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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just as warning it is a bad plan.  My MIL has no money, and would have loved to save if she could have.  We are trying to get the medicaid and while the county is being helpful it is near impossible to get a nursing home bed in the area.  I thought I had the process done and now the nursing home is playing games.  No nursing home wants to accept the payment rate.  I have called about 20.  She is on the list for three but it is not looking good for anytime in the near future.  Several I called tell you to apply and when you apply they refuse the application saying that they only accept medicaid from patients who have been in their facility at least a year and ran out of money.   You are far better saving and private paying for help than going into a nursing home.  Also, the quality of care is very different.  My MIL cannot get a private room.  It will be a shared room and its usually in a different wing than the private pay (not nearly as nice from the ones I've looked at).[/quote]

PP here and my we just went through this process with my dad.  It's one of the most emotionally and mentally draining processes imaginable.  And sadly there is no "Medicaid for Dummies" book to help you figure the whole thing out.[/quote]

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