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Category: Nursing Home

Distant Caregiving: Adjusting to the COVID-19 Restrictions

Our clients, like most of your parents and loved ones, are facing a serious threat.  COVID-19 is especially fatal for older adults and those with co-morbid conditions. This serious threat requires serious action.    Everyone, and especially seniors, should interact with as few people as…

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March 18, 2020

How to Find Quality Nursing Home Care in Georgia

  Nursing home care, for most families, is the option of last resort.  In our experience, many are placed in a nursing home for two reasons:   Around-the-clock clinical care and oversight is absolutely needed. The aging loved one has run out of money and…

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September 25, 2019

Georgia Nursing Home Medicaid: Setting up a Qualified Income Trust

  Our last blog covered the top three things you should know about Georgia Nursing Home Medicaid. Coming in at #1 was:   You likely don’t make too much money to qualify for nursing home Medicaid.   This confuses so many families—and even professionals.  …

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September 11, 2019

Georgia Nursing Home Medicaid: The Top 3 Things to Know

Medicaid continues to be the largest payer of nursing home care in Georgia.  The path to getting Medicaid, though, is confusing and cumbersome. We have addressed many of the questions about Medicaid through our blog and newsletter. It’s hard to understand exactly how the rules apply…

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September 4, 2019

Georgia Nursing Home Medicaid: When and How to Apply

  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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August 14, 2019

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.…

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August 7, 2019

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…

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July 31, 2019

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…

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July 17, 2019

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…

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February 20, 2019

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.…

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January 30, 2019

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Hurley Elder Care Law | Georgia's #1 Certified Elder Law Attorney

Hurley Elder Care Law, located in Atlanta, GA, is dedicated to the process of long-term care and estate planning. It was founded by Miles Hurley in response to what he identified as a growing need for families and individuals to address concerns that involve getting older.

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