long-term care
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Nursing Home Survey Issued---2006
- 2007-01-25
The annual MetLife Mature Market survey for 2006 was just issued. Here are some of the key findings: The national average rate for a private room in a nursing home is $206/day, which works out to just... -
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Beware of Illegal Medicaid Plans!
- 2007-01-25
You may have received one of those postcards promising in breathless prose how you can "save your home" and "protect your life savings" while immediately qualifying for nursing home Medicaid coverage.... -
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Medicaid Estate Recovery: Exceptions
- 2007-01-25
It's not enough to qualify for Medicaid unless you also plan for the possibility of "estate recovery." That's when the state presents a bill to the estate of the person who had been receiving Medicaid... -
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Medicaid Estate Recovery: What to Do?
- 2007-01-25
Merely qualifying for Medicaid is not enough if upon your death your family will have to pay back the state every dime of benefits they paid out on your behalf during your lifetime. There must be some... -
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Medicaid Estate Recovery
- 2007-01-25
You've met with your elder law attorney, you've come up with a plan of action, time has gone by, and your parent has entered the nursing home, with Medicaid paying the full cost. Your family members h... -
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Life Insurance and Medicaid Eligibility
- 2007-01-25
In order to qualify for Medicaid coverage of your nursing home stay, your assets cannot exceed $2,000 if you are single, or $101,540 if you are married. However, not all of your assets are "countable"... -
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Reverse Mortgages and Medicaid
- 2007-01-26
Many seniors are pitched the benefits of a "reverse mortgage" as a way to "unlock" the equity in their homes and pay for a better lifestyle. Does this make any sense? In what circumstances? What if on... -
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My Neighbor Told Me About His Medicaid Planning - Can't I Do the Same Thing?
- 2007-01-26
Clients sometimes come to me having already done some home-brew Medicaid planning, probably because they got some tips from their neighbor or simply were afraid of the perceived high cost of lawyers. ... -
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Life Estates in Medicaid Planning
- 2007-01-26
Often an elder law attorney will suggest that clients transfer their home to their children, retaining a "life estate." What does that mean, and what are the consequences of such an arrangement? Whe... -
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Medicaid and the Best Way to Title the Home
- 2007-01-26
"Should I put the kids' names on the deed?" "Should I take my wife's name off the deed?" "Should I just sell the house now?"These and similar questions are some of the most important that clients ask ...
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