Chronic Care Medicaid for Nursing Homes

Accepting that a loved one can no longer be safely cared for in their home and requires placement to a nursing home can be an emotionally draining experience.  Determining how to pay for the extremely high cost of long-term care or how to navigate the challenges that a Chronic Care Medicaid application may present adds additional stress to an already difficult situation. The team at Rowlands, LeBrou & Griesmer PLLC is here to guide you through the placement process and ensure that all available planning techniques to preserve your families hard earned assets are utilized to the greatest extent possible.

We hear all too often that your family member never did long range planning and people believe that everything will be lost to the cost of care or Medicaid, but it is NEVER TOO LATE.  Don’t rely on free services contracted for by the hospital or nursing home to file your Medicaid application for you.  Contact us TODAY to determine what planning may be available for your situation.

Most placements for nursing home care result from a hospital stay.  Upon being discharged from the hospital, it is likely that your loved one will need rehab.  For most seniors, rehab will take place within a nursing home.  Families are frequently led to believe that 100 days of rehab will be paid for by insurance and that their family member will return home upon the completion of rehab.  The truth is that there is no guarantee of any rehab days as they are dependent on the patients’ progress and cooperation.  At any time insurance coverage could terminate and at that point the expense of nursing home care becomes your responsibility.  The time to call us is when you find your family member hospitalized and discussions about rehab start.  Do not wait to contact us.  The sooner we start the Medicaid crisis planning process, the more assets we may be able to protect.