Archive for April 19, 2017
Help for Sundowning
Many Alzheimer’s patients experience a late afternoon or early evening change in personality. Called sundowning, a change in light seems to trigger a cognitive response that gets progressively worse as the hours of the day go on, but remedies itself by morning. Doctors are unsure of why it happens, but it’s more likely to happen…
Read MoreNursing Home Medicaid for Married Couples—Allowable Expenditures
We have mentioned that many nursing home residents pay their whole income, minus $50, to the nursing home leaving Medicaid to pay the remainder of the nursing home bill. In addition to the $50 personal needs allowance, Georgia allows its nursing home residents who are receiving Medicaid benefits to also pay certain bills out of…
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