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[quote=Anonymous]In Maryland, we just did this, you basically are only allowed under $2500 in cash/savings and there are rules that you can keep the house/car (but I think when you sell the house they ask for the money to be reimbursed).  My MIL is in a medicaid bed.  It was an absolute nightmare as you have to get into a nursing home and be in a bed in order to apply - either you private pay till assets run out and then apply (much easier even if you can only private pay a month but it runs about $10,000 a month) or find a nursing home that will take them medicaid pending which is near impossible (it took me about 9 months).

You have to declare and provide bank and other financial statements for the past five years.  So, if your sibling is taking a significant amount of money (not a few thousand here or there), to get rid of the money, your parent could be refused.  We had someone steal my MIL money where she was living prior and they did work with us (the woman claimed she never saw it but told us, so we disclosed and reported it to that state's social service, etc. who did nothing).[/quote]

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