A recent New York Supreme Court case, Wayne Health Care Demay Living Center v. Blair (N.Y. Sup. Court # 68514/2009, April 20, 2011), illustrates the pitfalls of do it yourself Medicaid and long term care planning. Mrs. Blair admitted her husband to a nursing home but apparently didn’t properly handle his Medicaid application. Because Mr. Blair […]
Unless you have long term care insurance, you or your family must fund your long term care privately until you qualify for Medicaid. As further explained at FriedmanLaw’s elder law page https://www.specialneedsnj.com/elder_law.php, to qualify for Medicaid, your Medicaid countable income and resources must be reduced to modest program limits although our Medicaid plans usually can […]
Calling a trust special needs trust or supplemental needs trust doesn’t prevent it from disqualifying the trust beneficiary from government aid like SSI, Medicaid, and free group home placement. So-called SNTs will prove disqualifying unless drafted and administered properly. At a minimum, an SNT must not have any obligation to fund the beneficiary’s support or distribute […]
