I'm making 10.20/hr at a nursing home in WA
HOW MUCH DOES NURSING PAY
A nursing home may be certified by Medicare or Medicaid
I have humana insurance i need to know if you will pay for my care in a skilled nursing home weekly or monthly
Apply for Medicaid, now. Your caseworker will determine how much of your income/assets you will need to pay to the nursing home (or for other medical expenses) in order to be eligible.
Medicaid/nursing home status does not excuse one from paying taxes.
Whether Medicare will pay for nursing home care is not a matter of how much money the patient needs. In general, Medicare does not pay for long term, "custodial" care, which is the reason for most nursing home admissions. Medicare will pay for nursing home care for rehabilitation; in such a case, the medical record must show that the patient is progressing.
As long as you meet the non-financial factors of eligibility for Medicaid, the State will expect you to apply your "excess" income/assets to your nursing/medical care and the Medicaid will pick up the remainder of the medical/nursing bills.
The nursing home is a much simpler for the children, particular if the old person is not so sharp mentally. All you have to do is pay the one bill and the nursing home does the rest. Also, the home might be sold or rented to help pay for the nursing care.
In most places the nursing home would first need to take you to court to receive a judgement allowing them to take your home in partial payment for the cost of nursing home services. If they are in the process of doing that, you need to see a lawyer. As far as I know, in Texas, a person's home cannot be taken to pay a commercial debt. However, medicade requires a person going into a nursing home sell all their property, including their home and pay the nursing home costs out of their estate until all that remains is something like $2000 before medicade will begin covering nursing home expenses.
The penalty is loss of nursing home coverage for the number of months that the amount improperly transferred would have paid for nursing home care at the private pay rate.
I usually pay by the hour. It varies from $15 to $20 per hour.
Medicare will not pay for long term care in a nursing home if you oly need custodial care.