CA won't accept her unless she has CA Medicare/Medicaid. Being told she must be a resident in CA for 30 days to get it. She is currently in a NH and needs NH care. Someone told me she has to apply for an "out of state temporary Medicaid card'? Anyone know how to apply for this. Her current nursing home here in NJ is doing nothing to help her with this move.
If she is moving to CA in order to be closer to relatives there, can the relatives on that end do the research? Have the picked out a nursing home? Can they work with the social worker there?
Here is contact information for CA's health department: http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/pages/contacts.aspx You could address your questions there.
You can also find which Area Agency on Aging serves the county your cousin is moving to, and contact them for help. This site lists them and includes a map: http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/pages/contacts.aspx
I hope you can resolve this quickly. Good luck!