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\nOne of the reasons it’s important to\u00a0determine\u00a0health care goals and start financial planning while you are still healthy is to ensure that\u00a0you have as many choices as possible when the time comes that you (or a loved one) eventually needs care.
\nFinancial concerns, facility wait lists and lack of accurate or helpful information are some of the common reasons people find themselves choosing a long term care facility when other, more independent options, might have been possible.
\nFor example, someone has a fall and injury, then has surgery and goes to a skilled nursing facility for recovery. When their Medicare covered rehabilitation period is over, they may not feel confident returning home alone. Without advance planning (or substantial savings) many people can\u2019t afford assisted living or home care. And many\u00a0senior living residences have wait lists, so this isn\u2019t the kind of decision that can be made \u201cin the moment.\u201d
\nThis lack of options often leads\u00a0individuals who might be perfectly safe in a senior apartment to choose nursing home care, because they can\u2019t afford assisted living and the nursing facility will help them apply for Medicaid.
\nMany people don\u2019t realize that Medicaid also covers\u00a0the cost of some Assisted Living facilities and home care services – not just Long Term Care. With advance planning (or even some thoughtful after-the-fact crisis planning) there are a number of options that may be less restrictive and less expensive than nursing home care.
\nThe following five suggestions are things you can do now to ensure that you have as many care options as possible in the future:<\/p>\n
Bradley L. Greene, Esq. is a Life Care Planning and Elder Law firm located in Beachwood, OH specializing in Estate Planning, Medicaid Planning and Elder Abuse \u2013 offering personalized support and family guidance through all of life\u2019s transitions.<\/em> One of the reasons it’s important to\u00a0determine\u00a0health care goals and start financial planning while you are still healthy is to ensure that\u00a0you have as many choices as possible when the time comes that you (or a loved one) eventually needs care. Financial concerns, facility wait lists and lack of accurate or helpful information are some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5800,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12,13,14,15],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradleygreene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradleygreene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradleygreene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleygreene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5800"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleygreene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradleygreene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradleygreene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleygreene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleygreene.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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