Elder Law: Nursing Home Medicaid

Some people are concerned about the high cost of medical, health, and long term care in assisted living and nursing homes. Physicians have figured out how to use advances in medical technology to keep us alive a long time. Now that our family and friends are living longer we are taking care of them and assisting them with their activities of daily living. When the time comes that we need a nurse twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week to care for our loved ones, we have an opportunity to use the tax dollars they have already paid by using government benefits – namely Medicaid. Lawyers like Todd Marquardt got into this area of law to help adult caregiving children and caregiving spouses save money and qualify for benefits. Elder law attorneys help complete complicated forms and provide advice for submitting evidence for qualifying. Sometimes applications for benefits are wrongfully denied because bureaucrat case workers are actually incentivized to rush through processing, which causes mistakes. Elder law attorneys represent applicants in appeal hearings to overturn denied applications. If you know someone who is scared to death of poverty because of the high cost of long term care, refer them to an elder law attorney. Marquardt Law Firm, P.C. sponsors this show. Learn more at www.MarquardtLawFirm.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.