In this Elder Law Minute, Wes Coulson discusses how using income rules effectively can help a spouse in the nursing home get on Medicaid. ?????? Transcript: Hi! I’m Wes Coulson from Coulson Elder Law, proudly serving clients throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area and beyond. I’d like to welcome you to our Elder Law and […]
Medicaid Planning Case Study: Married Couple
In this Elder Law Minute, Wes Coulson discusses how to help a married couple protect their life savings if one of them needs nursing home care. ?????? Transcript: Hi! I’m Wes Coulson from Dent-Coulson Elder Law, proudly serving clients throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area and beyond. I’d like to welcome you to our Elder […]
Married Couples and Medicaid: Dealing with IRAs and Other Retirement Assets
In this Elder Law Minute, Wes Coulson, O’Fallon Illinois Elder Law attorney, discusses another topic from the video series Married Couples and Medicaid and discusses IRAs and other retirement assets with regard to establishing Medicaid eligibility for someone who is married. Married Couples and Medicaid: Dealing with IRAs and Other Retirement Assets Transcript: Hi, I’m […]
Married Couples and Medicaid: Establishing Eligibility is Much Easier and Can Happen Much Sooner than You Probably Think
With the help of a good Elder Law attorney, establishing eligibility for Medicaid for a spouse in a nursing home can occur much sooner and is much easier to accomplish than what you might expect. Within the Medicaid eligibility rules, there are plenty of opportunities for achieving this. Because of the way the income rules work […]
Married Couples and Medicaid: Understanding the Division of Assets Process
How the division of assets is handled, in regards to Medicaid eligibility, is important for many married couples facing one spouse entering a nursing home. This is one instance in which Missouri law and Illinois law is very different and that is the question of how much in assets the community spouse, the one not in […]