Applying for Georgia Nursing Home Medicaid can seem daunting. There are so many questions and seemingly few ways to get solid information. Hurley Elder Care Law addresses some of the most frequent questions about applying for Nursing Home Medicaid in Georgia in our most…
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Georgia Nursing Home Medicaid: Understanding Options for Working Spouses
Over the last thirteen years, we have worked with hundreds of spouses. Some are in their 80s and 90s, but many are also in their 50s and 60s. Dementia, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and many other illnesses are not restricted to only the old-old and oldest-old.…
Georgia Nursing Home Medicaid: Understanding Medicaid Estate Recovery
Many families fear Medicaid estate recovery. Almost every day, we hear from a concerned family member that knows their loved one needs Medicaid, but they are afraid that, “Medicaid will come after our house.” What is Medicaid Estate Recovery? After a Medicaid beneficiary who…
Medicaid Misinformation Creates Poor Long-Term Care Decisions
Last week we published a blog on the special Medicaid laws that protect spouses. As we mentioned, Georgia laws and regulations apply different asset limits, allow for spousal diversions, and delay Medicaid estate recovery for married couples when one spouse is in the nursing…
Skilled Nursing Can’t End Because You’ve “Plateaued”
Many of our clients reach out to us while they’re in a nursing home receiving rehab services, and many of them say to us something like this, “Mom’s being discharged from rehab next week because she has plateaued,” or, “My husband no longer qualifies for…
Searching for the Right Nursing Home
Once you have reviewed all of the care options in Georgia (see last week’s blog) and have determined that you or your loved one truly needs nursing home care, it can be overwhelming to figure out how to find the right nursing home care.…
Searching for the Right Long Term Care Community
We are just about to publish our 6th Edition of the Metro Atlanta Nursing Home and Assisted Living Guide! For the last 10 years, Hurley Elder Care Law has been providing families and professionals with the #1 go-to printed resource for finding nursing homes…
Expert Tips for Georgia Medicaid: How to Avoid the Medicaid “Death Bill”
The rules for Georgia Nursing Home Medicaid eligibility are confusing. We have tried our best to provide clear, concise information on our website and blog to help families understand their options and rights. One area of Medicaid law that continues to confuse and scare families is…
Expert Tips for Georgia Medicaid: Qualified Income Trusts 101
As we have discussed several times in our blog (here and here), Georgia has an “income cap” that is currently set at $2,250/month for nursing home Medicaid eligibility (as well as the elderly and disabled waiver program). This means that anyone with over $2,250/month of income…
Expert Tips for Georgia Medicaid: Six Tips to Getting into a Nursing Home Without a Hospitalization
Finding a nursing home bed in the Metro Atlanta area can be difficult. In May, we published a blog about this issue that you can read here: https://hurleyeclaw.com/2018/05/09/finding-right-nursing-home-metro-atlanta/ In summary, you can read that many of our nursing homes in Metro Atlanta are accepting residents…