Medicaid

Medicaid Spend-Down Explained When a person’s assets exceed the strict limits set by Medicaid, one solution is a Medicaid spend down. “Spend down” simply means reducing what are known as “countable resources” to the amount the person needing care is allowed to keep. In this article, you’ll get a better understanding of what a Medicaid […]

Medicaid is the only public program that pays for long-term care in a nursing home. To qualify, the person requiring care (who is the applicant for Medicaid purposes) must meet strict income and assets limits. With proper planning by a knowledgeable elder law attorney, you may be able to substantially reduce the amount of money […]

When it comes to Medicaid Estate Planning there are two kinds families face: Crisis Planning and Pre-Planning. Crisis planning, by far the most common situation, has two big components. First, a family member is either currently in a nursing home or is about to be admitted to one from their current residence or the hospital. […]

Applying for Texas Medicaid Nursing home benefits offers critically important financial assistance to Texas seniors. Without this help elders requiring care would be exposed to unsafe living conditions at home. If you’re like most folks, the idea of going toe-to-toe with a government bureaucracy is intimidating. Frankly, you have good reason to be concerned. Medicaid […]