Consequently, many REITs with
nursing home assets gain leeway when their health care operator declares Chapter 11.
Older Rhode Islanders and their families are well served by Mr. Heffner and his team of four paralegals, who guide them every step of the way with Medicaid applications, guardianship matters, special needs planning,
nursing home asset protection, and wills, trusts and estate planning.
Not exact matches
Those with
assets worth more than $ 50,000 might find that long - term care insurance allows them to afford assisted living or
nursing -
home care, should they need it.
A measure passed by the Legislature in 2013 authorized a transfer of the
assets of the hospital and
nursing home to the Rockland County Health Facilities Corporation, which is the legal name of our LDC.
- Using a reverse mortgage reduces the
assets you'll have available if you eventually need
nursing home care
Even a short
nursing home stay could deplete your
assets significantly, keeping you from generating steady, predictable income over time.
In the case of an elderly couple of modest means where one spouse needed immediate 24 - hour care and the other spouse remained in the marital
home, through the use of court orders and other techniques, able to preserve the marital
assets for the spouse who remained in the marital
home and obtain benefits for the spouse in the
nursing home.
He is the author of How to Protect Your
Assets From Probate PLUS Lawsuits PLUS
Nursing Home Expenses with the Living Trust Plus;
Nursing Home Survival Guide: Helping You Protect Your Loved Ones Who Need
Nursing Home Care by Preserving Dignity, Quality of Life, and Financial Security; and the e-book The Virginia
Nursing Home Survival Guide.
Often it makes sense to sue a
nursing home rather than an individual employee because the business more likely has greater
assets than the individual that can be used to help the abused family member.
She lives in a
nursing home, can not have any
assets.
The Medicaid program provides funds for
nursing home care and long - term care services for some people with very low income and low
assets.
If a couple shares
assets at the time that one of them goes into a
nursing home, there are Medicaid spousal impoverishment rules that make sure that the spouse is able to reduce how much of their
assets are taken into account before the patient qualifies.
As was the case with my great grandmother who did have
assets at the time she had a stroke and went into a
nursing home, her
assets paid for her care for the first months in the facility.
Seniors who have some
assets that they would prefer to leave to their kids rather than pay to a
nursing home have been known to get creative in trying to get around these rules.
Working in local clinics and
nursing homes may perfect your technique and make you a greater
asset to local employers.
No one wants to see their
assets depleted by the cost of in -
home care or
nursing care that lasts for several years.
But just because the
nursing home spouse has less than $ 2,000 of
assets does not necessarily mean that the
nursing home spouse will be eligible for Medicaid.
We encourage a free consultation with our clients and their children if they wish so that the proper estate planning and Medicaid planning can be accomplished to qualify clients for Medicaid, protect
assets from
nursing homes and transfer wealth and lessen estate, and capital gain taxes.