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I'm not sure this is right. My husband is on medicaid. We are allowed $2200 per month income and $78,000 in assets for him to be eligible for CASA which sends nurses and aids to help me care for him. They also pick up the cost of his medications, doctor bills, and his physical therapy. Maybe it is different if he has to go into a nursing home. Norma, CG for Gordon DaRosa, Kim wrote: >Ray, thanks so much. What's it's boiled down to is we have to sell the >family house in order to pay for her care. Oh sure, Medicaid will pay but I >understand that whatever my mom owns, they'll put a lien against it. My >parents worked too hard for their house so to keep from the state taking it, >we have to sell it. I cry everyday about this because it's the house I grew >up in and I can't stand to think of someone else living in it. I know it's >something I'm just going to have to get over because it's for my mom. I >think it's bull@#$# that these seniors work so hard all their lives and are >basically left with nothing in the end, not even their dignity. > >Medicaid won't pay until my mom only has $2,000. Since she has more than >that, we have to sell the house and keep paying until it's all gone. Once >Medicaid kicks in, they'll even take the pension and social security she >gets every month. Oh, I'm sorry, we were told that she could keep $60 of it >for whatever she may need. WHOOPIE! > >I'm very hostile about the whole Medicaid thing and how my mom is being >treated. I think it sucks that money comes out of our paychecks every month >for stuff like insurance, medicare/medicaid and we still get screwed in the >end. As far as my mom's treatment, she's not being treated "badly" she's >just ignored a lot. They don't take her to physical therapy like they >should (she may go 2-3 times a week), she gets her medication on THEIR >schedule so god for bid if she's in pain, she has slept in a wet "diaper" >all night because the CNAs don't always answer the bells when they should. >She has lost all her dignity and I think she starting to give up. > >I've read other emails about how much CNAs are the country are getting >minimum wage and McDonald's employees are making more. I understand what >they are saying and I don't think it's right but it's a job they chose to >do. I'm a former CNA and I know how hard it can be. Besides, we're paying >$7,000 a month for my mom's care and I should see that she's being cared >for. When my mom rings the bell, she shouldn't have to wait 20 minutes for >a CNA to come nor should I have to go searching for one. They should be >there! > >I'm jumping off the soapbox now. Thanks for letting me vent! > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn