by Jill Burzynski | Mar 22, 2018 | Blog, Medicaid, News Article, Uncategorized
Seniors living in Nursing Homes who rely on Medicaid are allocated an amount monthly as a Personal Needs Allowance. This amount pays for personal items such as clothing, toiletries, haircuts, etc. For many years it was a paltry $35 per month. In 2014 the...
by Jill Burzynski | Dec 29, 2017 | Blog, Caregiver Issues, Health Care Advocacy, News Article, Uncategorized
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year. It has been our honor and pleasure to serve our clients during 2017 and we look forward to helping our clients face whatever challenges the new year presents. We want to remind all of our Life Care...
by Jill Burzynski | Sep 7, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorized
Our office reopens tomorrow September 18th after Hurricane Irma. If we do not have phone service by then, you can reach the office temporarily at (941) 548-9871. If you need to reach Sue Hendricks, our care coordinator, please call (239) 450-8048.
by Jill Burzynski | Jul 14, 2017 | Blog, Medicaid, News Article, Uncategorized
Non-attorney Medicaid Planners may be able to obtain approval of a Medicaid application, but may leave a family vulnerable. I am working with a family whose father went into a nursing home last year. The mother continued to live in the home and visited her husband...
by Jill Burzynski | Jun 11, 2017 | Blog, Financing Long Term Care, Medicaid, Uncategorized
June 1, 2017 the Medicaid Penalty Divisor was increased to $8,944.00. This amount was increased from last year’s amount of $8,662.00. The penalty divisor is determined by averaging the cost of nursing home costs throughout the state. The new penalty divisor will be...
by Jill Burzynski | Apr 8, 2017 | Blog, Financing Long Term Care, Medicaid, Uncategorized
Misinformation about Medicaid and long term care planning techniques is very common. The other day I spoke at one of our monthly workshops. One attendee told me that she was contemplating deeding her property to her children so that she could get Medicaid if she...