, where she lives for free, and spend down $ for Medicaid eligibility?
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MeDolly
Answered Mar 2023
What "gifts" will be a problem with Medicaid?
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AlvaDeer
Replied Dec 2020
What defines “giving away money” that disqualifies a person for Medicaid?
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moecam
Answered Jan 2018
If money is gifted before going into a nursing home, who is penalized?
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igloo572
Answered Dec 2018
I am reading that my mom doesn't qualify for Medicaid in Mississippi because her social security check is over the limit?
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rovana
Answered Feb 2020
My father is in stage 4 dementia, what should I be doing now to get ready before mid stage dementia hits?
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Wheredoigo85
Answered May 2020
Getting Medicaid for Nursing Home/Assisted Living care. How can she safely and legally distribute this money to my brother and I?
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Daughterof1930
Answered Dec 2021
Just received a letter: Client is over assets and failing for Medicaid. PLEASE NEED HELP!
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igloo572
Answered Feb 26, 2024
I am running out of ideas as I spend down my mother’s condo profits so she stays medicaid eligible. Ideas?
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waytomisery
Replied Mar 2, 2024
How are the assets split when the husband is in a memory care facility and the wife is in the home and he needs to go on Medicaid?
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JoAnn29
Replied Aug 23, 2023
Any insight on Medicaid spend down and how it will be affected by hiring a CNA/Aide/PCA?
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Llamalover47
Answered Apr 2023
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