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Eldercare Frequently Asked Questions and Helpful Guides

Medicaid Related

What is the difference between Medicare and Medicaid?

What are Medicaid Entitlement Programs?

Medicaid Look Back Explained

What is Spend Down?

Joint Assets Impact on Medicaid Eligibility

Transferring a Home from Parent to Caregiver Child

How Giving Family Members Money Endangers their Medicaid Eligibility

Medicaid and Assisted Living

Medicaid and Home Care

Medicaid and Adult Day Care

Medicaid and Adult Foster Care

What is Consumer Direction?

What is Share of Cost Medicaid?

Using Irrevocable Funeral Trusts to Qualify for Medicaid

Using Qualifying Income Trusts to Qualify for Medicaid

Medicaid vs. Veterans Pensions

Transferring Medicaid from State to State

Retroactive Medicaid Eligibility

Life Care Agreements & Medicaid

Paying for Care and Related Expenses

Social Security, Optional State Supplements & Assisted Living

Common Misperceptions about Paying for Care

Who Pays for Long Term Care?

Can Spouses be Paid as Caregivers?

Paying for Alzheimer's Care

Paying for Parkinson's Care

Paying for Adult Day Care

Paying for Home Care Supplies

Paying for Incontinence Supplies and Adult Diapers

Paying for Walk In Tubs and Bathroom Modifications

Paying for Stair Lifts

Paying for Wheelchairs and Scooters

Paying for Wheelchair Ramps

Paying for Platform Lifts

Paying for Home Hospital Beds

Paying for Medication Management

Paying for PERS / Home Safety Monitoring

Using Your Home to Pay for Care

Using Technology to Lower Aging Care Costs

Veterans' Guide to Paying for Care

Financial Planning for Alzheimer's Care

Other Topics

Getting Paid to Care for Mom or Dad

Assisted Living in Mexico: Pros & Cons

Homebound / Housebound Definition and Importance

"Nursing Home Level of Care" Definition and Importance

What Happens When My Spouse Enters a Nursing Home?

Home Care Agency or Independent Caregiver?

Transportation Options for the Elderly

Hiring an Independent Caregiver Details

Payroll Services for Independent Caregivers

2018 Federal Poverty Levels

How Assisted Living Placement Agencies Work

Assessing Assisted Living Residences for Quality

How Assisted Living Works

Family and Medical Leave Act

Important Legal Documents for Aging Individuals

Value of Having Hospitals Near Assisted Living

Staff-to-Resident Ratios in Assisted Living

Nursing Home Alternatives

What is Non-Medical Care?

Home Care vs. Assisted Living Calculator

What are the Activities of Daily Living?

Accidents and Injuries: Receive Compensation for Care and Recovery

Assisted Living vs. Nursing Home Care

What are Life Resource Planners?

Live In Caregivers: An Assisted Living Alternative

How Prescription Drug Discount Cards Work

How to Get Paid as a Caregiver in California

How to Get Paid as a Caregiver in Texas

How to Get Paid as a Caregiver in Florida

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