In this Elder Law Minute, Wes Coulson, Illinois and Missouri Elder Law attorney, discusses the if you should let the nursing home file your Medicaid application, and when you need help from an elder law attorney. Transcript: Hi, I’m Wes Coulson from Dent-Coulson Elder Law with offices in the Westport Plaza area in St. Louis […]
What Does the Term “Medicaid Bed” Mean?
In this Elder Law Minute, Wes Coulson, Illinois and Missouri Elder Law attorney, discusses the term “Medicaid Bed” and what it means when you hear it. Transcript: Hi, I’m Wes Coulson from Dent-Coulson Elder Law, proudly serving clients throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area and beyond from our offices in O’Fallon, Illinois and in St. […]
Relief At Last From Illinois’ Medicaid Application Processing Delays
Thanks to the Elder Law Bar in Illinois, we are finally getting relief from Medicaid application processing delays that people have experienced in Illinois. This is great news for our clients, prospective clients, and our friends that run nursing home facilities in Illinois. While federal law requires that Medicaid applications be processed within 90 days, Illinois, in […]
Should I Let A Nursing Home Representative Complete My Medicaid Application?
The question of whether or not to let a nursing home representative complete your Medicaid application comes with an answer that depends on a few variables. In certain situations where you have spent down your life savings, you haven’t made any gifts or transfers of assets within the last five years, you aren’t trying to […]
Why can’t we just have the Caseworker help us file the Medicaid application?
Louise had been in the nursing home for more than a year. She had already gone through much of her life savings paying for her care. She only had about $50,000 left, along with her house. Up to that point, no one had said anything to her children, Ben and Margie, about Louise going on […]
