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By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington. Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services. APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid. We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour. APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment. You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints. Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights. APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.I agree that: A.I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information"). B.APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink. C.APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site. D.If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records. E.This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year. F.You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
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Your loved one may not require home care or assisted living services at this time. However, continue to monitor their condition for changes and consider occasional in-home care services for help as needed.
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You asked: Will Medicaid take your pension, social security, car and savings account?
Answer is yes on pension, social security and savings (most of it anyway). The car, however, can be exempt if it's the only one. Check with your state to be sure of the exemption amount. If the SS and pension are more then the cost of nursing home care, then you won't need Medicaid and you'll be considered private pay. If it doesn't then Medicaid will pick up the difference once the checking account is depleted to the state's exemption amount.
It depends on the state you live in. In Missouri, you cannot have more than 999.00 in any checking or savings. If you have not lived in your home for six to nine months, they can take your home, or you are forced to sell it if you are living in nursing care facility, if you own a vehicle you may have to sell it if you are not using it.
Not if it's in a trust for those who are concerned about their assets. There are ways to protect your assets against devastating nursing home costs including filling out a transfer on death of your home to whoever you choose. You can also transfer it to whoever you choose while you're still alive, or you can sell it and pay for your funeral pre-need to get that out-of-the-way and off the backs of your family
A single individual may not have more than $2,000 of "countable" assets in order to qualify for nursing home Medicaid. One car of any value is exempt, as is the home (up to a value of $560,000). All personal property, furniture, furnishings, pre-paid funeral/burial, is exempt, also. But all income (pension, Social Security, etc.) must go to the nursing home, and if you qualify for Medicaid, that program will pick up the difference in cost.
While there is a $2,000 limit on "countable assets," what are "countable assets" for purposes of applying, during the year between an eligibility determination and the first annual review, and after death vary from state to state. Monthly pension payments and Social Security deposits are generally assigned to the nursing home. The house and car are generally exempt while you are alive and, in some states, can be preserved for your heirs. The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (naela.org) has an interactive guide to local lawyers who advise on qualifying for Medicaid and related matters.
Medicaid will exempt your house and car as long as you are alive. They want you to spend down your savings and investments, down to $2,000. Then Medicaid looks at your income vs expenses. If you go in a nursing home, ALL of your income goes to that. Medicaid picks up the rest. You get a personal needs allowance that varies by state. Please understand you cannot give away anything as part of the spend down to $2000. Sell the car at fair market value. Sell the house at fair market value, do NOT give it or even part of it to anyone. Use that money to get into a nice facility. If you can pay for two years before you need Medicaid, you'll have your pick of facilities.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
I agree that:
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
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APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
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APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
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If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
F.
You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
Answer is yes on pension, social security and savings (most of it anyway). The car, however, can be exempt if it's the only one. Check with your state to be sure of the exemption amount. If the SS and pension are more then the cost of nursing home care, then you won't need Medicaid and you'll be considered private pay. If it doesn't then Medicaid will pick up the difference once the checking account is depleted to the state's exemption amount.
Please understand you cannot give away anything as part of the spend down to $2000. Sell the car at fair market value. Sell the house at fair market value, do NOT give it or even part of it to anyone. Use that money to get into a nice facility. If you can pay for two years before you need Medicaid, you'll have your pick of facilities.