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[quote=Anonymous]I posted in another thread about medicaid asset protection. Look into it so that they can eventually qualify for medicaid without losing all of their assets. When the time comes, you can always ask if you can supplement so they they don’t go to medicaid wing. Also, do NOT sign anything agreeing to be a guarantor at the nursing home.

I am anti-nursing homes as it is a fact that people receive better care and have better outcomes at home. In your case, however, your parents have more social ties in their community and you don’t have the physical means by which to care for them (OP my mom is at home with us in DC with  nurse and aides but was living in the south).  If you can, I’d hire a HHA or CNA to be at the nursing home with your parents esp in the night when the care falls down. We did this when my mom had a brief stint in a nursing home following an LTAC and it was worth every penny.

Just set up visiting schedules with family and friends and make a plan to travel to see your parents as frequently as possible.  [/quote]

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