ASK THE EXPERTS: About Medicaid – with Keith Leuty & VeeCee Spear of Barnett & Leuty Law Firm
During this live Q&A session with our community “family” members Keith Leuty & VeeCee Spear answered questions about Medicaid.
How to qualify for Medicaid
What Medicaid covers
How to know which assests are “countable” and which aren’t
How some states have allowances to protect assests of the “healthier” spouse when one spouse needs 24/7 nursing care, do they have to sell their house?
What’s a Medicaid trust and the 5 year look back
How long is the qualification process takes, as well as other questions.
During this Ask the Expert session with Debi Douglass, Oasis Senior Care Advisors we discuss:
*How do you know when is the right time to move *How early do you need to start the process
*Different types of communities and how care level is determined
*Should both parents move even if one doesn't need extra care
*What to do if the community isn't providing all the care they're supposed to
*How to report problems
*Options if parent needs counseling or therapy
Ask the Expert – Leigh Ashley, M.A., LMFT, Therapist
During this Ask the Expert session with Leigh Ashley, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, we discuss:
*How to get mom and dad to accept help
*The importance of documenting concerns
*How facial expressions and tone impact communication
*How cognitive function affects the approach
*How to handle conflict avoidant parent who doesn't want to push the parent who needs additional help
*The martyr/hero approach
*When a special needs adult child is involved
*Siblings who don't agree on how to best care for parent, especially when one sibling in town but others aren't
*If parent seems depressed - how to get them to get help
*When parents don't want to talk about future plans and preparedness.
Q&A with Attorneys Keith Leuty & Jeff Barnett, of Partnering Sponsor, Barnett & Leauty, PC. During this live Q&A with Family Members in August 2023 they answer legal questions about:
*Changing who's listed first on a parent's Power of Attorney when the other parent has been diagnosed with dementia *Preparing to apply for Medicaid * Parent won't give POA and doctor won't sign off *How an ally or attorney can help with difficult legal conversations *Types of Durable POAs * DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) - when you may or may not want one *Directive to Physician/Living Will *Medical Power of Attorney *Two types of DNR *How a Lady Bird Deed or Transfer on Death Deed works *Muniment of Title *Only four years to probate a will *HIIPA release when one parent has Alzheimer's and other circumstances.
