by Keystone Elder Law | Oct 28, 2022 | Estate Planning, Finances, Medicaid
I am a big fan of Pinterest. I have boards and boards of pinned recipes, canning and freezing instructions, craft projects, crochet patterns, gardening tips, and more. I learned how to crochet and to do some other miscellaneous projects from online video...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Oct 7, 2022 | Finances, Medicaid, Sentinel Articles
You or someone in your family has probably said it: “I will never go into a nursing home.” The problem is that nursing homes are full of people who were never going to enter a nursing home. Two out of every three people will need a higher level of care in the...
by Patrick Cawley | Aug 25, 2022 | Health Care System, Medicaid, Medicare, Sentinel Articles
As one of four children, I fondly remember my brothers and sister teasing each other about which one of us was our parents’ favorite child. It would make sense if my sister, Katie, was the favorite. She is the only daughter, a rose among thorns, and she happens...
by David D. Nesbit, Esq. | Feb 1, 2021 | Family Living, Medicaid, Nursing Homes
Perhaps the greatest mistaken fear that we hear is that “they” will take the home of a person who qualifies for Medicaid to pay for nursing care. My first question to a potential client who is concerned about this is: Who are “they?” The possible...
by David D. Nesbit, Esq. | Aug 26, 2020 | Finances, Medicaid, Nursing Homes
If your widowed parent is in a nursing home, you might think that it is too late to save assets, or that you can’t get government help to pay for their care before all of their money runs out over time. That is not true. You can save money and avoid...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Sep 30, 2019 | Medicaid, Sentinel Articles
Medical Assistance (MA) services which are provided in Pennsylvania will be undergoing a change beginning in January of 2020. Services in the community which were provided under the waiver program and services provided in nursing homes are all moving to a new...