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I urge you to read the article and see the list of prior complaints/infractions at this facility. Now I'm sure not all Medicaid facilities are this bad, but why risk it if you don't have to?
I urge you to read the article and see the list of prior complaints/infractions at this facility. Now I'm sure not all Medicaid facilities are this bad, but why risk it if you don't have to?
Not only that, but even if one does not end up in a place that bad, going the "spend down until Medicaid" route is not likely to lead to any sort of home care situation, even if it were technically feasible.
The whole idea of being crazily paranoid about running out of money before dying is to be able to control one's own outcomes. I want to be able to tell those who I employ exactly where I am to die and how I am to do it. It's all about managing the situation.
I urge you to read the article and see the list of prior complaints/infractions at this facility. Now I'm sure not all Medicaid facilities are this bad, but why risk it if you don't have to?
but are you implying that private healtcare places are glorious because one in Philly just had a whole bunch of his employees arrested for beating up residents and other wonderful behavior and it too had a bunch of complaints against it. There was a report by us news and world report that was done earlier this year that said something to the fact that out of 293 nursing facilities only 90 of them got good reviews. I don't remember if they were medicaid facilities or not but that less than 1/3!!
One of the problems we have around here is also classification. Are they considered independent living, dementia facilities, nursing homes etc etc. One of the best places in this area (York Nursing and rehabilitation) does accept medicaid patients.
Now my plan does not include depending on medicaid but I think NO matter how you pay, you've got to do your homework.
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but are you implying that private healtcare places are glorious because one in Philly just had a whole bunch of his employees arrested for beating up residents and other wonderful behavior and it too had a bunch of complaints against it. There was a report by us news and world report that was done earlier this year that said something to the fact that out of 293 nursing facilities only 90 of them got good reviews. I don't remember if they were medicaid facilities or not but that less than 1/3!!
One of the problems we have around here is also classification. Are they considered independent living, dementia facilities, nursing homes etc etc. One of the best places in this area (York Nursing and rehabilitation) does accept medicaid patients.
Now my plan does not include depending on medicaid but I think NO matter how you pay, you've got to do your homework.
Yes, this. Most facilities that accept medicaid patients limit the number, in order to survive since medicaid pays so much less than private party patients. There are good places that accept medicaid, we had that experience with a relative, and it was an adult family home in a house that showed no signs of being "different" than the rest in the neighborhood, 6 residents, with 2-3 caretakers one of whom was a registered nurse. We paid a private nurse consultant to do the research, interview our family member and recommend 3-4 suitable places. We then went to visit, talked to staff, residents, and their families. She was very happy there for 12 years before passing.With the widening gap between Medicaid and private pay rates, along with increases in the numbers of elderly, it will only get harder to fine them in the future.
#1 screening tool - if you have the means. Go into a facility that doesn't accept medicaid patients. Many don't.
Would bet previous posters info on only 90 facilities passing, none of them accept medicaid.
A home doesn't have to take you. You could go on medicaid and be stuck with relatives till there is an opening, that accepts medicaid.
Spending down money to qualify for medicaid. Something must be mentally wrong with them. Especially if we are talking about those with the means to pay.
What did you do to your child that you have to pay them off.
I urge you to read the article and see the list of prior complaints/infractions at this facility. Now I'm sure not all Medicaid facilities are this bad, but why risk it if you don't have to?
Not going to a nursing home in Florida...that is my plan...
Well, I may be one of the "fools" addressed in this thread. My DH developed dementia at a very early age....long before retirement age. So here we are 14 yrs later and DH has absolutely no medical issues. He will probably outlive me by 10 yrs. So long term care in a memory unit will be $80k per year for 10 yrs....guess he will end up in a medicaid facility. Does that mean we are stupid? Or that we should have divorced (49+yrs) or that I should somehow become super old lady and handle this 235 lb dementia man? Those of you who have had breaks in life go your way, good for you. But sometimes we fools need a little help from the "old U.S. government."
I urge you to read the article and see the list of prior complaints/infractions at this facility. Now I'm sure not all Medicaid facilities are this bad, but why risk it if you don't have to?
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Well, I may be one of the "fools" addressed in this thread. My DH developed dementia at a very early age....long before retirement age. So here we are 14 yrs later and DH has absolutely no medical issues. He will probably outlive me by 10 yrs. So long term care in a memory unit will be $80k per year for 10 yrs....guess he will end up in a medicaid facility. Does that mean we are stupid? Or that we should have divorced (49+yrs) or that I should somehow become super old lady and handle this 235 lb dementia man? Those of you who have had breaks in life go your way, good for you. But sometimes we fools need a little help from the "old U.S. government."
Nobody is calling you a fool. In fact, the title of this thread and the question that I posed at the end of my OP specifically exempts people in your circumstances. This thread is directed at people who have a choice to purchase LTCi, but instead have made a conscious decision to spend down their money to qualify for Medicaid rather than purchase LTCi. Hence my question, why risk ending up in a subpar facility if you don't have to?
You (and others who can't purchase LTCi for health or money reasons) obviously don't have a choice to make. Please don't go looking for slights where none was intended.
Nobody is calling you a fool. In fact, the title of this thread and the question that I posed at the end of my OP specifically exempts people in your circumstances. This thread is directed at people who have a choice to purchase LTCi, but instead have made a conscious decision to spend down their money to qualify for Medicaid rather than purchase LTCi. Hence my question, why risk ending up in a subpar facility if you don't have to?
You (and others who can't purchase LTCi for health or money reasons) obviously don't have a choice to make. Please don't go looking for slights where none was intended.
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