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[DianaB]

Originally Posted by 2tiredmom

....... He owns property so Medicaid will not
do anything since he does.
Thanks again everyone.

You might need to check the laws but I think that Medicaid can come back up to 4 years and take property that's already been sold. I may be wrong on that because I haven't dealt with it myself but I know that there is some instance where that can be done, it might be if they're in the nursing home going on the state. Maybe some else knows about this.

[Tink]

Right Diana... I think it might vary from state to state. If I'm not mistaken it's 3 yrs here in Wisconsin.

[Janet]

You may want to check into selling the house and land and using that money for a nursing home near you, just in case. You'll need that money to take care of your dad no matter what, so I would really make sure your brother knows that if he wants to purchase it, he will have to pay the appraised price like everyone else. It's for your dad....not him.

I don't know that much about the Medicaid stuff, because I haven't had to go through it. My sister-in-law did all the work with that for my in-laws and it's all too confusing to me.

I can tell you that I've been doing tons of paperwork and applications dealing with things for my mom. A lot of applications ask, "has any property been transferred within the last 2 years". So yes, even if it's sold, there could still be repercussions.

One thing I forgot to mention-if his property is paid off (or close to paid off) he should probably be eligible for a reverse mortgage. You might want to check into that. His property could actually provide an income for him.