We are in Florida.... we have found that: medicare will not pay until there is no monies left and then they qualify for medicaid. Sadly pitiful. If anyone knows differently in Florida I'd love to know

Hi. I can only answer for New Jersey where my mom is in for California where my aunt is. Both are moderately to severely affected and in assisted living. The price is exactly the same for seven day a week therapy, nurse and aid assist with showering and dressing as a memory unit assisted living client it cost just under 14,000 a month. Medicare doesn't cover much at all
I have been advised by financial counselor do not worry but go ahead and spend my mom's money down and then once she is broke, Medicaid will pay for her assisted living.
The monthly fees are the same – exactly – in New Jersey and California

My parents had the foresight to create a Medicaid trust. After 5 years of their assets being in the trust, Medicaid cannot take any of them. Fortunately, for me and my brother, they also created an article about a medical power of attorney and regular power of attorney. I had to have two doctors write a letter that they were not able to tend to their medical, financial, or legal responsibilities. In Washington, if I sign them up for Medicaid I can be paid for certain activities, but I would also have to join a union that takes 2% of those wages as they bargain for us the amounts that each of those activities are worth.

This is in response to the Medicaid Trust issue @A myALZteam Member. This is a legal tool to protect the money from being counted against the Medicaid "spend down." Like @A myALZteam Member said, this must be left untouched for five years. This needs to be quite a bit of money to be worth the cost in creating the trust. After the five years the money can be withdrawn and used as stipulated in the trust document. This is generally stipulated to be used for the benefit of a specified person or person and can provide extra staffing in a Medicaid facility or meet other needs. This is a type of irrevocable trust and it has different names and conditions in different states (we are in Texas). I don't think this is an allowed process in all states and it may be subject to changes in the states laws after it is created. It requires an attorney to create and is rather expensive. Ours is at almost 4 years. It is my understanding that once five years has passed, money can be withdrawn by the beneficiary (our daughter) as needed for care and needs of either me or my husband.

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Never heard of medicaid trust!