Hello to all. I have a question. Mom will probably need to go to a nursing home within 6-9 months. Her health is continuing to decline severely . My husband's job just told him they are almost certain they want him/us to relocate in the next year or year and a half. Does anyone know how this works with Medicare/Medicaid? If mom has satisfied the five year look-back period and gets placed in a nursing home in our current state, and her only living relative and power of attorney (me, her daughter) has to move across country, will mom be eligible to go directly into a nursing home in the new state, or is there a waiting period or new look-back period in the new state?
Thanks a million.
If mom owns any assets in the old state like a home or a car - those are exempt assets for Medicaid BUT ONLY FOR THE OLD STATE. So if mom has either, they will need to be sold before the move (& of course the proceeds used for spend-down). If mom has already sold her home & car, I would make sure I have all the paperwork on that just in case new state #2 wants "official" documentation on any real property transfers. If not, they will become non-exempt assets and she will be declined state #2 Medicaid till that happens as she will have assets over the 2K limit.
SOmetimes in unusual circumstances, if they are on Medicaid in state # 1 they can get covered by state #2 - this is what my MIL & those in her NH went through when they have to move due to Hurricane Katrina. And then even then it wasn't seamless, as some ladies who had property back in NOLA after about 6 mos on TX Medicaid, had to either find a NH in LA & move back so they could continue on LA Medicaid and keep the exempt property OR it had to be sold with the proceeds used for their spend-down to stay on TX Medicaid.
Its good you are thinking about this now & before the move too. Good luck
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