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Certainly your family can help you to buy needed items any time they wish to. What they CANNOT do is gift you large sums of money that will affect your ability to qualify for Medicaid. By the by, you're quite lucky to have found an ALF that accepts Medicaid. Most are private pay.
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If you are on Medicaid in a facility you get left with ‘pocket money’ after the fees are paid. $75 a week is probably that, and if so it’s normal. Why do you need more? All your food and requirements should be provided.
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JoAnn29 Sep 2024
$75 a month. Thats her Personal needs money.
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What do you mean can your family help you? I admit $75 a month is not much a month but what do you need that $75 does not cover? Depends, I think Medicaid will pay for them. Your family could pay for your hair to be done. They can purchase clothes for you. They can buy your toiletries. They can slip you some spending money. Like said, they should not put any money into your bank acct.
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Gifts can go up to 16000 a year without involving the irs. so really, neither them nor you should fret about them dropping off depends, lotions etc
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JoAnn29 Sep 2024
There is no gifting of 16k when a person is on Medicaid. That would take them over the 2k allowed.
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