Our mother is 95, has her mental facilities, owns no property, has less than $2000 in her account and receives around $920/month Social Security. She may not qualify as a 'medical necessity' Medicaid recipient for the nursing home. She can not live with either me or my sister due to her safety concerns. In cases such as this, where do people go to live? What happens to them?
The majority of NH admits come from a post hospitalization discharge to rehab at a NH. So they have a fat
Medical chart to show need. Your mom - short of her taking a bad fall & getting admitted to the hospital - will need to update hers to show need.
At 95, her mom is likely to have all sorts of co-mobidities (heart condition, cataracts, vertigo) that can go into an update chart to show "need". My mom did the jump to hyperspace from IL to a NH and bypassed the AL phase totally. Took about 5 months of gerontogist visits to build chart. The visit my mom had a bad H&H plus 10% weight loss her doc wrote orders for skilled nursing care needed. Got her moved from IL to NH within a couple of weeks. The state did send out a 2person Medicaid team to the new NH to do an onsite review moms status too. For her state for those not coming in via post hospitalization/rehab scenario, state review is done routinely (which I wasn't aware of so it was good that she had a throughly updated health history).
Slashby, I would check with your state's DHS to see what can be done. I will be thinking of you.
BTW: Medicare Savings Programs which is not Medicaid help people pay for Medicare out of pocket costs and premiums.
But there's nothing medically or mentally wrong with her mother. She's just very - not to say admirably - aged; and at the same time lacking funds to pay for supported living.
I don't know whether to call for a round of applause for her mother or to give Sashby's shoulder blades a virtual rub of sympathy. Requesting a formal needs assessment must be the way to go, though.
Are you sure your mom cannot live you? Most Nursing Homes are not holiday inns. You think that you placing your mom in a "safe" place, but it could turn out worse.